The visiting Goa side should be favourites in this visit to Chennaiyin, as the away team holds a 6 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.
- Chennaiyin has the fewest scored goals (11) in Indian Super League
- Goa has the most points from losing position (11) in Indian Super League
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Indian Super League match only three days ago. This match was also played here at GMC Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Goa have had more rest.
These teams have little in common geographically as Goa have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Chennaiyin form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Indian Super League this season. Chennaiyin, who have the fewest scored goals (11) in Indian Super League, have only managed 0 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses from their games here at GMC Stadium. Chennaiyin are slowly digging their own grave here at GMC Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Kerala Blasters match.
Stress levels are on the rise for Chennaiyin's attacking players as they have now played 284 minutes without scoring in a league game. Isma was their last goal scorer.
Chennaiyin's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Jamshedpur (placed 6th). 0-0 away at Bengaluru before that.
Chennaiyin have scored 2 goals here in 8 league matches, a depressing statistic. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Chennaiyin have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Goa form and stats
Playing away, Goa have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 1 defeat in the Indian Super League this season. Goa has built quite a streak of draws from their away games now, as four in a row has ended all square. Will this streak be broken in today's game? Goa has showed their ability to avoid defeat with five draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 30 days ago, in the Jamshedpur fixture.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Mumbai City (placed 1st) in their previous outing. The Indian Super League match ended in a draw 3-3. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to NorthEast United.
Goa's last match (vs Mumbai City) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Ishan Pandita. As you can tell from the result, the match against Mumbai City was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
A new game in only four days for Goa, the Indian Super League home match versus Odisha FC. Busy days.
Goa has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Goa have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Goa - Chennaiyin 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Chennaiyin three wins, one draw and Goa six victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Angulo Albóniga 11 goals | J. Ortiz Mendoza 5 goals |   E. Tavares Cruz da Silva Gonçalves 4 goals |
Chennaiyin missing players
Goa missing players
| Chennaiyin | Goa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 65% | 50% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 47% | 25% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 81% |
| 35% | 12% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 41% | 25% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 75% | 75% |
| 35% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 12% | 12% |
| 59% | 75% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.5 | 11.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 11 | 11.1 |
| 3.6 | 3.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 18% | 6% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 32% | 33% |
- Chennaiyin has the fewest scored goals (11) in Indian Super League
- Chennaiyin has the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Indian Super League
- Chennaiyin has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Indian Super League
- Chennaiyin have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Chennaiyin have yet to win a game at home.
- Goa has the most points from losing position (11) in Indian Super League
- Goa have scored more than double the goals of Chennaiyin.
- Goa 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 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 34 |
| 2 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 33 |
| 3 | Goa | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 4 | Hyderabad | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 23 |
| 5 | NorthEast United | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 6 | Jamshedpur | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 21 |
| 7 | Bengaluru | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Chennaiyin | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -6 | 17 |
| 9 | East Bengal | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 16 |
| 10 | Kerala Blasters | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 15 |
| 11 | Odisha FC | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -11 | 8 |