Chennaiyin will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Bengaluru.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Chennaiyin form and stats
When playing at home in the Indian Super League, Chennaiyin, who have the most scored goals (16) at home in Indian Super League, have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 8 games. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Chennaiyin has won their last four matches. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Chennaiyin after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Happy days for Chennaiyin in their previous game, a Indian Super League match away at Kerala Blasters (placed 8th) that ended with a 6-3 victory. Ahead of that match, Chennaiyin won a home game hosting Jamshedpur (4-1).
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Goals decide football matches and Chennaiyin are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 8 league matches. On the other hand, Chennaiyin have conceded 10 goals.
Bengaluru form and stats
The visitors are W2-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Indian Super League. Bengaluru seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Bengaluru have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu. It's been 215 minutes since they last conceded in Indian Super League.
Nishu Kumar scored in Bengaluru's previous match, the home game against Hyderabad that ended 1-0. Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Odisha FC.
Goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu was absolutely vital in the Bengaluru victory against Hyderabad, making six saves.
The attacking power of Bengaluru when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Bengaluru as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Bengaluru - Chennaiyin 3-0 earlier this season. Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Chennaiyin, zero draws and three wins for Bengaluru. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  N. Valskis 12 goals |   S. Chhetri 9 goals |  R. Schuler Crivellaro 6 goals |
Chennaiyin missing players
Bengaluru missing players
| Chennaiyin | Bengaluru | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 26 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| 23 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 93% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 86% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 60% |
| 64% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 21% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 57% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 27% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 60% |
| 36% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 27% |
| 5.9 | 5.6 | 4.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 5.1 | 5.9 | 5.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 3.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 177 | 122 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 70 | 167 |
| 68 | 45 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 21 | 60 |
| 38% | 36% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 24% | 32% |
- Bengaluru has the fewest conceded goals (5) away
- Bengaluru has the fewest conceded goals (9)
- Bengaluru has the most matches under the total-line (11)
- Bengaluru have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Chennaiyin has the most scored goals (16) at home
- Chennaiyin have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Bengaluru have scored away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atlético de Kolkata | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 30 |
| 2 | Goa | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 30 |
| 3 | Bengaluru | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Mumbai City | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 5 | Chennaiyin | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Odisha FC | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 21 |
| 7 | Jamshedpur | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 16 |
| 8 | Kerala Blasters | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 9 | NorthEast United | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 11 |
| 10 | Hyderabad | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -19 | 6 |