ISL Live | NorthEast United v Pune City Live | Score, Result, Commentary, Updates

Pune City fight back to hold NorthEast United after that howler by their goalkeeper Kamaljit Singh. Rowllin Borges scores for NorthEast United but Adil Khan gets at the end of a cross to score a peach of a volley past Pawan Kumar.
Iain Hume was close to scoring the winner and so was Robin Singh, but it remained 1-1, ending Pune City's hopes of making the ISL playoffs.
NorthEast United, meanwhile, have to wait to secure their entry. A win could have seen them through but they only got a point from this match.
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90+5' A last counter and Bartholomew Ogbeche runs into Diego Carlos and gives away a free-kick.
And that's full time.

90+4' Mato Grgic enters the book for a challenge on Robin Singh. His fourth yellow, which means he will miss the next game.
Yellow - Mato Grgic (NorthEast United)

90+3' Sahil Panwar with a sliding tackle on Reagan and that gives NEUFC a free-kick and Panwar a yellow.
Yellow - Sahil Panwar (Pune City)

Four minutes added. Can Pune make something from the numerical advantage?

88' Tempers flare and a NorthEast player is sent off.
Jose Leudo puts his arm around Diego Carlos and when Carlos protests, Leudo elbows him.
The referee, Tejas Nagvenkar, initially shows Leudo a yellow but changes it to red after consulting with the linesman.

86' Kamaljit spills it again.
But Martin Diaz shields the ball for Kamaljit and prevents the rushing Juan Mascia from scoring what could potentially be the winner.

85' At the other end, Sarthak Golui leaps and kicks the ball out to prevent Ogbeche from getting at the end of the cross by Redeem Tlang.
Nothing comes off the corner.

83' Jeeez. What does he have to do to score here?
Another cross and another attempt at goal. But this time Iain Hume's header is over the bar.

80' Hume thinks he has scored - Has he, really?
A long throw is not cleared and Iain Hume at the far post smashes to the roof of the net. It bounces down from the cross bar and even Robin Singh cannot head it in.
The ball doesn't seem like it crossed the goalline but Hume complains.

76' A draw won't be enough for NorthEast to make ISL semifinals tonight. They need 3 points and for that, they make an attacking change now.
OFF - Federico Gallego
ON - Juan Mascia

72' SAVE!
Iain Hume with a delightful through-ball for Ashique, whose shot takes a deflection and looks about to roll inside.
Pawan Kumar pushes it out from the goalline.

70' Substitution - NorthEast United. The new recruit makes an appearance.
OFF - Panagiotis Triadis
ON - Janeiler Rivas

70' Substitution - NorthEast United
OFF - Gurwinder Singh
ON - Redeem Tlang

69' BOOOM! Pune are back and what a way to find the equaliser.
Adil Khan pops out of nowhere and smashes a volley off Diego Carlos' cross into the back of the net.
The crowd can't believe it.

68' Ashique Kuruniyan nutmegs his way past Reagan, just after failing to make an attempt first time, and tries to find Iain Hume at the centre but it goes out for a corner after hitting a couple of the NEUFC defenders.

65' Adil Khan with an acrobatic clearance to Iain Hume but Gurwinder snaps the counter with a foul.
Robin can't get to the long ball played off the free-kick over the NorthEast defence.

61' Substitution - FC Pune City
OFF - Jonathan Vila
ON - Matt Mills

60' Substitution - FC Pune City
OFF - Marko Stankovic
ON - Rohit Kumar

59' Countered!
Ogbeche leads NorthEast on the break and passes it wide to Puitea, who lays it up nicely for Rowllin Borges at the centre.
Borges then connects to Triadis, who overplays the pass to Gallego and the loose ball is cleared out for a corner by Sarthak Golui.

54' Frustration shows.
Adil Khan catches Rowllin Borges to stops a dangerous NorthEast United corner. The midfielder is shown a yellow, his fourth of the season, and will miss Pune's next game.
Yellow - Adil Khan (Pune City)

52' Marko Stankovic commits the foul but Martin Diaz enters the referee's book.
Yellow - Martin Diaz (Pune City)

50' All that good work done by Pune City in the first half undone.
And they almost double their lead.
Gallego combines with Ogbeche, who plays it forward to the left to set the Uruguayan for a cross.
But the midfielder's pass goes to a Pune City player, Sahil Panwar, who clears it out for a corner.

47' And it worked!
NorthEast take the lead!
Rowllin Borges pounces on an error by Kamaljit and slots it in.
Kamaljit moves forward to collect the ball before Borges but he can't quite collect it.
Borges finds the goal open and powers it in to get NEUFC closer to the ISL playoffs.

46' Pune City get the second half underway just after NorthEast's Mato Grgic delivers a huddle talk.

Half-time in Guwahati.
Iain Hume scored a goal for Pune City but it was from an offside position. NorthEast United's Bartholomew Ogbeche, meanwhile, was unable to get at the end of a couple of crosses and will be looking to change that in the second half.
Plenty of action but neither side is in the lead yet. Stay tuned for the second half.

45+1' Referee warns Hume for a push in the box before a corner is taken.
Hume argues back saying it was he who was pushed.
The corner is picked by Pawan Kumar.

