Oct 14, 2025 09:06 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 78' | Chhetri goes offSingapore are trying to shut shot, content to just clear the ball from the danger area as they sit back and try to absorb the India pressure. India will now make 2 changes it seems. Chhetri and Lison are off. Rahim Ali and Udanta Singh come inIND 1-2 SGPOct 14, 2025 09:02 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 75' | India on the chargeIndia keep piling on the pressure with Liston's shot is deflected behind for a corner which leads into another one. Chhangte takes it, Bheke gets a touch but Singapore clear again.IND 1-2 SGPOct 14, 2025 09:00 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 72' | Whirlwind few minutesAnd Chhangte sends it in and that almost fell for Farukh but it's only a throw. What can India do from this one? And there's a foul by Fandi now as Liston outsmarts him. Free kick for India. But before that Singapore will make 2 changes. And a great volley from Samad that goes over with the defender heading it. Nothing much from the corners and now Bheke will take a long throw as Singapore defend desperately. And Singapore goes on the counter.IND 1-2 SGPOct 14, 2025 08:53 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 66' | Another goes over!!Excellent run by Liston to beat the offside trap, bamboozles a Singapore defender and gets a corner. Chhangte takes and Chhetri gets a touch on that at the near post and it goes agonizingly over!!IND 1-2 SGPOct 14, 2025 08:51 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 64' | Corners piling upChhangte causing all the trouble in the left wing and gets a corner. And Bheke attacks that but that's over the bar by the SGP keeper. Another one. This time, Liston plays it too deep and the ball goes out for a goal kick.IND 1-2 SGPOct 14, 2025 08:49 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 62' | Chhetri's header savedAlmost an equalizer as Chhangte sends a delicious cross through the middle and Chhetri rises, gets his head to it but it's into the grateful mitts of the keeper.IND 1-2 SGPOct 14, 2025 08:46 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 58' | SONG SCORES AGAIN!!AAAND INDIA HAVE CONCEDED!! That was a delightful through ball fed to the feet of Fandi who looks up and feeds Song waiting in the clear. And he slams it into the net for a cool finish!!IND 1-2 SGPOct 14, 2025 08:42 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 55' | Attacks breaking downIndia get a foul again as Liston is brought don towards the right hand side but the end product is missing from their attack in this half. A good free kick next and Sunil Chhetri is caught offside.IND 1-1 SGPOct 14, 2025 08:39 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 52' | India on the attackMahesh does very well to keep the ball in and tries to cross but Singapore gets the ball back as India are content to keep the ball and attempt to cross from the right hand side.IND 1-1 SGPOct 14, 2025 08:36 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 48' | Nothing from the free kickGREAT BALL BY ANWAR ALI AND LISTON GETS THE BALL AND HE'S FOULED JUST ON THE EDGE OF THE SINGAPORE PENALTY BOX!!! Chhangte standing over the free kick and it hits the ball and is out for a corner!!IND 1-1 SGPOct 14, 2025 08:34 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: Second half startsHere we go for the second half and India will have to do exactly what they did in the first 35 mins of the match. Keep Singapore under pressure. They have reverted back to type, trying to slow the game down and going for long balls. We'll see how that strategy works.IND 1-1 SGPOct 14, 2025 08:21 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: Half timeAnd that is what is she wrote for the first match. Chhangte's early goal is canceled out by song as India are left to rue those close misses in the first half. India have been the dominant side but they have nothing to show for it heading into half time. Second half coming up in a bit.Oct 14, 2025 08:15 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 44' | SINGAPORE EQUALIZE!!India will now look to see off this half without any incidents, slowing down the game. But here come Singapore!! AAAND THEY HAVE SCORED!! UIYOUNG!!! He is fed by an intelligent ball by Kweh and the player makes no mistakes as he beats Gurpreet on his far post!!IND 1-1 SGPOct 14, 2025 08:11 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 40' | Desperate from SingaporeSingapore are getting desperate with Stewart trying to catch Gurpreet off his line and shoots from almost close to the cente line. But ends up