Soccer match preview: Hyderabad confident before travelling to East Bengal

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Competition: India Indian Super League
Competition: Fri 20.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yuba Bharati Krirangan (120000 seats)

A swift glance at the Indian Super League table hint of an advantage to Hyderabad when they come to East Bengal. But; let's wait before we pick a winner!

Insights:
  • East Bengal have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Indian Super League
  • Hyderabad have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Indian Super League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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East Bengal form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Indian Super League this season. East Bengal have only managed 1 win, 0 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Yuba Bharati Krirangan.

The East Bengal crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Jamshedpur here at Yuba Bharati Krirangan. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Silva, having scored in three matches in a row. Defender Sarthak got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.2/10. Sarthak hit two key passes and won 4 of 5 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Odisha FC (1-3).

Bengal have conceded 13 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Hyderabad form and stats

Hyderabad have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 15 points collected from 6 Indian Super League games. 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat is the record so far. Hyderabad have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Hyderabad delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Chennaiyin (placed 7th) in their previous game. Ogbeche got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, top player of the team. Ogbeche scored one goal.

Prior to that result Hyderabad won their away game at Goa. The scoreline was 3-1.

Hyderabad have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 13 goals from 6 away matches. It's not easy to score on Hyderabad as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Hyderabad have avoided defeat in the last 5 fixtures (3-2-0) versus East Bengal.

The teams have met each other previously this season, with the match result Hyderabad - East Bengal 2-0 written in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

HyderabadB. Ogbeche
B. Ogbeche
8 goals
HyderabadJ. Siverio Toro
J. Siverio Toro
4 goals
HyderabadH. Narzary
H. Narzary
3 goals

East Bengal missing players

Hyderabad missing players

East Bengal Hyderabad
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 3 6 14
4 1 0 Won W 3 5 10
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
9 5 1 Lost L 0 1 2
15 6 0 Scored S 7 13 28
25 13 3 Conceded C 0 3 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 57%
69% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 43%
38% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 29%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
62% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 36%
8% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 50%
31% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 14%
 
4.8 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4 4.8
6.3 6.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.5 4.8
2.2 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.5 1.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.5 7.5 8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 11.3 11.1
3.2 2.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 4.1
36% 46% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 58% 57% 49%
 
14.5 13.3 16 Shots against (avg) S A 8 10.2 8.9
5.2 4.3 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.3 3.3
Key stats in Indian Super League this season:
  • East Bengal have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • East Bengal have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • East Bengal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • East Bengal have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Indian Super League
  • East Bengal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Hyderabad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hyderabad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Hyderabad have scored at least twice as many goals away as East Bengal have scored home.
  • Hyderabad have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Indian Super League
  • Hyderabad have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Indian Super League
  • Hyderabad have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Indian Super League
  • Hyderabad have the most clean sheets (7) in Indian Super League
  • Hyderabad 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 13 10 3 0 40 13 7 5 2 0 19 5 6 5 1 0 21 8 27 33
2 Hyderabad 14 10 2 2 28 9 8 5 2 1 15 6 6 5 0 1 13 3 19 32
3 Kerala Blasters 13 8 1 4 22 19 7 5 0 2 15 12 6 3 1 2 7 7 3 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 13 4 4 5 24 26 6 1 2 3 8 14 7 3 2 2 16 12 -2 16
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 13 4 0 9 15 25 6 1 0 5 6 13 7 3 0 4 9 12 -10 12
10 Jamshedpur 14 2 3 9 13 25 7 1 2 4 8 12 7 1 1 5 5 13 -12 9
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.