Indian Super League: What this game might lack in glitz it should compensate in pace and enthusiasm. Let's go: Kerala Blasters - Chennaiyin!
- Kerala Blasters have the most clean sheets (6) in Indian Super League
- Chennaiyin have the most matches under the total-line (4) in Indian Super League
Kerala Blasters have less rest than Chennaiyin in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Indian Super League game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Hyderabad, so at least Kerala Blasters are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Kerala Blasters form and stats
4 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Kerala Blasters have to build on here at Tilak Maidan Stadium in the Indian Super League.
The club members are hoping that Blasters will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Hyderabad (placed 1st). Midfielder Luna was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.03 (out of ten) in that game. Luna hit seven key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
In the match before that, Kerala Blasters hosted ATK Mohun Bagan and drew the game 2-2.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Mumbai City are coming to town in four days.
The Kerala Blasters fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches.
Chennaiyin form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Indian Super League travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Visiting Chennaiyin has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Chennaiyin might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Jamshedpur proved too strong as Chennaiyin slumped to a 1-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Attacker Valskis got a player rating of 7.12 in the game. "Man of the match" Valskis scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 2-2 draw at Odisha FC's stadium before that.Chennaiyin have conceded 11 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Chennaiyin - Kerala Blasters 0-3 was the scoreline in these teams' latest h2h match, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kerala Blasters three wins, five draws and Chennaiyin two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Á. García Vázquez 5 goals |  S. Samad 4 goals |  A. Luna Retamar 4 goals |
Kerala Blasters missing players
Chennaiyin missing players
| Kerala Blasters | Chennaiyin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 24 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 19 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 31 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 76% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 56% | 67% |
| 53% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | 56% |
| 18% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 22% | 28% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 53% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 50% |
| 35% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 39% |
| 5.5 | 5.4 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.2 | 6.4 |
| 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.8 | 9.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 8.3 | 9.3 |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
| 38% | 32% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 41% | 34% |
| 9.5 | 10.9 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 12 | 13.3 |
| 3.5 | 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
- Chennaiyin have the most matches under the total-line (4) in Indian Super League
- Chennaiyin haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 22 | 35 |
| 2 | Jamshedpur | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 31 |
| 3 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Mumbai City | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Kerala Blasters | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | Bengaluru | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| 7 | Odisha FC | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 22 |
| 8 | Chennaiyin | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -14 | 20 |
| 9 | Goa | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | -4 | 18 |
| 10 | NorthEast United | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -17 | 13 |
| 11 | East Bengal | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -17 | 10 |
