Kerala Blasters have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts Chennaiyin. Prepare for the match with this Indian Super League preview!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Indian Super League game only three days ago.
Chennaiyin form and stats
It's back home for Chennaiyin, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Jamshedpur away with the result 2-1. Esmael Goncalves and Anirudh Thapa found the net in that victory. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Atletico de Kolkata (1-3).
Last season, Chennaiyin's league statistics were 8 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Indian Super League. Over these 18 matches they scored 32 goals and conceded 26. Playing at home last season Chennaiyin managed 4-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 10 conceded.
Kerala Blasters form and stats
Blasters's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus NorthEast United that finished 2-2. A 0-1 loss hosting ATK Mohun Bagan before that.
It looked so good for Blasters vs NorthEast United, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Chennaiyin, five draws and two wins for Kerala Blasters. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Thapa 1 goals |  E. Tavares Cruz da Silva Gonçalves 1 goals |   S. Cidoncha Fernández 1 goals |
Chennaiyin missing players
Kerala Blasters missing players
| Chennaiyin | Kerala Blasters | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| Chennaiyin | Last season | Kerala Blasters | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 21 | 10 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Scored | S | 12 | 29 | ||
| 34 | 11 | Conceded | C | 17 | 32 | ||
| 90% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 81% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 67% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 61% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 62% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 72% | ||
| 19% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 17% | ||
| 29% | 30% | 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 | ||
| 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.7 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 40% | 37% | 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 | NorthEast United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Chennaiyin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hyderabad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Mumbai City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Bengaluru | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Goa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Kerala Blasters | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Jamshedpur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Odisha FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |