It's game two of the Indian Super League campaign and everything to play for. Read our thorough preview of NorthEast United-Chennaiyin!
These teams have little in common geographically as Chennaiyin have to travel 2600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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!
NorthEast United form and stats
In the previous season, NorthEast United's league stats were 1 win, 2 draws and 17 losses, resulting in 11th spot in the Indian Super League. In these 20 matches they scored {20 goals} and conceded 55. Appearing at their own stadium in the former season NorthEast United generated 1-1-8 (win-draw-lost) with {10 goals} and 28 conceded. The home fans saw their team lose the first Indian Super League game of the season here at Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 1 win, 1 draw and 8 losses from NorthEast United's 10 home games.
NorthEast United experienced a slightly shocking defeat 1-2 against Mumbai City in their previous game, also a home game. Midfielder Gogoi was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.03 (out of ten) in that game. Gogoi scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.
Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Odisha FC in the Hero Super Cup.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the NorthEast United at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Chennaiyin form and stats
Let's have a look at how Chennaiyin performed last season in the Indian Super League: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 6 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 36 and conceded {37 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 20/18 goals scored/conceded. The visitors' first away game in the Indian Super League ended in defeat. Last season Chennaiyin had these away match statistics: Played 10; won 4, drew 2 and lost 4.
Chennaiyin lost away at Odisha FC (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Midfielder Battocchio was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.25. Battocchio hit two key passes and had 59 successful passes (of 66 total).
Before that game, 0-0 away against Churchill Brothers in the Hero Super Cup.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Chennaiyin has managed {0 goals} and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Chennaiyin have been victorious in all of the 5 latest battles against this side. Can they do it again?Top Goalscorers
  P. Gogoi 1 goals |
NorthEast United missing players
Chennaiyin missing players
| NorthEast United | Chennaiyin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 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% |
| 100% | 100% | 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% | 100% | 100% |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12 | 12 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| NorthEast United | Last season | Chennaiyin | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Scored | S | 20 | 36 | ||
| 55 | 28 | Conceded | C | 18 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 85% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 90% | ||
| 75% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 65% | ||
| 45% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 45% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 90% | 80% | ||
| 5% | 10% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 15% | ||
| 35% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | ||
| 3.3 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8.4 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 11.7 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 40% | ||
| 15.6 | 15.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 10.9 | ||
| 7 | 7.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Odisha FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Mumbai City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Kerala Blasters | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | East Bengal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Goa | 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 | Hyderabad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | NorthEast United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Bengaluru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Minerva Punjab | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Chennaiyin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 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 |
