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ISL 2019-20: Marcelinho brilliance gives Hyderabad first points on the board

Hyderabad FC created history in their first home game with a 2-1 win over Kerala Blasters at the GMC Balayogi stadium, on Saturday.

Rahul KP's 34th minute opener was cancelled by Marko Stankovic's penalty in the 54th minute before Marcelinho (81') bagged the winner from a direct free-kick.

Injured Sahil Panwar and Adil Khan were replaced by Shankar Sampingraj and Abhishek Halder for the hosts. The three changes for the visitors saw TP Rehenesh, Rahul KP and Sahal Abdul Samad come in place of Bilal Khan, Halicharan Narzary and Jeakson Singh.

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Kerala Blasters were hit by the injury of Gianni Zuiverloon early on in the 10th minute which forced Eelco Schattorie to bring in Raju Gaikwad.