This has the potential to be an appealing fixture as Kerala Blasters have their presumed home advantage, while Hyderabad are ahead 8 points in the Indian Super League standings.
- Kerala Blasters have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hyderabad have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Indian Super League
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!
Kerala Blasters form and stats
Kerala Blasters are steadily winning Indian Super League games and points here at Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium. 7 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 9 games. Blasters has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium. We remember; it was Mumbai City.
Kerala Blasters faced defeat in their previous match, away at ATK Mohun Bagan (1-2). Diamantakos, a forward, was the best player for the side in that game, and was presented with a rating of 7.83 (out of 10). Diamantakos scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 22 successful passes (of 26 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Bengaluru (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 Kerala Blasters have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 6 and lost 4.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 9 games), Blasters's attacking play is working. 13 goals have been conceded.
Hyderabad form and stats
Hyderabad have an excellent away record in the Indian Super League so far with 6-1-2 from 9 games.
Hyderabad might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Jamshedpur proved too strong as Hyderabad slumped to a 2-3 defeat in front of their own fans. Midfielder Ogbeche was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.52. Ogbeche scored two goals and hit one key pass.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs ATK Mohun Bagan.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Hyderabad in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Hyderabad, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Hyderabad's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 9 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Hyderabad as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other previously this season, with the match result Hyderabad - Kerala Blasters 0-1 registered in the official records. Blasters-Hyderabad H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Kerala Blasters four wins, Hyderabad three wins, one draw. four of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  B. Ogbeche 11 goals |   D. Diamantakos 10 goals |  J. Siverio Toro 5 goals |
Kerala Blasters missing players
Hyderabad missing players
| Kerala Blasters | Hyderabad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 28 | 19 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 17 | 35 |
| 27 | 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 63% |
| 58% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 42% |
| 37% | 56% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 32% |
| 11% | 22% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| 53% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | 42% |
| 26% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | 47% |
| 21% | 11% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
| 4.1 | 3.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| 2.3 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.3 | 15.7 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 11.3 | 11.2 |
| 4.3 | 6.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 34% | 33% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 50% | 47% |
| 10.4 | 10.6 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 10.9 | 10.1 |
| 3.5 | 3.7 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
- Hyderabad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hyderabad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Hyderabad have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Indian Super League
- Hyderabad have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Indian Super League
- Hyderabad have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Indian Super League
- Hyderabad have the most clean sheets (9) in Indian Super League
- Hyderabad have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Hyderabad haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kerala Blasters have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 54 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 33 | 46 |
| 2 | Hyderabad | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 39 |
| 3 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 31 |
| 4 | Bengaluru | 19 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 31 |
| 5 | Kerala Blasters | 19 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 31 |
| 6 | Odisha FC | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 30 |
| 7 | Goa | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 27 |
| 8 | Chennaiyin | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | -2 | 24 |
| 9 | East Bengal | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -14 | 19 |
| 10 | Jamshedpur | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 16 |
| 11 | NorthEast United | 19 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -34 | 5 |
