Jamshedpur FC will host Kerala Blasters FC in the Indian Super League (ISL) 2024-25 on December 29, Sunday, at the JRD Tata Sports Complex.

The two teams head into this clash on the back of identical run of forms, having won twice and lost thrice in their last five matches.

Jamshedpur FC is eighth in the points table with 18 points from 11 games, due to six victories. Kerala Blasters FC is placed 10th, garnering 14 points from 13 games, courtesy of four wins and a couple of draws.

This will be the 17th ISL meeting between the two sides, with Kerala Blasters FC aiming to extend its recent form against Jamshedpur FC.

Kerala Blasters FC is unbeaten in its last six ISL encounters with Jamshedpur FC (W4 D2), scoring at least once in each of those games.

Both these sides have issues to fix at the back, since Kerala Blasters FC has conceded 24 goals as compared to the 22 of Jamshedpur FC. The two teams will particularly want to wrap up the year on a positive note, taking some momentum with them into 2025 so that they can close out the gap with the top-6.

In fact, the Men of Steel are tied on points (18) with the sixth-placed NorthEast United FC, suggesting the closely-fought battle unfolding in the middle of the standings at the moment.