Hyderabad are placed 1st, while Kerala Blasters are lingering 7 points behind in the standings. Can they reduce the gap?
- Hyderabad have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Indian Super League
- Kerala Blasters have scored in all their away matches so far.
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!
Hyderabad form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Hyderabad, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Indian Super League, have to build on here at GMC Stadium in the Indian Super League.
Hyderabad are confident in defense, having played 455 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Hyderabad are returning here after visiting Jamshedpur and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Yasir scored the goal(s). The exact score 1-0 has "struck" the home side four times in a row! Defender Mishra got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.33/10. Mishra hit one key pass and won 9 of 15 duels.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Odisha FC.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hyderabad handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
One betting fact: This side have finished 5 league fixtures in a row with only one (or none) club scoring.
Hyderabad have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at GMC Stadium with 6 goals in 4 league matches. Hyderabad are not conceding a lot of goals here at GMC Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Kerala Blasters form and stats
Kerala Blasters are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Indian Super League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Blasters go into this game after a win, the home game against Goa that ended 3-1. Diamantakos, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.12. Diamantakos scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that result Kerala Blasters won their away game at NorthEast United. The scoreline was 3-0.We have checked recent matches where Blasters have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 5 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Kerala Blasters have the goal stats of 4-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Data for the previous seven meetings featuring these two teams are: three wins for Hyderabad, one draw and three wins for Kerala Blasters. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Kaliuzhnyi 4 goals |   J. de Albuquerque Bruno 2 goals | H. Narzary 2 goals |
Hyderabad missing players
Kerala Blasters missing players
| Hyderabad | Kerala Blasters | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 83% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5.8 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 10 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6 | 12.7 |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 5.5 |
| 45% | 40% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 57% | 36% |
| 7.7 | 8 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9.5 | 10.7 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.2 |
- All of Kerala Blasters's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Hyderabad have not yet lost a game.
- Hyderabad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Hyderabad have scored in all their matches so far.
- Hyderabad have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Indian Super League
- Hyderabad have the most clean sheets (3) at home in Indian Super League
- Hyderabad have the most clean sheets (5) in Indian Super League
- Hyderabad have the most points (10) at home in Indian Super League
- Hyderabad haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hyderabad is in the best form (5-1-0) in Indian Super League
- Kerala Blasters have scored in all their away matches so far.
- 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Mumbai City | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 12 |
| 3 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Goa | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Kerala Blasters | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Odisha FC | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Chennaiyin | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -4 | 7 |
| 8 | East Bengal | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 9 | Bengaluru | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 10 | Jamshedpur | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 11 | NorthEast United | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -11 | 0 |
