Struggling Chennaiyin will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying NorthEast United in the upcoming league round. It’s 8th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Chennaiyin has the fewest scored goals (13) in Indian Super League
- NorthEast United have scored at least twice as many goals away as Chennaiyin have scored home.
NorthEast United could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Indian Super League game only four sleeps ago.
It's quite the trip for NorthEast United when visiting Chennaiyin as the cities are 2600 kilometers apart.
Chennaiyin form and stats
Chennaiyin's struggle is real here at GMC Stadium with only 6 points collected from 9 Indian Super League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-6-3. With nine home Indian Super League games in a row without a win, the Chennaiyin fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Kerala Blasters game long ago, can be stopped today.
The spoils were shared in Chennaiyin's previous game, also at home. Visiting Goa (placed 4th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Jamshedpur with the scoreline 0-1.
There will be little rest for Chennaiyin after this match as they are travelling to Kerala Blasters for a Indian Super League game in only three days.
The lack of attacking qualities in Chennaiyin means that they have only scored 4 goals in 9 league home games, less than half a goal per match. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Chennaiyin's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
NorthEast United form and stats
2 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of NorthEast United playing as the away team in the Indian Super League this season.
The supporters enjoyed NorthEast's previous game versus Odisha FC (placed 11th), a Indian Super League 3-1 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Hyderabad that ended 0-0.
NorthEast United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). As opposed to that, NorthEast have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; NorthEast United - Chennaiyin 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Chennaiyin four wins, three draws and NorthEast United three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Babo Machado 5 goals |   E. Tavares Cruz da Silva Gonçalves 4 goals |  F. Gallego Revetria 4 goals |
Chennaiyin missing players
NorthEast United missing players
| Chennaiyin | NorthEast United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 67% | 56% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 76% |
| 39% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 53% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 38% | 35% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 44% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 65% |
| 33% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 56% | 67% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.5 | 11.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 9.1 | 9.5 |
| 3.7 | 3.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 20% | 11% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 39% | 38% |
- Chennaiyin has the fewest scored goals (13) in Indian Super League
- Chennaiyin has the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Indian Super League
- Chennaiyin has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) 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.
- NorthEast United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- NorthEast United have scored at least twice as many goals away as Chennaiyin have scored 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 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 36 |
| 2 | Mumbai City | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 34 |
| 3 | NorthEast United | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 26 |
| 4 | Goa | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 24 |
| 5 | Hyderabad | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 6 | Jamshedpur | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 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 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -6 | 18 |
| 9 | East Bengal | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 17 |
| 10 | Kerala Blasters | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -7 | 16 |
| 11 | Odisha FC | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 9 |