fouling Subhasish.IND 1-0 SGPOct 14, 2025 08:07 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 36' | India keep knocking on the doorSingapore trying to get a foothold in this match with short, snappy passes but they keep going for that long ball that has been pretty ineffective thus far with Gurpreet pretty comfortable. AAANDDD Chhteri almost makes them pay. Liston with a cross to Chhetri who sets it up for Mahesh but the ball is hit straight to the keeper.IND 1-0 SGPOct 14, 2025 08:03 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 33' | Singapore's strategy not workingSingapore are intent on just hooving the ball clear from the3ir own half, hoping against hope that they'll catch India unawares. But till now, it's not working at all.IND 1-0 SGPOct 14, 2025 08:01 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 30' | Chhangte's woeful missOhhhh!! Another chace goes begging as Mahesh finds Chhangte free in the middle but he has a horrible hit!! His body shape was all wrong and the ball ricochets off his standing foot!!IND 1-0 SGPOct 14, 2025 07:59 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 29' | Almost a second!!India are allowed to take a lot and they go for the counter attack and almost!! Chhangte feeds Chhetriu in the middle but the ball is beyond the striker and Liston gets it and shoots but it's cleared from on the line!!IND 1-0 SGPOct 14, 2025 07:56 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 25' | Blue Tigers on the front footTouch and turn by Mahesh, feeds Chhangte whose cross is blocked. A throw for India. Taken short and Bheke delivers with his left but no dice. Back to Gurpreet they go.IND 1-0 SGPOct 14, 2025 07:54 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 23' | India keep possessionIndia with the lion's share of the possession now, playing the ball around the field before suddenly going for a long ball for Chhetri to chase but the goalkeeper is equal to it.IND 1-0 SGPOct 14, 2025 07:52 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: Jamil's words ring trueRohit: Attack. Jamil had repeated that quite a few times in the press conference yesterday and even in the minute long pre-match interview today. Well, his wards have done exactly that in the first 20 minutes. Chhangte with an absolute howitzer from distance and Apuia went for another a minute later, albeit it was so far off target it almost brought more rain. But Singapore are being stretched to shreds in these opening minutes. They are having to make hopeful long clearances, India in full control in these opening exchangesOct 14, 2025 07:51 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 20' | India keep dominatingOhhhh!! Almost another one as Chhangte feeds an overlapping Subhasish who tries to feed Chhetri but it's just cleared away by a Singapore defender!!IND 1-0 SGPOct 14, 2025 07:49 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 18' | India on pointIndia's press is working like a charm as they keep winning the ball back, pegging Singapore back into their own half. They are trying their trusty long ball but India are equal to them.IND 1-0 SGPOct 14, 2025 07:45 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 15' | CHHANGE SCORES!!OH MY WORD!!! WHAT A STRIKE!! WHAT A LEFT FOOT!! Chhangte gets the ball a little far from the edge of the box and drives his laces through it as it beats the flying Singapore goalkeeper and into the net!!IND 1-0 SGPOct 14, 2025 07:43 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 13' | India growing into the gameIt's getting a bit feisty out there with challenges flying around left, right and centre with Mahesh winning a free kick near the right of the SGP box. Chhangte takes it and that's also cleared. Chhangte tries again with a beautiful cross towrads Chhetri but the goalie catches it. Better from India.IND 0-0 SGPOct 14, 2025 07:40 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 10' | Set pieces wastedIndia are pressing pretty high up the field, hurrying the Singapore players. And there's a free kick for the Blue Tigers. Lofted ball by Liston and it's cleared easily.IND 0-0 SGPOct 14, 2025 07:38 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 8' | Both teams intent on keeping possessionAnother foul by Bheke on fandi and Singapore get another free kick. They play it short and are content to keep possession. India get it back and start their own attack before passing behind to keep it in their half.IND 0-0 SGPOct 14, 2025 07:34 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: 4' | Spirited startSingapore with a free kick now and that's played deep into the India box and Gurpreet