The season is still fairly new and the Indian Super League table has to be read with caution. So far Bengaluru find themselves in 4th position and Kerala Blasters are placed 9th.
Bengaluru and Kerala Blasters should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Bengaluru form and stats
Bengaluru have less points than they have played home games in the Indian Super League so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 2 points. Bengaluru have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Bengaluru drew their last game, also a home match. NorthEast United (placed 2nd) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Chennaiyin.
The hometeam coach C. Cuadrat made a successful contribution in the game against NorthEast United, bringing on Udanta Singh Kumam who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
There will be little rest for Bengaluru after this match as they are travelling to Odisha FC for a Indian Super League game in only four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Bengaluru's 2 home games: 2 goals, 2 conceded.
Kerala Blasters form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Indian Super League for Kerala Blasters with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Two away games in a row for Blasters, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Goa in the Indian Super League. Before that, Blasters travelled to Chennaiyin and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
Kerala Blasters have the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Bengaluru four wins, one draw and Kerala Blasters one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. González Fernández 2 goals |  S. Chhetri 1 goals |  C. Oliveira Silva 1 goals |
Bengaluru missing players
Kerala Blasters missing players
| Bengaluru | Kerala Blasters | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.2 | 10.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.5 | 6.8 |
| 3.5 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 50% |
| Bengaluru | Last season | Kerala Blasters | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 24 | 17 | Scored | S | 12 | 29 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 17 | 32 | ||
| 85% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 35% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 61% | ||
| 15% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 44% | ||
| 5% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 35% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 72% | ||
| 55% | 70% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 17% | ||
| 25% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 22% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.8 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 32% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 41% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | NorthEast United | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Bengaluru | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Goa | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Hyderabad | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Jamshedpur | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Chennaiyin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Kerala Blasters | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 10 | Odisha FC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 11 | East Bengal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 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 | Goa | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 23 | 39 |
| 2 | Atletico de Kolkata | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 34 |
| 3 | Bengaluru | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Chennaiyin | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 29 |
| 5 | Mumbai City | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | -4 | 26 |
| 6 | Odisha FC | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Kerala Blasters | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -3 | 19 |
| 8 | Jamshedpur | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -13 | 18 |
| 9 | NorthEast United | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -14 | 14 |
| 10 | Hyderabad | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 26 | -18 | 10 |