Indian Super League match prediction: Little separates Jamshedpur and Goa in quality

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Competition: India Indian Super League
Competition: Thu 22.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: JRD Tata Sports Complex (60000 seats)

Jamshedpur have some work to do from their 10th spot, and the task starts against Goa. Read more!

Insights:
  • Jamshedpur have the fewest scored goals (6) in Indian Super League
  • Goa have scored more than double the goals of Jamshedpur.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Jamshedpur and Goa should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Jamshedpur form and stats

The story so far in the Indian Super League for Jamshedpur, who have the fewest scored goals (6) in Indian Super League, at their home stadium (JRD Tata Sports Complex) is 1 win, 0 draws and 4 defeats. Problems are piling up for Jamshedpur as they are struggling in their away games as well, taking their total losing streak to a running total of seven games. This streak could be one for the history books.

Stress levels are on the rise for Jamshedpur's attacking players as they have now played 320 minutes without scoring in a league game. Emmanuel-Thomas was their last goal scorer.

Jamshedpur are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Bengaluru. It's almost unrealistic, but the exact score 0-1 has repeated itself three league games in a row. Defender Chowdhary got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.41/10. Chowdhary won 6 of 8 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting ATK Mohun Bagan (0-1).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Jamshedpur have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won 8, drawn 4 and lost 5.

Jamshedpur aren't scoring a lot here at JRD Tata Sports Complex in the league, with only {4 goals} from 5 games. Jamshedpur have conceded 8 from these games.

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Goa form and stats

Playing away, Goa have won 2 games, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Indian Super League this season. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Goa are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Bedia and Guarrotxena scored in Goa's previous match, the home game against NorthEast United that ended 2-1. Bedia got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, top player of the team. Bedia scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 85 successful passes (of 93 total).

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Odisha FC.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Goa in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Goa, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Goa have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. As for defending, Goa rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest head-to-head encounter ended Goa - Jamshedpur 3-0, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Jamshedpur four wins, one draw and Goa five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GoaN. Sadaoui
N. Sadaoui
5 goals
GoaI. Guarrotxena Vallejo
I. Guarrotxena Vallejo
3 goals
JamshedpurD. Chima Chukwu
D. Chima Chukwu
2 goals

Jamshedpur missing players

Goa missing players

Jamshedpur Goa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 1 5 10
1 1 0 Won W 1 2 6
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
8 4 2 Lost L 0 3 4
6 4 2 Scored S 2 6 17
17 8 4 Conceded C 1 9 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 40% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 90%
40% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 70%
30% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 20%
10% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 10%
40% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 40%
10% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 40%
50% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 20%
 
4.6 4.8 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 10 4.6 4.2
3.8 3.6 2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 3.2 3.5
1.7 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.7 10.6 8 Shots (avg) S ( 12 12.8 11.8
2.9 3.4 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.6 4.9
21% 24% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 26% 35%
 
10.7 9.6 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 5 11 9.1
4.2 3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 5 3.7
Key stats in Indian Super League this season:
  • Goa have scored more than double the goals of Jamshedpur.
  • Goa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Jamshedpur have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Jamshedpur have the fewest scored goals (6) in Indian Super League
  • Jamshedpur have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Indian Super League
  • Jamshedpur 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 10 7 3 0 30 10 5 3 2 0 13 4 5 4 1 0 17 6 20 24
2 Hyderabad 10 7 1 2 15 6 6 4 1 1 8 4 4 3 0 1 7 2 9 22
3 ATK Mohun Bagan 10 6 2 2 15 10 5 4 0 1 7 3 5 2 2 1 8 7 5 20
4 Odisha FC 10 6 1 3 15 14 5 4 1 0 8 4 5 2 0 3 7 10 1 19
5 Goa 10 6 0 4 17 12 5 4 0 1 11 3 5 2 0 3 6 9 5 18
6 Kerala Blasters 9 6 0 3 17 13 5 3 0 2 11 11 4 3 0 1 6 2 4 18
7 Chennaiyin 9 4 1 4 19 20 5 1 1 3 7 13 4 3 0 1 12 7 -1 13
8 Bengaluru 10 3 1 6 7 12 4 2 0 2 2 2 6 1 1 4 5 10 -5 10
9 East Bengal 10 3 0 7 11 19 4 0 0 4 3 10 6 3 0 3 8 9 -8 9
10 Jamshedpur 10 1 1 8 6 17 5 1 0 4 4 8 5 0 1 4 2 9 -11 4
11 NorthEast United 10 0 0 10 8 27 5 0 0 5 5 19 5 0 0 5 3 8 -19 0

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.