Goa are willing to blank out the league table before this fixture against Chennaiyin. Here's everything you need to know pre-match!
- Goa have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Indian Super League
- Chennaiyin have the fewest scored goals (9) in Indian Super League
Chennaiyin have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Goa form and stats
Goa have played 3 Indian Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Goa drew their last game, 2-2 away at Kerala Blasters (placed 3rd). Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Kerala Blasters last time out, but a goal from Bedia completed a comeback to a draw result for Goa. Midfield player Bedia got a match rating of 8.33 in that game, the max score being 10. Bedia scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 64 successful passes (of 79 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at ATK Mohun Bagan.The Goa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.
Chennaiyin form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Indian Super League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Chennaiyin play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Jamshedpur (placed 6th). Damjanović, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.64. Damjanović won 6 of 6 duels.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-4 defeat against Bengaluru.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Chennaiyin have scored 5 goals in 5 league games away. It's not easy to score on Chennaiyin as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two teams are: six wins for Goa, one draw and three wins for Chennaiyin. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  J. Ortiz Mendoza 3 goals |  A. Noguera Ripoll 2 goals | A. López Cabrera 2 goals |
Goa missing players
Chennaiyin missing players
| Goa | Chennaiyin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 18 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 40% | 56% |
| 78% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 20% | 44% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 4.1 | 3.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| 4.3 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 8.7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 8 | 9.8 |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
| 30% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 42% | 31% |
| 10.2 | 12.7 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10 | 9.9 |
| 3.9 | 4.7 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
- All of Goa's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Chennaiyin have the fewest scored goals (9) in Indian Super League
- Chennaiyin have the most matches under the total-line (4) in Indian Super League
- Chennaiyin have the most points (10) away in Indian Super League
- Chennaiyin haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Goa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Goa have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Indian Super League
- Goa have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- 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 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Hyderabad | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| 3 | Kerala Blasters | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Chennaiyin | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 14 |
| 6 | Jamshedpur | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | Odisha FC | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 8 | Bengaluru | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 9 | Goa | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 9 |
| 10 | NorthEast United | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 8 |
| 11 | East Bengal | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 4 |
