Indian Super League as it happened: Kerala Blasters 0-0 NorthEast United

CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES ON OUR MATCH CENTRE Kerala Blasters starting XI: Nandy, McAllister, Hengbart, Gurwinder, Chettri, Mehtab, Pulga, Orji, Pearson, Hume, Milagres. NorthEast starting XI: Rehenesh, Khongjee, Garcia (C), Massamba, Gurung, Mtonga, Capdevila, Felipe, Boithang, Keene, Durga. Pre-match: A quick glance at the Indian Super League table will tell you how much this fixture matters to both teams. NorthEast United are three points behind fourth placed FC Pune City — who are in the last semifinal spot — but a win for the Highlanders against Kerala Blasters tonight will still take them to fourth due to a better goal difference. [caption id=“attachment_1834537” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] But Kerala have been hard to beat at home, where they’ve lost just one game — against table-toppers Chennaiyin FC. ISL[/caption] But Kerala have been hard to beat at home, where they’ve lost just one game — against table-toppers Chennaiyin FC. NorthEast are still one of the teams which have been good on the road and manager Ricki Herbert has said that they will do everything to stop the Blasters from joining Atletico de Kolkata, Chennaiyin and FC Goa in the top four. The Blasters lie in 5th, a point behind Pune City and a win tonight will put pressure on Pune to win their next game against Delhi Dynamos. What is even more interesting is that Pune and Kerala face each other in the last round of matches. For Pune, a draw tonight will be the best result. NorthEast should consider this a must-win game. Kerala would do well to win, but a bad result won’t really take them out of the reckoning. Not yet.