A traditional home win, the away team with a heroic away win or a point each? It's all up in the air when the mid-table sides Chennaiyin and Kerala Blasters clash at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
- Chennaiyin have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Kerala Blasters have the most clean sheets (3) away in Indian Super League
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!
Chennaiyin form and stats
Chennaiyin have collected 4 points from their Indian Super League home games so far after 1-1-3.
Chennaiyin enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at NorthEast United's place. The match ended 7-3 with Khayati, Slišković (2) and Düker scoring. As mentioned above, Chennaiyin "killed" NorthEast United in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. What a game it was for Khayati when beating NorthEast United, applying the finishing touch to three goals! Midfielder Khayati was the best player on the team with a rating of 10.0 (out of ten) in that game. Khayati scored three goals, signed up for two assists, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 8 times and had 52 successful passes (of 62 total).
Preceding that match was the home game against Hyderabad that was lost 1-3.Both teams to score! That has been the case in 5 league games in a row for this team. Will it happen again?
Chennaiyin are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Chennaiyin have allowed the opposition to score 13 goals here at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
Kerala Blasters form and stats
The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (3) away in Indian Super League, are W3-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Indian Super League. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Chennaiyin.
The regulars enjoyed Kerala Blasters's previous game versus Bengaluru (placed 9th), a 3-2 win played at home. Giannou came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Bengaluru last time out, making the manager Vukomanovic feel like a tactical genius. The attacker Diamantakos got a match rating of 8.84 in that game. Diamantakos scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Jamshedpur.The travelling fans enjoy Kerala Blasters's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. Kerala Blasters are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Kerala Blasters have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when facing Chennaiyin.Top Goalscorers
  A. El Khayati 7 goals |  P. Slišković 5 goals |   D. Diamantakos 5 goals |
Chennaiyin missing players
Kerala Blasters missing players
| Chennaiyin | Kerala Blasters | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 20 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 78% |
| 67% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 56% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 44% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 78% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 25% | 56% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 75% | 33% |
| 11% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.5 | 4.7 |
| 4.6 | 4.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.6 | 10.6 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 7.8 | 12 |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 5 |
| 46% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 46% | 38% |
| 12.7 | 13 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 9.8 | 9.9 |
| 5.7 | 6 | 8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
- All of Chennaiyin's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Chennaiyin have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Chennaiyin haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kerala Blasters have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Kerala Blasters have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Kerala Blasters have the most clean sheets (3) away in Indian Super League
- Kerala Blasters have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- 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 | Hyderabad | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 2 | Mumbai City | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 17 | 21 |
| 3 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Odisha FC | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
| 5 | Kerala Blasters | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Goa | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Chennaiyin | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | East Bengal | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 9 |
| 9 | Bengaluru | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 10 | Jamshedpur | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 4 |
| 11 | NorthEast United | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -18 | 0 |
