Atletico de Kolkata and FC Goa play out an entertaining draw

It just took six minutes for the home team to take the lead when Sameehg Doutie sent a sumptuous volley past the Goa custodian Subhasish Roy Chowdhury. Javier Lara took a free kick on the right, resulting due to a foul on Hume and shot it to Hume near the far post. Raju Gaikwad cleared Hume’s header but it landed near Doutie, who volleyed it with surgical precision. In an attempt to restore parity, Goa upped the ante. Their best chance came towards the end of the first-half when Joffre took a free kick and curled it into the box. 

Trindade Goncalves attempted a volley on the turn but his shot went just agonisingly past the left post. Atletico de Kolkata enjoyed the lead till the 77th minute when Borja Fernandez appeared to have handled the ball off a corner from Joffre. The referee pointed to the spot and Joffre sent the ball to the right corner, sending the Atletico keeper the other way. 

FC Pune City are bristling with confidence after scoring a 90th minute winner against FC Goa at Fatorda but at home they have been unable to secure a single point, losing to Mumbai City FC in the Maharashtra Derby and then going down against NorthEast United FC in the last game. FC Pune City have three points from three matches and will have to take their game to a different level to arrest the consecutive losses at home as they host Kerala Blasters at Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Stadium, Balewadi-Pune, on Monday. 

FC Pune City will miss the services of Eduardo Fereira for the clash against Kerala Blasters after the defender was sent off against NorthEast United FC. The defensive duties were then assigned to marquee Mohamed Sissoko and the former Liverpool midfielder did an appreciable job. Kerala Blasters were struggling with form ahead of their fourth-round clash against Mumbai but a second-half goal from Michael Chopra has changed the mood dramatically. 

Kerala Blasters have kept two clean sheets in a row and will be hugely encouraged by the central defensive partnership of marquee Aaron Hughes and Cedric Hengbart, both of whom look in fine form.

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