Season ticket holders at Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Kerala Blasters languishing in the 8th position so far. The guesting Chennaiyin will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Kerala Blasters and Chennaiyin.
Kerala Blasters form and stats
Overall Indian Super League stats at home this season for Kerala Blasters are 2-4-1 (wins-draw-losses). Kerala Blasters has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager E. Schattorie and the players.
Kerala Blasters's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 3-5 versus Chennaiyin (placed 6th). Heartbreak before that as Kerala Blasters lost 2-3 at Goa's place.
A goal frenzy last time out for Kerala Blasters, with a total of 8 goals in the match against Chennaiyin. Fun stuff to watch!
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Kerala Blasters have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won one Drawn three Lost two.
Kerala Blasters have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium with 12 goals in 7 league matches. Kerala Blasters have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Chennaiyin form and stats
1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Chennaiyin playing as the away team in the Indian Super League this season. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Chennaiyin hope to make it five in this match. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Chennaiyin are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Two travels in a row for Chennaiyin, whose manager O. Coyle could celebrate last time after the Indian Super League win against Kerala Blasters. Before that, Chennaiyin secured a home win against Jamshedpur with the score 4-1.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Chennaiyin, as mentioned above. 8 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Chennaiyin in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Chennaiyin, zero draws and six defeats.
The attacking power of Chennaiyin when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. The Chennaiyin manager O. Coyle has some worries about the defense as 10 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Chennaiyin - Kerala Blasters 3-1, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (Kerala Blasters wins - draws - Chennaiyin wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Valskis 10 goals |   B. Ogbeche 8 goals | R. Messi Bouli 7 goals |
Kerala Blasters missing players
Chennaiyin missing players
| Kerala Blasters | Chennaiyin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 23 | 15 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 25 |
| 26 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 23 |
| 93% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 73% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 60% | 62% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 64% |
| 47% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 43% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 73% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 13% | 12% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 20% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 36% |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 6.3 | 5.9 |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4 | 5.1 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 156 | 95 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 53 | 175 |
| 55 | 35 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 21 | 66 |
| 42% | 43% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 43% | 38% |
- All of Chennaiyin's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Chennaiyin have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Chennaiyin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Chennaiyin haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Kerala Blasters has the most dropped points from leading position (12)
- Kerala Blasters has the most points from losing position (7)
- Kerala Blasters have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 30 |
| 2 | Bengaluru | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | Atlético de Kolkata | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| 4 | Mumbai City | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 5 | Odisha FC | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 21 |
| 6 | Chennaiyin | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Jamshedpur | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 16 |
| 8 | Kerala Blasters | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | NorthEast United | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 11 |
| 10 | Hyderabad | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -19 | 6 |