Calicut FC beat Malappuram 4–3 on penalties after 1–1

Calicut FC beat Malappuram FC in a penalty shootout in the Super League Kerala on Friday 2 October. The match at EMS Corporation Stadium, Calicut, kicked off at 7.30 pm and ended 1–1. The shootout finished 4–3 to the home side.

Daniel Lalhlimpuia put Malappuram ahead in the 65th minute. Leonardo David do Espírito Santo, on as a 59th-minute substitute, equalised for Calicut in the 79th. Malappuram's Mohamed Salim U (52nd minute) and Abdul Samed Ango (84th) were booked, and so was Calicut's Ajith K R, two minutes into stoppage time, shortly after coming on.

Leonardo David do Espírito Santo, Federico Herman Boasso Fleury, Alexis Gastón Sosa and Lalnuntluanga scored Calicut's kicks in the shoot-out. Abdul Samed Ango, Nedim Hadzic and Grace Adieu Youmou Ngadi Obiang scored for Malappuram.

The result leaves Calicut with 5 points from 2 matches. They are level on points with Forca Kochi FC, and the order of the two clubs is not settled. Calicut opened their season with a 2–0 home win over Thiruvananthapuram Kombans FC on 26 September.

Malappuram have 1 point from 2 matches and are level with Thrissur Magic FC on that total. They lost 0–1 away to Forca Kochi FC on 27 September.

Calicut travel to Thrissur Magic FC at Corporation Stadium, Thrissur, on Saturday 10 October. Malappuram are away to Thiruvananthapuram Kombans FC at Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Trivandrum, on Sunday 11 October.