It's game day two of the Indian Super League season and all to play for. Read our in-depth preview of Chennaiyin-Bengaluru!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
The hosts Chennaiyin saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Indian Super League. That game was an away game at ATK Mohun Bagan, so at least Chennaiyin are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Chennaiyin form and stats
The season before, Chennaiyin's league statistics were 5 wins, 5 draws and 10 losses, results that produced 8th position in the Indian Super League. From these 20 matches they scored {17 goals} and let in 35. Performing at home in the last season Chennaiyin managed 2-2-6 (win-draw-lost) with {8 goals} and 21 conceded.
Chennaiyin are returning here after visiting ATK Mohun Bagan and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Ali and Karikari scored the goal(s). Just what the doctor ordered, as that was the first league win after failing to win nine matches in a row. Majumder loved the game against ATK Mohun Bagan. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-1 victory.
Preceding that match was the home game against ATK Mohun Bagan that was lost 0-1.Bengaluru form and stats
Let's have a look at how Bengaluru performed last season in the Indian Super League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 5 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded {27 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 1 and lost 5 with 12/12 goals scored/conceded.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Bengaluru goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu is eager to challenge this, with his 185 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Bengaluru won their last game, 1-0 versus NorthEast United played at home. Costa, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.0. Costa scored one goal and won 6 of 7 duels.
Preceding that game was the away victory against East Bengal with the score of 1-0.Head 2 Head
Bengaluru have avoided defeat in the last 6 matches (4-2-0) versus Chennaiyin.Top Goalscorers
  R. Ali 1 goals | K. Amponsah Karikari 1 goals |   A. Costa 1 goals |
Chennaiyin missing players
Bengaluru missing players
| Chennaiyin | Bengaluru | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chennaiyin | Last season | Bengaluru | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Scored | S | 12 | 32 | ||
| 35 | 21 | Conceded | C | 12 | 27 | ||
| 95% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 95% | ||
| 65% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 80% | ||
| 55% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 25% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 30% | ||
| 15% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 15% | ||
| 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 65% | ||
| 15% | 10% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 25% | ||
| 45% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 15% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 6.5 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.2 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 10.2 | ||
| 2.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 31% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 42% | ||
| 12.9 | 13.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kerala Blasters | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Chennaiyin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Bengaluru | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hyderabad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Mumbai City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Goa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Jamshedpur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Odisha FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | NorthEast United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | East Bengal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Jamshedpur | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 21 | 43 |
| 2 | Hyderabad | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 20 | 38 |
| 3 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 37 |
| 4 | Kerala Blasters | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 34 |
| 5 | Mumbai City | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | Bengaluru | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 7 | Odisha FC | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -12 | 23 |
| 8 | Chennaiyin | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -18 | 20 |
| 9 | Goa | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | -6 | 19 |
| 10 | NorthEast United | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -18 | 14 |
| 11 | East Bengal | 20 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -18 | 11 |
