Published 21:51 IST, October 24th 2019
ISL: Kerala Blasters FC vs Mumbai City FC player ratings and result
Mumbai City FC registered a 1-0 win against Kerala Blasters FC in their opening ISL fixture in Kochi. Here are the player ratings for both the teams.
ISL 2019-20 begun on October 20, 2019 and the ensuing football fever has spread across the nation. Thursday's match featured a reformed Kerala Blasters side under new coach Welcome Schattorie play last season's semi-finalists Mumbai City FC in Kochi. Kerala started the season with a 2-1 victory against ATK but failed to make it two wins in two tonight. Both teams were level for extended periods during the match but all that changed when Mumbai forward Amine Chermiti put the visitors ahead with eight minutes left on the clock. Despite six extra minutes added in stoppage time, the Islanders managed to hold on and bag all three points in their season opener while Kerala succumbed to their first defeat of the season. Here are our player ratings from Thursday night's game at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi.
ISL: Amine Chermiti and Amrinder Singh star for Mumbai City FC
Kerala Blasters FC vs Mumbai City FC player ratings
Kerala Blasters FC
Goalkeeper
Bilal Husain Khan - 7.1
Defenders
Gianni Zuiverloon - 6.6
Jairo Rodrigues - 6.6
Jessel Carneiro - 6.3
Mohamad Rakip - 6.1
Midfielders
Mouhamadou Gning - 7
Prasanth Karuthadathkuni - 6.5
Sergio Cidoncha - 6.2
Jeakson Singh - 6.1
Halicharan Narzary - 5.3
Rahul KP - 5.2
Forwards
Bartholomew Ogbeche - 6.5
Messi Bouli - 5.1
Mumbai City FC
Goalkeeper
Amrinder Singh - 8.2
Defenders
Sarthak Golui - 6.7
Subhasish Bose - 6.5
Pratik Chaudhari - 6.4
Sauvik Chakrabarti - 6.2
Mato Grgic - 5.4
Midfielders
Rowllin Borges - 7.1
Diego Carlos - 6.3
Raynier Fernandes - 6.7
Mohamed Larbi - 6.6
Paulo Machado - 5.6
Forwards
Amine Chermiti - 7.6
Modou Sougou - 5.6
ISL: KBFC narrowly fail to equalise
Updated 22:37 IST, October 24th 2019