Indian Super League preview and news: Kerala Blasters - NorthEast United at Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium

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

This has all the signs of quite the engrossing encounter at Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium in the Indian Super League. Kerala Blasters is in 4th place and welcome NorthEast United in 5th spot. Read about the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Kerala Blasters have the most scored goals in the second half (4) in Indian Super League

This should be an exciting match with lots of fun and bustle as both sides are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!

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Kerala Blasters form and stats

As mentioned below, Kerala Blasters are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Indian Super League games.

In their previous game, the manager Vukomanovic led his Kerala Blasters to a defeat away at Mumbai City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Jamshedpur.

At Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium, Kerala Blasters has the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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NorthEast United form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Indian Super League away game of the season. During their previous season 10 away games resulted in 0 wins, 1 draw and 9 defeats.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Minerva Punjab (placed 10th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. The attacker Nestor got a match rating of 7.82 in that game. Nestor hit the woodwork once and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Chennaiyin.

{1 goals} so far away for NorthEast United, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Kerala Blasters have put together a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (3-1-0) when playing NorthEast United.

Top Goalscorers

NorthEast UnitedP. Gogoi
P. Gogoi
3 goals
Kerala BlastersA. Luna Retamar
A. Luna Retamar
2 goals
Kerala BlastersD. Farooq Bhat
D. Farooq Bhat
1 goals

Kerala Blasters missing players

NorthEast United missing players

Kerala Blasters NorthEast United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 2 1 Played P 0 1 3
2 2 1 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
4 3 1 Scored S 0 1 5
3 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
33% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 3 1 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 6
6 4.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 6
2.7 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.7 9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 9.7
4 4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 3
33% 38% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 56%
 
9.7 10 10 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14 12.3
4.3 4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 3
Key stats in Indian Super League this season:
  • Kerala Blasters have the most scored goals in the second half (4) in Indian Super League
Kerala Blasters Last season NorthEast United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
21 10   Played P   10 20
10 7   Won W   0 1
2 0   Drew D   1 2
9 3   Lost L   9 17
28 19   Scored S   10 20
28 14   Conceded C   27 55
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
67% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 85%
52% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   70% 75%
33% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 45%
10% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   30% 20%
48% 60%   BTTS BTTS   60% 60%
29% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 5%
29% 20%   Failed to Score F T   40% 35%
 
4.6 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 3.3
4.5 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 5.5
2.3 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.4
1 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
11.9 14.7   Shots (avg) S (   8.5 8.4
4 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 2.9
34% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 35%
 
10.3 10.4   Shots against (avg) S A   15.9 15.6
3.3 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.7 7

  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 3 3 0 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 5 9
2 Mumbai City 3 2 1 0 6 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 7
3 Goa 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
4 Kerala Blasters 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 6
5 NorthEast United 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
6 Odisha FC 3 1 1 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 4
7 East Bengal 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 4
8 Jamshedpur 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 4
9 Bengaluru 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -1 3
10 Minerva Punjab 3 0 1 2 2 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 1
11 Hyderabad 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 0
12 Chennaiyin 3 0 0 3 1 8 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 5 -7 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

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.