Open game expected at Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium: Kerala Blasters vs Bengaluru preview

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Competition: India Indian Super League
Competition: Thu 21.Sep
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium (60000 seats)

This fixture was marked in the calendar a long time ago by club members of both participants, as it's the first Indian Super League fixture of the season. Both Kerala Blasters and Bengaluru are looking for a positive start to their campaign.

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Kerala Blasters form and stats

In the previous season, Kerala Blasters's league statistics were 10 wins, 1 draw and 9 losses, providing 5th spot in the Indian Super League. Over these 20 matches they scored {28 goals} and conceded 28. Playing at home in the former season Kerala Blasters managed 7-0-3 (win-draw-lost) with {19 goals} and 14 conceded.

This is expected to be a close game, with Kerala Blasters perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kerala Blasters as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Kerala Blasters has won 2 of these, drawn 6 and lost 5.

Kerala Blasters have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 1 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Kerala Blasters have scored {2 goals} and conceded 7 times.

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Bengaluru form and stats

Let's have a look at how Bengaluru performed last season in the Indian Super League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 1 draw and 8 defeats. In total they scored 27 and conceded {23 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 1 and lost 5 with 13/14 goals scored/conceded.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Bengaluru in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Bengaluru, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kerala Blasters three wins, three draws and Bengaluru four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

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Total First Half Second Half
Kerala Blasters Bengaluru
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Kerala Blasters Last season Bengaluru
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
21 10   Played P   12 24
10 7   Won W   5 12
2 0   Drew D   2 3
9 3   Lost L   5 9
28 19   Scored S   16 31
28 14   Conceded C   16 27
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
67% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 62%
52% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 54%
33% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 25%
10% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 4%
48% 60%   BTTS BTTS   50% 46%
29% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 29%
29% 20%   Failed to Score F T   25% 29%
 
4.6 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 5.2
4.5 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   7.3 6.5
2.3 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.5
1 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.9 14.7   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 12
4 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4.2
34% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 31%
 
10.3 10.4   Shots against (avg) S A   14.2 12.6
3.3 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 3.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 ATK Mohun Bagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bengaluru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Chennaiyin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 East Bengal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Goa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hyderabad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Jamshedpur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Kerala Blasters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Minerva Punjab 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Mumbai City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 NorthEast United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Odisha FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 20 14 4 2 54 21 10 6 3 1 24 7 10 8 1 1 30 14 33 46
2 Hyderabad 20 13 3 4 36 16 10 6 2 2 18 9 10 7 1 2 18 7 20 42
3 ATK Mohun Bagan 20 10 4 6 24 17 10 7 0 3 14 8 10 3 4 3 10 9 7 34
4 Bengaluru 20 11 1 8 27 23 10 7 0 3 14 9 10 4 1 5 13 14 4 34
5 Kerala Blasters 20 10 1 9 28 28 10 7 0 3 19 14 10 3 1 6 9 14 0 31
6 Odisha FC 20 9 3 8 30 32 10 6 2 2 17 13 10 3 1 6 13 19 -2 30
7 Goa 20 8 3 9 36 35 10 6 0 4 23 16 10 2 3 5 13 19 1 27
8 Chennaiyin 20 7 6 7 36 37 10 3 4 3 16 19 10 4 2 4 20 18 -1 27
9 Jamshedpur 20 5 4 11 21 32 10 1 3 6 9 17 10 4 1 5 12 15 -11 19
10 East Bengal 20 6 1 13 22 38 10 2 1 7 10 20 10 4 0 6 12 18 -16 19
11 NorthEast United 20 1 2 17 20 55 10 1 1 8 10 28 10 0 1 9 10 27 -35 5

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 ATK Mohun Bagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bengaluru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Chennaiyin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 East Bengal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Goa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hyderabad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Jamshedpur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Kerala Blasters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Minerva Punjab 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Mumbai City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 NorthEast United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Odisha FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.