can collect and get India into the counter attack which breaks down due to miscommunication between Mahesh and Liston.IND 0-0 SGPOct 14, 2025 07:32 PM ISTIndia vs Singapore Live: Here we goAnd we are off with India kicking us away. The ball is lobbed straight for a goal kick for Singapore. From that, India win back possession and Mahesh's cross gets a Singapore leg and India get a corner. Low corner and a foul top give Singapore back the ball.IND 0-0 SGPOct 14, 2025 07:23 PM ISTIND vs SGP Asian Cup Qualifier Live: National anthems soonHere come the two teams. India in their familiar Blue and Singapore in red. It's time for the national anthems and we'll get to it as soon as the pre-match pleasantries are over.Oct 14, 2025 07:19 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: Chhetri due a goalIt has been almost 7 months since Sunil Chhetri has netted for the Blue Tigers. His last goal was against Maldives in March in a friendly in the first match that he came back after cancelling his initial retirement. Since then, he has sat out the CAFA Nations Cup. Can he finally end the wait tonight?Oct 14, 2025 07:15 PM ISTIndia vs Singapore Live: Not much of a crowd so farIt seems the sound of the ball being kicked around during the warm-up can be heard quite loudly around the stadium, ahead of a do-or-die match for India at home. In Goa, no less. Some drizzle as well.If we end up having a poor turnout today, the fact that tickets were made live only a couple days before the match could be one of the reasons. The other big reason? The cheapest ticket costs Rs 200. In fact, you have to see the prices to believe it, says RohitTicket PricesNorth Upper: Rs 299/-North Lower (Away): Rs 199/-South Upper: Rs 299/-South Lower: Rs 199/-West Upper: Rs 699/-East Upper: Rs 449/-East Lower: Rs 559/-VVIP Stand: Rs 1,999/-Oct 14, 2025 07:10 PM ISTIND vs SGP Asian Cup Qualifier Live: The curious case of Subhashish bose at left backRohit: Subhasish Bose and Lalengmawia Ralte were nowhere to be seen in the Indian squad before that away match against Singapore last week. And yet, here they are, in the starting XI, no less. The case of Subhasish is especially puzzling. Khalid Jamil had said yesterday in the press conference that Subhashish has been brought in because of Sandesh Jhingan's suspension. Bose taking Jhingan's place in the XI made sense, somewhat. Instead, we have Bose replacing Muhammad Uvais at left back. Uvais's mistake is what led to India conceding in that first match but his long throw-ins have been invaluable to them.Oct 14, 2025 07:07 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: India under JamilJamil's appointment as national coach came close on the heels of a historic campaign with Jamshedpur FC, as it became the first Indian to guide a side to the semi-finals of the Indian Super League (ISL). Jamil’s approach with Jamshedpur was straightforward – score early, let the other team have possession and hit them on the counter while always remaining a threat on set-pieces, even throw-ins. This was dependent on his forwards taking their chances and defenders rarely committing mistakes.In the case of the Indian team, this worked well when they faced higher-ranked opponents at the CAFA Nations Cup, even helping them beat Tajikistan and Oman. But it also meant that India played out a 0-0 draw with Afghanistan in that tournament.Oct 14, 2025 07:06 PM ISTIndia vs Singapore Live: 2 changes for SGPIrfan Najeeb and Amirul Adli replaces Ryhan Stewart and Shah Shahiran in the Singapore lineups with both first-choice full-backs dealing with suspensions. These are the only two changes Singapore have opted to make against India.Oct 14, 2025 07:04 PM ISTIND vs SGP Asian Cup Qualifier Live: India's barren run vs SingaporeIndia are in a bit of a dry run against Singapore with their last victory against the team coming over 10 years back when the Blue Tigers came out with a 1-0 win in a World Cup qualifier in 2004.Oct 14, 2025 07:00 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: Singapore coach Gavin Lee ahead of the match“We approached the last game thinking that we wanted the three points, and we want to do the same in this match too. The only difference now is that we are not at home. So that obviously is a slight advantage to India. But again, no problem. We will go with our heads down, do our best, and try to bring the three points home.”Oct 14, 2025 06:57 PM ISTIndia vs Singapore Live: How can India qualify?The reason why their qualification is out of their hands is because even if they win all their remaining matches, India can finish with a maximum of 11 points. Hong Kong, on