Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium: Chennaiyin vs Goa Indian Super League preview

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Competition: India Indian Super League
Date: Thu 26.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (40000 seats)

The visiting Goa side should be favourites in this visit to Chennaiyin, as the away team holds a 12 point advantage from their ten league games this season.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Chennaiyin form and stats

2 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Chennaiyin have to build on here at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in the Indian Super League.

The Chennaiyin crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 3-4 to Goa here at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in a Indian Super League match. Ahead of that match, Chennaiyin won a home game hosting Kerala Blasters (3-1).

A goal frenzy last time out for Chennaiyin, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Goa. Fun stuff to watch!

Chennaiyin have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Chennaiyin have conceded 9 from these games.

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Goa form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (22) in Indian Super League, on their Indian Super League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. The fact that Goa have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Goa love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Two travels in a row for Goa, whose manager Sergio Lobera could celebrate last time after the Indian Super League win against Chennaiyin. Before that, Goa secured a home win against Odisha FC with the score 3-0.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Goa, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 13 goals in 5 league games away this season. In the opposite end, Goa have conceded 9 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Chennaiyin - Goa 3-4 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Chennaiyin won 2, Goa won 7 and 1 draw. 7 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GoaCoro
Coro
7 goals
ChennaiyinN. Valskis
N. Valskis
5 goals
ChennaiyinA. Schembri
A. Schembri
3 goals

Chennaiyin missing players

Goa missing players

Chennaiyin Goa
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 6 1 Played P 2 5 10
2 2 0 Won W 1 3 6
3 2 0 Drew D 1 2 3
4 2 1 Lost L 0 0 1
11 10 0 Scored S 3 13 22
16 9 1 Conceded C 2 9 12
89% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 80%
67% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 80% 70%
33% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 80% 40%
11% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 20%
56% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 80% 60%
11% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 30%
44% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
6 5.8 4 Corners For (avg) C F 5.5 5.6 5.1
4.7 4.8 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 4.4 5.5
2.6 2.7 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.4 2.3
2 2 0 Red Cards R C 1 2 3
 
114 88 15 Total Shots T S 23 58 127
32 26 4 Shots on Target S O 9 29 55
34% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 45% 40%
Key stats in Indian Super League this season:
  • Goa has the most scored goals (13) away
  • Goa has the most scored goals (22)
  • Goa has the most scored goals in the first half (9)
  • Goa has the most scored goals in the second half (13)
  • Goa has the the best goal difference (+4) away
  • Goa have not yet lost a game away.
  • Goa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Goa have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Goa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Goa is in the best form (4-1-1)

  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 10 6 3 1 22 12 5 3 1 1 9 3 5 3 2 0 13 9 10 21
2 Atletico de Kolkata 10 5 3 2 19 9 4 3 1 0 11 3 6 2 2 2 8 6 10 18
3 Bengaluru 10 4 4 2 11 6 4 2 1 1 6 3 6 2 3 1 5 3 5 16
4 Jamshedpur 9 3 4 2 12 11 6 2 3 1 8 6 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 13
5 Mumbai City 9 3 4 2 15 16 3 0 1 2 5 9 6 3 3 0 10 7 -1 13
6 NorthEast United 8 2 4 2 8 11 5 1 2 2 6 10 3 1 2 0 2 1 -3 10
7 Odisha FC 9 2 3 4 11 14 3 1 1 1 3 3 6 1 2 3 8 11 -3 9
8 Chennaiyin 9 2 3 4 11 16 6 2 2 2 10 9 3 0 1 2 1 7 -5 9
9 Kerala Blasters 9 1 4 4 9 13 5 1 3 1 6 6 4 0 1 3 3 7 -4 7
10 Hyderabad 9 1 2 6 9 19 5 1 2 2 5 6 4 0 0 4 4 13 -10 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.