Bengaluru vs Odisha FC: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: India Indian Super League
Competition: Sat 14.January
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sree Kanteerava Stadium (24000 seats)

Bengaluru hope to have lots of fans in for this fixture despite that the season has been strenuous so far with 13 points and a 8th place in the Indian Super League table. Guests Odisha FC hold 5th place with 22 pts.

Insights:
  • Bengaluru have the fewest scored goals (10) in Indian Super League
  • Odisha FC have the most points from losing position (12) in Indian Super League

It's quite the trip for Odisha FC when visiting Bengaluru as the cities are 1800 kilometers apart.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Bengaluru form and stats

2-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Indian Super League numbers at home for Bengaluru so far this season.

Bengaluru are returning here after visiting NorthEast United and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Costa and Narayanan scored the goal(s). A late climax in the match against NorthEast United as the winning goal came four minutes into overtime; scored by Costa. Costa, defender, was given a rating of 7.83/10 in that game, top of the team. Costa scored one goal and won 11 of 14 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Bengaluru lost 1-2 at East Bengal's place.

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 8 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 0.

Bengaluru are traveling soon after this match as the Indian Super League match at Jamshedpur awaits in four days.

The lack of attacking qualities in Bengaluru means that they have only scored {2 goals} in 5 league home games, less than half a goal per match.

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Odisha FC form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Odisha FC so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-4 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Odisha FC have lost on their last two travels.

Impressive finishing from Mauricio (2) and Sekar secured the home win 3-1 against East Bengal in their previous game. That victory felt good as this side had gone four league rounds without victory. Mauricio, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.81. Mauricio scored two goals, served one assist and hit two key passes.

A loss against Mumbai City was the result prior to that, in a home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Odisha FC playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 1 Odisha FC win, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Odisha are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Odisha FC struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Odisha FC - Bengaluru 1-0 was the product when these two participants last played each other, earlier this season. Bengaluru-Odisha FC H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bengaluru five wins, Odisha FC four wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Odisha FCD. Machado de Brito
D. Machado de Brito
7 goals
Odisha FCN. Sekar
N. Sekar
5 goals
BengaluruF. Hernández González
F. Hernández González
4 goals

Bengaluru missing players

Odisha FC missing players

Bengaluru Odisha FC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 5 1 Played P 2 6 13
4 2 0 Won W 2 2 7
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
8 3 1 Lost L 0 4 5
10 2 0 Scored S 7 7 20
18 5 1 Conceded C 4 11 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
54% 20% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 69%
38% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 62%
15% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 38%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 33% 31%
31% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 33% 54%
23% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
46% 60% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 38%
 
5.3 6.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.7 5.5
5.2 4.4 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 3.5 3.4
1.4 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.6 13.6 13 Shots (avg) S ( 10 7.2 11.2
3.3 3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.3 3.9
23% 13% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 50% 39%
 
10.4 8.4 9 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 8 7.1
3.7 2.2 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.2 3.3
Key stats in Indian Super League this season:
  • Bengaluru have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Bengaluru have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Indian Super League
  • Bengaluru have the fewest scored goals (10) in Indian Super League
  • Bengaluru have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Indian Super League
  • Bengaluru have the most matches under the total-line (8) in Indian Super League
  • Bengaluru have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Bengaluru haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Odisha FC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Odisha FC have scored at least twice as many goals away as Bengaluru have scored home.
  • Odisha FC have the most points from losing position (12) in Indian Super League
  • Odisha FC haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hyderabad 13 10 1 2 27 8 7 5 1 1 14 5 6 5 0 1 13 3 19 31
2 Mumbai City 12 9 3 0 36 13 6 4 2 0 15 5 6 5 1 0 21 8 23 30
3 Kerala Blasters 12 8 1 3 22 15 7 5 0 2 15 12 5 3 1 1 7 3 7 25
4 ATK Mohun Bagan 12 7 2 3 17 12 6 5 0 1 9 4 6 2 2 2 8 8 5 23
5 Odisha FC 13 7 1 5 20 20 7 5 1 1 13 9 6 2 0 4 7 11 0 22
6 Goa 13 6 1 6 21 19 6 4 0 2 12 6 7 2 1 4 9 13 2 19
7 Chennaiyin 12 4 3 5 23 25 6 1 2 3 8 14 6 3 1 2 15 11 -2 15
8 Bengaluru 13 4 1 8 10 18 5 2 0 3 2 5 8 2 1 5 8 13 -8 13
9 East Bengal 12 4 0 8 14 23 5 1 0 4 5 11 7 3 0 4 9 12 -9 12
10 Jamshedpur 13 1 3 9 11 24 7 1 2 4 8 12 6 0 1 5 3 12 -13 6
11 NorthEast United 13 1 0 12 11 35 7 1 0 6 7 21 6 0 0 6 4 14 -24 3

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.