the other hand, can finish on 13 points even if they lose their last qualification match against India on March 31 next year.Hong Kong: To beat Hong Kong to the top spot, India will need to win all their matches plus hope that Hong Kong drop points in at least two of their remaining three games. If India and Hong Kong finish level on points, then it comes down to the head-to-head results between the two sides. Since Hong Kong beat India 1-0, the latter will have to beat them 2-0 at least in March next year in such a scenario.Singapore: It is more straightforward if India finish level on points with Singapore. India will have the edge on them in a head-to-head scenario if they win in Goa on Monday.Oct 14, 2025 06:56 PM ISTIND vs SGP Asian Cup Qualifier Live: Team newsSubhasish Bose replaces Muhammed Uvais while Apuia comes into the midfield in place of Macarton Nickson while Mahesh Singh replaces Farukh Chaudhary. Meanwhile, Bheke comes in place of the suspended Sandesh Jhingan.Oct 14, 2025 06:52 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: How qualifications workIt is pretty much last chance saloon for India as they face Singapore at the Fatorda Stadium in Goa. India are in Group C of the third round of the 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. The third round consists of 24 teams – made of the three best-ranked losing teams from the first round of qualifers, 18 third and fourth-placed teams from the second and three winners from the playoff round. The teams have been divided into six groups of four each and the only sides that will qualify for the final tournament from here are the ones that finish top of their respective groups.Oct 14, 2025 06:48 PM ISTIndia vs Singapore Live: SGP's form guideSingapore 1-1 India (AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers)Singapore 1-1 Myanmar (Friendly)Malaysia 2-1 Singapore (Friendly)Bangladesh 1-2 Singapore (AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers)Singapore 3-1 Maldives (Friendly)Oct 14, 2025 06:45 PM ISTIND vs SGP Asian Cup Qualifier Live: India form guideSingapore 1-1 vs India (AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers)Oman 1-1 India (CAFA Nations Cup) (India won 3-2 on penalties)Afghanistan 0-0 India (CAFA Nations Cup)India 0-3 Iran (CAFA Nations Cup)Tajikistan 1-2 India (CAFA Nations Cup)Oct 14, 2025 06:40 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: Playing XIsIndia: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (GK); Valpuia, Rahul Bheke, Anwar Ali, Subhasish Bose; Apuia, Nikhil Prabhu; Lallianzuala Chhangte, Naorem Mahesh Singh, Liston Colaco; Sunil ChhetriSingapore: Izwan Mahbud (GK); Irfan Najeeb, Hariss Harun, Safuwan Baharuddin, Amirul Adli; Kyoga Nakamura, Song Ui-Young, Harhys Stewart; Shawal Anuar, Ikshan Fandi, Glenn KwehOct 14, 2025 06:38 PM ISTIndia vs Singapore Live: IND's playing XI outIndia's starting XI is out with talismanic striker Sunil Chhetri starting once again while there are 4 changes to the team that played against Singapore in the last week.Oct 14, 2025 06:34 PM ISTIND vs SGP Asian Cup Qualifier Live: Last time they metThe last time these two sides met was last week when India's Rahim Ali cancelled out Ikhsan Fandi’s first half strike in the 90th minute with the Blue Tigers surviving by the skin of their teeth.Oct 14, 2025 06:25 PM ISTIND vs SGP Live: Coach Khalid Jamil wants India to have attacking mindset“Start with an attacking mood.” Khalid Jamil repeated this a few times in his typically staccato answers during the pre-match press conference before India’s 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Singapore in Margao, which is also his first home game as the national team’s head coach. “It is our home ground, we have to think positive. We have to be in an attacking mood from the start,” Jamil told reporters.Oct 14, 2025 06:20 PM ISTIndia vs Singapore Live: Predicted XIsIndia: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (GK) - Rahul Bheke, Anwar Ali, Muhammed Uvais, Subhasish Bose - Nikhil Prabhu, Deepak Tangri - Lallianzuala Chhangte, Sahal Abdul Samad, Liston Colaco - Sunil ChhetriSingapore: Izwan Mahbud (GK) - Ryhan Stewart, Irfan Fandi, Safuwan Baharudin, Jordan Emaviwe - Kyoga Nakamura, Harhys Stewart - Shawal Anuar, Ui-young Song, Glenn Kweh - Ikhsan FandiOct 14, 2025 06:14 PM ISTIND vs SGP Asian Cup Qualifier Live: Head to headWhen it comes to head to head stats, the two sides are almost evenly matched with India holding a slight advantage with 12 wins as opposed to Singapore's 11. 5 games have ended in draws including the last one.
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