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Riding on the solitary goal by Kayne Vincent, Prayag United defeated Chirag United Kerala 1-0 in the 15th round I-
League encounter, played at the Salt Lake Stadium on Thursday.
The only goal of the match was scored by Kayne Vincent in the 14th minute.
The win takes Prayag United to 25 points from 15 matches while Chirag United Kerala now have the pressure on them to move towards safety with only 10 rounds of matches left.
Prayag started the match with their first choice keeper Abhijeet Mondol with Deepak Mondal manning the defense, which was never really stretched.
Jayanta Sen played in Lalkamal Bhowmicks place in the centre of the field and their Brasilian striker Joshimar Da Silva Martins starting upfront.
Keeping the pressure on the visitors by Prayag forwards, Kayne who was playing just behind Joshimar opened the score for the Kolkata outfit in the 14th minute.
After conceding an early goal Chirag United never looked like a threat for the purple brigade. The scoreline line could have been different had Prayag would have capitalised on few opportunities created by them in the either half of the match.
Chirag United Kerala need to get their act together if they are to stay in the I-League next season, while Prayag will be looking consolidate their position by winning their future round matches.
Chirag United won the 10th round encounter against Prayag by 2-1.
Man of the match was awarded to Prayag’s Kayne Vincent.
