Indian Super League duel: Close contest expected between Kerala Blasters and ATK Mohun Bagan

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Competition: India Indian Super League
Competition: Sat 19.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tilak Maidan Stadium (5000 seats)

Kerala Blasters and ATK Mohun Bagan are both high-flying in the Indian Super League with their 3rd and 2nd spots respectively. This could be a top fixture!

Insights:
  • Kerala Blasters have the most clean sheets (6) in Indian Super League
  • ATK Mohun Bagan is in the best form (4-2-0) in Indian Super League

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Indian Super League game only four days ago. That game, against Goa, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for ATK Mohun Bagan.

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Kerala Blasters form and stats

14 points is a decent return from 7 Indian Super League games here at Tilak Maidan Stadium for Kerala Blasters. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Tilak Maidan Stadium.

A nice win for Kerala Blasters last time playing, versus East Bengal. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Sipović scoring for the victors. Sipović, defender, was given a rating of 7.84/10 in that game, top of the team. Sipović scored one goal and won 5 of 6 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Blasters lost 0-3 at Jamshedpur's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Kerala Blasters perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kerala Blasters as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Kerala Blasters has won two of these, drawn seven and lost three.

The manager Vukomanovic will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Hyderabad in only four days.

Kerala Blasters has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Blasters have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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ATK Mohun Bagan form and stats

ATK Mohun Bagan have an excellent away record in the Indian Super League so far with 4-2-1 from 7 games. In general it has been a productive period now for ATK Mohun Bagan as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.

Two trips in a row for Mohun, whose manager Fenol could celebrate last time after the win against Goa. Singh, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.8. Singh scored two goals, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against NorthEast United.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with ATK Mohun Bagan playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were two ATK Mohun Bagan wins, one draw and two defeats.

Mohun have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 15 goals from 7 away matches. As opposed to that, ATK Mohun Bagan have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

ATK Mohun Bagan - Blasters 4-2 was the result in these sides' latest h2h match, played this season. Head to head totals (for the previous three meetings): Kerala Blasters won zero games, zero matches ended in a draw and ATK Mohun Bagan got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one One of the stars has been Krishna with 4 goals scored against Blasters in these 3 encounters.

Top Goalscorers

ATK Mohun BaganL. Colaco
L. Colaco
7 goals
Kerala BlastersÁ. García Vázquez
Á. García Vázquez
5 goals
ATK Mohun BaganH. Boumous
H. Boumous
5 goals

Kerala Blasters missing players

ATK Mohun Bagan missing players

Kerala Blasters ATK Mohun Bagan
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 1 7 15
7 4 1 Won W 1 4 8
5 2 0 Drew D 0 2 5
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
21 9 1 Scored S 2 15 31
15 6 0 Conceded C 1 9 22
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
73% 57% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 93%
47% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 73%
13% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 47%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 27%
47% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 80%
40% 29% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 20%
20% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 7%
 
5.1 5.3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.1 5.7
4.1 4.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 10 6.3 6.2
2 2.4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.1 1.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.3 10 7 Shots (avg) S ( 15 14.3 12.8
3.6 4.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.9 4.5
39% 28% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 44% 46%
 
9.7 11.4 7 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10.7 12.7
3.2 3.6 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.7 4.3
Key stats in Indian Super League this season:
  • ATK Mohun Bagan have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • ATK Mohun Bagan haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • ATK Mohun Bagan is in the best form (4-2-0) in Indian Super League
  • All of ATK Mohun Bagan's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Kerala Blasters have the most clean sheets (6) in Indian Super League
  • Kerala Blasters haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Hyderabad 16 8 5 3 36 16 6 3 1 2 14 6 10 5 4 1 22 10 20 29
2 ATK Mohun Bagan 15 8 5 2 31 22 8 4 3 1 16 13 7 4 2 1 15 9 9 29
3 Kerala Blasters 15 7 5 3 21 15 7 4 2 1 9 6 8 3 3 2 12 9 6 26
4 Jamshedpur 14 7 4 3 23 15 8 5 2 1 11 5 6 2 2 2 12 10 8 25
5 Mumbai City 15 7 4 4 29 23 9 4 2 3 15 14 6 3 2 1 14 9 6 25
6 Bengaluru 16 6 5 5 28 22 9 3 4 2 18 14 7 3 1 3 10 8 6 23
7 Odisha FC 16 6 3 7 26 33 8 4 1 3 17 17 8 2 2 4 9 16 -7 21
8 Chennaiyin 16 5 4 7 14 25 8 2 2 4 7 16 8 3 2 3 7 9 -11 19
9 Goa 17 4 6 7 23 26 8 2 3 3 8 11 9 2 3 4 15 15 -3 18
10 East Bengal 17 1 7 9 17 33 8 0 4 4 8 17 9 1 3 5 9 16 -16 10
11 NorthEast United 17 2 4 11 20 38 8 2 2 4 10 16 9 0 2 7 10 22 -18 10

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.