Bengaluru host Goa for another intriguing Indian Super League fixture here at Sree Kanteerava Stadium.
- Goa have the most points from losing position (6) in Indian Super League
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Indian Super League. That game was also an away game, at East Bengal. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Bengaluru form and stats
The overall Indian Super League statistics at home this season for Bengaluru are 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Bengaluru's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus East Bengal (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Attacking player Chhetri bested all teammates in that game and was awarded a match rating of 7.81 out of 10. Chhetri scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at ATK Mohun Bagan.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Bengaluru have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 8, drawn 3 and lost 0.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Bengaluru at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Goa form and stats
Only one away game in the Indian Super League so far for Goa and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 victories, 3 draws and 5 losses from 10 travels.
It's the second away game in a row for Goa, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus East Bengal (placed 8th) last time out. Rodríguez got a match rating of 8.42 in that game, top player of the team. Rodríguez scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 39 successful passes (of 48 total).
That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Odisha FC.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Goa in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Goa, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Goa has managed {2 goals} and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Bengaluru-Goa H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bengaluru five wins, Goa two wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Sadaoui 2 goals |   F. Hernández González 1 goals |
Bengaluru missing players
Goa missing players
| Bengaluru | Goa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.7 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 2.3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.7 | 5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 18 |
| 3.7 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 6.3 |
| 27% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 32% |
| 14 | 16 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 4 | 7.7 |
| 3.3 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 2.3 |
- Goa have the most points from losing position (6) in Indian Super League
| Bengaluru | Last season | Goa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 24 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Scored | S | 13 | 36 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Conceded | C | 19 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 95% | ||
| 54% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 80% | ||
| 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 45% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 15% | ||
| 46% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 70% | ||
| 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 20% | ||
| 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 10% | ||
| 5.2 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 6.5 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 12.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 36% | ||
| 12.6 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Goa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Mumbai City | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Kerala Blasters | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | NorthEast United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Odisha FC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Jamshedpur | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | East Bengal | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Bengaluru | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Minerva Punjab | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 11 | Hyderabad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Chennaiyin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 0 |
