Indian Super League preview: Can Kerala Blasters edge out victory against Jamshedpur?

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Competition: India Indian Super League
Competition: Tue 03.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium (60000 seats)

Welcome to Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium and this fixture involving Kerala Blasters and Jamshedpur in the Indian Super League. Tipsway has everything you must know!

Insights:
  • Kerala Blasters have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Indian Super League
  • Jamshedpur is in the worst form (0-1-5)

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!

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Kerala Blasters form and stats

Kerala Blasters are steadily winning Indian Super League games and points here at Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium. 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 6 games. There’s a good atmosphere here at Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium after three straight home wins.

Blasters's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Odisha FC (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfielder Kalyuzhny was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.05 (out of ten) in that game. Kalyuzhny hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Chennaiyin that finished 1-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Kerala Blasters have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 0.

Kerala Blasters have conceded 11 from these games.

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Jamshedpur form and stats

Playing away, Jamshedpur, who have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Indian Super League, have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Indian Super League this season. Bitter travels for Jamshedpur as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Mumbai City match.

There were no winners in Jamshedpur's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Goa (placed 5th). Midfielder Emmanuel-Thomas was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.54. Emmanuel-Thomas dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Bengaluru's place.

Jamshedpur are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Jamshedpur are hosting Chennaiyin in the Indian Super League only four days away.

Goals are few and far between in Jamshedpur's away league games. Only {2 goals} from 5 travels. Jamshedpur have conceded 9 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also encountered each other before this match year: Jamshedpur - Kerala Blasters 0-1. Head to head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Kerala Blasters won three games, five matches ended with a tie and Jamshedpur managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.

Top Goalscorers

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

Kerala Blasters missing players

Jamshedpur missing players

Kerala Blasters Jamshedpur
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 1 5 11
7 4 2 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 2
3 2 0 Lost L 0 4 8
19 12 6 Scored S 1 2 8
14 11 3 Conceded C 1 9 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 55%
55% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 45%
36% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 36%
18% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
55% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 45%
36% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
9% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 45%
 
4.6 5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.6 5
4.1 3.7 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4 4.2
2.2 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.6 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.7 14.5 17 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.8 10.1
4.7 5.8 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.4 3.2
37% 34% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 17% 23%
 
9 9.3 6 Shots against (avg) S A 14 11.8 11.4
3.1 3.7 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.4 4.2
Key stats in Indian Super League this season:
  • Jamshedpur have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Jamshedpur have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Jamshedpur have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Indian Super League
  • Jamshedpur have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Indian Super League
  • Jamshedpur have the the worst goal difference (-7) away in Indian Super League
  • Jamshedpur have yet to win a game away.
  • Jamshedpur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Jamshedpur is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Kerala Blasters have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kerala Blasters have scored more than double the goals of Jamshedpur.
  • Kerala Blasters have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Indian Super League
  • 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 11 8 3 0 32 11 6 4 2 0 15 5 5 4 1 0 17 6 21 27
2 Hyderabad 11 8 1 2 18 6 6 4 1 1 8 4 5 4 0 1 10 2 12 25
3 Kerala Blasters 11 7 1 3 19 14 6 4 0 2 12 11 5 3 1 1 7 3 5 22
4 ATK Mohun Bagan 11 6 2 3 15 11 5 4 0 1 7 3 6 2 2 2 8 8 4 20
5 Goa 11 6 1 4 19 14 5 4 0 1 11 3 6 2 1 3 8 11 5 19
6 Odisha FC 11 6 1 4 15 15 5 4 1 0 8 4 6 2 0 4 7 11 0 19
7 Chennaiyin 11 4 2 5 21 23 6 1 2 3 8 14 5 3 0 2 13 9 -2 14
8 Bengaluru 11 3 1 7 7 15 5 2 0 3 2 5 6 1 1 4 5 10 -8 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 11 1 2 8 8 19 6 1 1 4 6 10 5 0 1 4 2 9 -11 5
11 NorthEast United 11 1 0 10 9 27 6 1 0 5 6 19 5 0 0 5 3 8 -18 3

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.