Bambolim: Jamshedpur FC rises to second place with a clinical 3-0 victory over the Kerala Blaster in the High Voltage Super League match here on Thursday.
Greg Stewart (48, 48 minutes) scored two goals from the point on both sides half a time before Daniel Chima Chukwu (53) found the back of the net for the third consecutive game since joining Jamshedpur.
Jamshedpur now has 25 points from 14 matches, less games from Hyderabad FC toppers who have 26 points from 15 matches.
Kerala fell to fifth after a loss with 23 points from 14 matches.
Jamshedpur saw more balls in the initial exchanges because the two teams began carefully, trying to measure what another did.
There is no real chance before the break after it’s Kerala together and keeping the ball more with people like Abdul Sahal, Adrian Luna and Alvaro Vazquez have more influence on the game.
For Jamshedpur, Ritwik Das was impressed when he passed several Kerala shirts and into the box to establish Jitendra Singh whose effort was blocked.
Denechandram Meitei then gave a cheap penalty when he pulled Stewart into the area for the referee to point to the place.
The Scottish striker rose to pick up spots, send Prabhsukhan Gill in the wrong way when he slipped the ball to the bottom corner right.
It was all Jamshedpur in the second half because they scored two goals to kill the game within five minutes.
First, Boris Singh was cut inside the box by Marko Leskovic to hand over people from other punishment.
Stewart stepped again and doubled his calculation from that place, sending the guard in the wrong way again.
Chima then took the match from Kerala after Boris sent a low cross for Nigeria to fire a house at half a volley.
Ritwik Das then tried his luck from a distance, seeing Gill out of the line, but the ball went to the roof of the goal when Coyle Owen’s troops decided Roost.