NEROCA went into this game with back-to-back wins at home, and yet were unfancied against opposition who have been on an upward curve at the business end of the season. Unbowed by pregame expectations, the home side started much stronger, their midfield asserting dominance in a way that Goku
The result dealt a setback to the visitors' title challenge. Round Glass are now level on points with leaders Sreenidi Deccan, but second on the table on goal difference.
Against NEROCA, it will be coach Francesc Bonet's first game away from home. The Gokulam Kerala manager has previously faced the Imphal outfit twice and holds an unbeaten record against them. During his stint with Rajasthan United, Bonet managed a 1-1 draw in the league stage, while handing
On Wednesday, toppers RoundGlass Punjab fell behind twice and scraped through with a point against Mumbai Kenkre, who are second from bottom on the points table. Before the excitement of that six-goal thriller could subside, bottom-placed Sudeva Delhi defeated Rajasthan United 3-2 in another
Sankarlal Chakraborty's team were already looking like an improved unit when Argentine Alexis Gomez and Tajik forward Shavkati Khotam came on in the second half of their last match against Churchill Brothers. On Thursday, Chakraborty started them both, and that decision completely transforme
The match saw aggression from both sides as the referee issued six yellow cards in the first half and two yellow cards, one of them resulting in a send-off, in the second.
Following their win against Sreenidi Deccan, Rajasthan United have now faced two back-to-back losses against Churchill Brother (0-5) and TRAU FC (1-2), and have subsequently moved into the bottom half of the table
In their previous fixture, RoundGlass Punjab recorded a comfortable 2-0 victory against Real Kashmir to open up a four-point gap at the top. However, it was soon reduced to a single point after rivals Sreenidi Deccan's win over NEROCA. Mumbai Kenkre, on the other hand, narrowly went down 0-1