Two minutes added.

43' SAVE!
Pune threaten from the corner with Adil Khan free to glance it toward goal.
His attempt, which finally comes off his shoulder, is straight at Pawan Kumar, who collects comfortably.

40' GOOOOO------OFFSIDE!
Diego Carlos on the right and from the tight angle, targets the bottom-left corner. Pawan Kumar's block rolls to Iain Hume, who taps it in, but the referee raises the flag.
That was almost Hume scoring his first goal of the season.

37' Robin Singh is on his own near the right corner flag. He drags it back for Adil Khan who drops it in between 2 NorthEast defenders for Iain Hume.
But the Canadian doesn't attempt to head the ball in as he's in an offside position.

33' Interesting battle between Triadis of NorthEast and Diego Carlos.
Triadis with a back-heel nut-meg and Carlos responds a few moments later by dribbling past the Greek.
Just when the lob gets in, Robin Singh is caught offside.

29' Kamaljit collects.
Jose Leudo now with the cross into a dangerous area for NorthEast United but Kamaljit Singh, the Pune goalkeeper, leaps to make a catch.

25' Martin Diaz of FC Pune City escapes a booking after landing a foot on Ogbeche's ankle.

22' Gurwinder is the first to enter the book for a foul on Ashique Kuruniyan.
Yellow - Gurwinder Singh (NorthEast United)

21' CHANCE!
Keegan Pereira curls a cross in from the left to Ogbeche but the NorthEast captain's header is over the bar.

19' NorthEast's Triadis goes on his own as he finds space on the left after dribbling past Stankovic. The effort is over the bar.

17' Good build up by NorthEast.
Gallego involved in a 1-2 with Triadis but the Uruguayan's cross is deflected away for a corner by Jonathan Vila.
Seconds later, Gurwinder is unable to nod Gallego's cross from the right home.
Robin gets away with a push on Gurwinder there.

13' SHOT!
Jonathan Vila with a shot from the edge of the box but it's not enough to test Pawan Kumar. Pune have spent a large part of the game in the NorthEast box.

10' OFFSIDE.
Diego Carlos does well to trick his way past his marker and then chips it to the centre.
Jonathan Vila's header goes towards Robin Singh near the left post but he is flagged off.

8' BLOCKED!
Sarthak Golui drops a dangerous throw-in into the centre of the box and Iain Hume rises to nod it home but Gurwinder Singh keeps it away from the goal.
Seconds later, a promising counter led by Ogbeche is stopped because of a foul.

3' FAR OFF!
NorthEast's Gallego delivers a free-kick to the far post but it carries too much power in it and nothing comes off it.

1' KICK-OFF!
NorthEast United kicking from the right to left in their red and black jersey.
Pune, in white, are stepping up to the challenge.

In 3 matches under Phil Brown, Pune have scored 8 goals and taken 2 wins and a draw. That's some real improvement under a new coach.
We're approaching kick-off and this is Aravind Suchindran keeping you company over the next 2 hours.
Stick around.

Pit bulls.
NorthEast United coach Eelco Schattorie has asked his team to play like 11 hungry pit bulls against Pune City. Even though his team is closing on the ISL playoffs qualification, Schattorie says he doesn't want to add too much pressure on his players.
Just another game.

Marcelinho misses out due to a suspension for FC Pune City against NorthEast United FC, which means the responsibility will be on Iain Hume. The change for Marcelinho is Jonathan Vila.
New signing Janeiler Rivas on the bench for NEUFC.

NorthEast United bench: Gurmeet (GK), Janeiler Rivas, Robert Lalthlamuana, Nikhil Kadam, Redeem Tlang, Girik Khosla, Juan Mascia

Pune City bench: Vishal Kaith, Gurtej Singh, Ashutosh Mehta, Matt Mills, Nim Dorjee Tamang, Rohit Kumar, Nikhil Poojary

Line-ups:

NorthEast United Playing XI: Pawan Kumar (GK), Reagan Singh, Mato Grgic, Gurwinder Singh, Keegan Pereira, Jose Leudo, Rowllin Borges, Federico Gallego, Panagiotis Triadis, Lalthathanga Khawlhring (Puitea), Bartholomew Ogbeche (C)

Pune City Playing XI: Kamaljit Singh (GK/C), Jonathan Vila, Martin Diaz, Sahil Panwar, Sarthak Golui, Adil Khan, Marko Stankovic, Ashique Kuruniyan, Diego Carlos, Robin Singh, Iain Hume

2-man team.
Bartholomew Ogbeche and Federico Gallego have combined to score 16 of NorthEast's 21 goals this season. Ogbeche has 12 and Gallego 4. The latter has provided 5 assists, while Ogbeche has 1.

Since in the inception of the ISL, NorthEast have never reached the semifinals. This time though, they can ensure their berth in the semifinals with 3 points.
In 2014, they finished last (eighth). They came fifth in 2015 and 2016 and against finished bottom (10th) last season.
Will they secure their entry into the playoffs after the NorthEast United v Pune City ISL Live game tonight?

ISL Live | NorthEast United v Pune City Live | Score, Result, Commentary, Updates

The kick-off is at 7.30 pm IST.