Can Chennaiyin beat NorthEast United?

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Competition: India Indian Super League
Date: Thu 16.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (40000 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Indian Super League, Chennaiyin holding 7th place and NorthEast United lying 9th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

It's quite the trip for NorthEast United when visiting Chennaiyin as the cities are 2600 kilometers apart.

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Chennaiyin form and stats

Overall Indian Super League stats at home this season for Chennaiyin are 2-2-2 (wins-draw-losses).

Chennaiyin are returning here after visiting Hyderabad in a Indian Super League game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Odisha FC.

A decent goal production from Chennaiyin in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Chennaiyin defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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NorthEast United form and stats

1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of NorthEast United playing as the away team in the Indian Super League this season.

NorthEast United play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Goa (placed 1st). Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Kerala Blasters.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. NorthEast United are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 1 - 6 (Chennaiyin wins - draws - NorthEast United wins). As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ChennaiyinN. Valskis
N. Valskis
7 goals
NorthEast UnitedA. Gyan
A. Gyan
4 goals
ChennaiyinA. Schembri
A. Schembri
3 goals

Chennaiyin missing players

NorthEast United missing players

Chennaiyin NorthEast United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 6 1 Played P 2 5 10
3 2 1 Won W 1 1 2
3 2 0 Drew D 1 3 5
5 2 0 Lost L 0 1 3
14 10 2 Scored S 2 3 9
19 9 1 Conceded C 1 4 14
91% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
82% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 80%
64% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 40%
36% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
9% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
55% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 50%
9% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 20%
45% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 40%
 
6.2 5.8 12 Corners For (avg) C F 4 3.2 4.2
4.6 4.8 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 6.6 5.9
2.3 2.7 4 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2.4
2 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
132 88 22 Total Shots T S 16 37 96
39 26 7 Shots on Target S O 5 10 32
36% 38% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 30% 28%
Key stats in Indian Super League this season:
  • Chennaiyin have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chennaiyin have scored at least twice as many goals at home as NorthEast United have scored away.
  • NorthEast United has the fewest scored goals (3) away
  • NorthEast United has the fewest scored goals (9)
  • NorthEast United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • NorthEast United have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 12 7 3 2 25 14 6 4 1 1 11 3 6 3 2 1 14 11 11 24
2 Bengaluru 12 6 4 2 15 7 6 4 1 1 10 4 6 2 3 1 5 3 8 22
3 Atletico de Kolkata 12 6 3 3 21 10 5 3 1 1 11 4 7 3 2 2 10 6 11 21
4 Odisha FC 12 5 3 4 17 15 6 4 1 1 9 4 6 1 2 3 8 11 2 18
5 Mumbai City 12 4 4 4 17 21 5 1 1 3 7 12 7 3 3 1 10 9 -4 16
6 Kerala Blasters 12 3 5 4 16 15 7 2 4 1 12 8 5 1 1 3 4 7 1 14
7 Jamshedpur 11 3 4 4 13 15 6 2 3 1 8 6 5 1 1 3 5 9 -2 13
8 Chennaiyin 11 3 3 5 14 19 6 2 2 2 10 9 5 1 1 3 4 10 -5 12
9 NorthEast United 10 2 5 3 9 14 5 1 2 2 6 10 5 1 3 1 3 4 -5 11
10 Hyderabad 12 1 2 9 12 29 6 1 2 3 6 9 6 0 0 6 6 20 -17 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.