Another all-action fixture in Indian Super League as Kerala Blasters entertain Bengaluru

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Competition: India Indian Super League
Competition: Sun 11.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium (60000 seats)

Indian Super League: What this match might miss in glamour it should make up for in effort and commitment. Let's go: Kerala Blasters - Bengaluru!

Insights:
  • Kerala Blasters have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bengaluru have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) 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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Kerala Blasters form and stats

2-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Indian Super League numbers at home for Kerala Blasters so far this season. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Kerala Blasters has won four games in a row. The Mumbai City match was the last time out without a victory.

Blasters are confident in defense, having played 203 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A good away victory last time out for Kerala Blasters, who won 1-0 against Jamshedpur (placed 10th). The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Diamantakos, having scored in four matches in a row. The versatile forward Luna bested all others in that game and got a match rating of 7.8 out of 10. Luna served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 54 successful passes (of 66 total).

Before that match, a win away at Hyderabad.

Kerala Blasters are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (9 from 4 played).

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Bengaluru form and stats

The visitors are W1-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Indian Super League.

This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus ATK Mohun Bagan with 0-1 on the scoreboard.

Prior to that result Bengaluru won their away game at Goa. The scoreline was 2-0.

Bengaluru are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

Some info for sports gamblers contemplating a bet on only one (or no) side scoring in this fixture: This club have played 6 consecutive league games with just one or no side finding the net.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 7 goals have been conceded by Bengaluru in these games.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the last ten meetings between these two sides are: two wins for Blasters, two draws and six wins for Bengaluru. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Kerala BlastersI. Kaliuzhnyi
I. Kaliuzhnyi
4 goals
Kerala BlastersD. Diamantakos
D. Diamantakos
4 goals
Kerala BlastersS. Samad
S. Samad
2 goals

Kerala Blasters missing players

Bengaluru missing players

Kerala Blasters Bengaluru
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 2 5 8
5 2 1 Won W 1 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
3 2 0 Lost L 0 3 5
14 8 3 Scored S 3 3 4
11 9 1 Conceded C 1 7 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 38%
62% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 12%
38% 75% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 12%
12% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 20% 12%
38% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 25%
12% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 62%
 
4.9 6.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4 4.8
4.1 3.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7.2 6.2
1.9 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.9 16 21 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 6 8.9
4.9 6.5 10 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.2 2.2
36% 31% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 27% 22%
 
10.5 11.2 7 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 12.6 11.1
3.5 4.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.8 3.8
Key stats in Indian Super League this season:
  • All of Kerala Blasters's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bengaluru have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Bengaluru have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bengaluru have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Indian Super League
  • Bengaluru have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Indian Super League
  • Bengaluru haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kerala Blasters have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Kerala Blasters have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kerala Blasters have scored more than double the goals of Bengaluru.
  • Kerala Blasters have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • 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 9 6 3 0 27 10 5 3 2 0 13 4 4 3 1 0 14 6 17 21
2 Hyderabad 9 6 1 2 13 6 5 3 1 1 6 4 4 3 0 1 7 2 7 19
3 Odisha FC 8 6 0 2 15 11 4 4 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 2 7 7 4 18
4 ATK Mohun Bagan 8 5 1 2 14 10 4 3 0 1 6 3 4 2 1 1 8 7 4 16
5 Kerala Blasters 8 5 0 3 14 11 4 2 0 2 8 9 4 3 0 1 6 2 3 15
6 Goa 8 4 0 4 12 11 3 2 0 1 6 2 5 2 0 3 6 9 1 12
7 Chennaiyin 8 3 1 4 12 17 5 1 1 3 7 13 3 2 0 1 5 4 -5 10
8 East Bengal 8 3 0 5 11 14 3 0 0 3 3 7 5 3 0 2 8 7 -3 9
9 Bengaluru 8 2 1 5 4 9 3 1 0 2 1 2 5 1 1 3 3 7 -5 7
10 Jamshedpur 8 1 1 6 6 15 5 1 0 4 4 8 3 0 1 2 2 7 -9 4
11 NorthEast United 8 0 0 8 4 18 4 0 0 4 2 12 4 0 0 4 2 6 -14 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.