The visiting Kerala Blasters side should be favourites at East Bengal, as the away team hold a 16 point supremacy from their 15 league games this season.
- East Bengal is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- Kerala Blasters haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
This promises to be an engaging fixture with lots of fun and energy as both teams are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!
East Bengal form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Indian Super League this season. East Bengal, who have the fewest points (3) at home in Indian Super League, have only managed 1 win, 0 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Yuba Bharati Krirangan. It's trouble wherever Bengal are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
East Bengal are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-4 away versus Goa. A goal frenzy last time out for East Bengal, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Goa. Fun stuff to watch! Singh (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.2/10. Singh signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Ahead of that match, East Bengal lost 0-2 at home to Hyderabad.Bengal aren't scoring a lot here at Yuba Bharati Krirangan in the league, with only {6 goals} from 7 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for East Bengal with 15 goals conceded in these matches.
Kerala Blasters form and stats
As the visiting team in Indian Super League matches, Kerala Blasters have produced an overall stat of 3-1-3 so far. Blasters has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
The supporters enjoyed Kerala Blasters's previous match versus NorthEast United (placed 11th), a 2-0 win played at home. The attacker Diamantakos got a match rating of 8.93 in that game. Diamantakos scored two goals and hit one key pass.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Goa wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.A quick return to home after this game, as Kerala Blasters are hosting Chennaiyin in the Indian Super League only four days away.
Blasters have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 8 goals have been scored. Kerala Blasters have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Kerala Blasters have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (2-3-0) when facing East Bengal.This happened when the participants played each other previously this season; Kerala Blasters - Bengal 3-1.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Diamantakos 9 goals |  I. Kaliuzhnyi 4 goals |  S. Samad 3 goals |
East Bengal missing players
Kerala Blasters missing players
| East Bengal | Kerala Blasters | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 8 | 25 |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 80% |
| 67% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 57% | 60% |
| 40% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 47% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 60% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 53% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 43% | 33% |
| 33% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| 6.3 | 6.6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.4 | 7.4 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 8.4 | 12.7 |
| 3.1 | 2.1 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 4.7 |
| 37% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 42% | 35% |
| 14.7 | 14 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 8.6 | 9.1 |
| 5.4 | 4.7 | 7.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.7 | 3 | 3.2 |
- 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 fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Indian Super League
- East Bengal have the fewest points (3) at home in Indian Super League
- East Bengal have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Indian Super League
- East Bengal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- East Bengal is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- 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 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 33 | 42 |
| 2 | Hyderabad | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 21 | 35 |
| 3 | Kerala Blasters | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 28 |
| 4 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 5 | Goa | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Bengaluru | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 22 |
| 7 | Odisha FC | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -4 | 22 |
| 8 | Chennaiyin | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | -4 | 17 |
| 9 | East Bengal | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -14 | 12 |
| 10 | Jamshedpur | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -16 | 9 |
| 11 | NorthEast United | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 20 | -30 | 4 |
