Indian Super League: Bengaluru - Kerala Blasters pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: India Indian Super League
Competition: Fri 03.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sree Kanteerava Stadium (24000 seats)

All the points stay with the home side, the away team claims a mighty victory or an exciting draw? Anything could happen when the mid-table sides Bengaluru and Kerala Blasters battle at Sree Kanteerava Stadium.

Insights:
  • Bengaluru have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Indian Super League
  • Kerala Blasters have the fewest scored goals (9) away in Indian Super League

This should be an absorbing fixture with lots of action and excitement as both teams are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!

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Bengaluru form and stats

21 points is a decent return from 10 Indian Super League games here at Sree Kanteerava Stadium for Bengaluru. The data says 7 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. After failing to beat Hyderabad here at Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

Bengaluru's last game was hosting Goa and winning 3-1. Narayanan, a forward, was the top performer for the team in that match, receiving a rating of 8.34 (out of 10). Narayanan scored two goals.

Before that, Bengaluru had a home game versus Mumbai City which ended with a victory 2-1.

Lots of goals? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 10 latest league games with this side has had at least three goals.

Bengaluru has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Bengaluru have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Kerala Blasters form and stats

Kerala Blasters have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Indian Super League, after 3-1-6 (10 played). Bitter travels for Blasters as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Chennaiyin match.

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Hyderabad with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Carneiro was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.1. The defender Carneiro won 5 of 6 duels.

Prior to that match, the Kerala Blasters manager Vukomanovic faced defeat when travelling to ATK Mohun Bagan and losing 1-2.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Kerala Blasters as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Blasters have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head meeting ended Bengaluru - Kerala Blasters 1-0, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Bengaluru victories, two draws and three Kerala Blasters wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Kerala BlastersD. Diamantakos
D. Diamantakos
10 goals
BengaluruS. Narayanan
S. Narayanan
6 goals
BengaluruF. Hernández González
F. Hernández González
6 goals

Bengaluru missing players

Kerala Blasters missing players

Bengaluru Kerala Blasters
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 2 10 20
11 7 2 Won W 0 3 10
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
8 3 0 Lost L 2 6 9
27 14 6 Scored S 2 9 28
23 9 2 Conceded C 5 14 28
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
65% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 70%
55% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 55%
25% 30% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 35%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
45% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 50%
25% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 25%
30% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 25%
 
5.1 6 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.5 4.7
6.3 5.3 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 4.3 4.3
1.5 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.3 12.5 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 9.3 12.1
4 4.1 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.5 4.1
34% 34% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 36% 34%
 
11.6 10 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10.2 10.3
3.7 2.8 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.3 3.4
Key stats in Indian Super League this season:
  • Bengaluru have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Indian Super League
  • Bengaluru haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Bengaluru is in the best form (6-0-0) in Indian Super League
  • Kerala Blasters have the fewest scored goals (9) away in Indian Super League
  • Kerala Blasters haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Mumbai City 20 14 4 2 54 21 10 6 3 1 24 7 10 8 1 1 30 14 33 46
2 Hyderabad 20 13 3 4 36 16 10 6 2 2 18 9 10 7 1 2 18 7 20 42
3 ATK Mohun Bagan 20 10 4 6 24 17 10 7 0 3 14 8 10 3 4 3 10 9 7 34
4 Bengaluru 20 11 1 8 27 23 10 7 0 3 14 9 10 4 1 5 13 14 4 34
5 Kerala Blasters 20 10 1 9 28 28 10 7 0 3 19 14 10 3 1 6 9 14 0 31
6 Odisha FC 20 9 3 8 30 32 10 6 2 2 17 13 10 3 1 6 13 19 -2 30
7 Goa 20 8 3 9 36 35 10 6 0 4 23 16 10 2 3 5 13 19 1 27
8 Chennaiyin 20 7 6 7 36 37 10 3 4 3 16 19 10 4 2 4 20 18 -1 27
9 Jamshedpur 20 5 4 11 21 32 10 1 3 6 9 17 10 4 1 5 12 15 -11 19
10 East Bengal 20 6 1 13 22 38 10 2 1 7 10 20 10 4 0 6 12 18 -16 19
11 NorthEast United 20 1 2 17 20 55 10 1 1 8 10 28 10 0 1 9 10 27 -35 5

Read more about Indian Super League

The Indian Super League is one of two top level football leagues in India (the other is I-League). It is officially known as the Hero Indian Super League. The season runs from September to March with ten teams playing two fixtures against each other. The top four teams in the league table enter a championship playoff.