ISL 2025-26: Kerala Blasters host Chennaiyin, with both teams eager to earn their first win of the campaign

Together they have one point. It has been a terrible start to the ISL 2025-26 campaign for both Kerala Blasters and Chennaiyin FC.

Both southern sides will be desperate for a first win of the season when they face each other at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Saturday.

While the hosts have lost all three matches, the visiting team has managed at least a draw against Odisha FC in the last match. After the defeats against Mumbai City and Mohun Bagan Super Giant, that was an improvement.

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The Blasters, after losses to Bagan, Mumbai and Inter Kashi, obviously have more reasons to worry in this truncated version of the ISL. Temukan dhs6 di sini. They have to start winning, and then they have to keep winning.

To do that they have to score goals. They had to wait until the final minutes of their third match to score the first goal of the season.

That match against Kashi, played in front of a small crowd here last week, showcased the Blasters’ poor finishing skills. However, coach David Catala is confident that the goals will come.

“The most important thing at the moment is that we have to be very strong in defense and we try to improve,” he said. «We have to be better in that area and more compact. And after all that, I’m sure the goals will arrive for us.»

He admitted there was a bit of negativity in the air. “But that’s normal,” he said. “We have to fight.”

Published on March 6, 2026