Kerala Blasters vs Hyderabad match preview

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Competition: India Indian Super League
Date: Sun 05.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (60000 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Indian Super League, Kerala Blasters holding 9th place and Hyderabad lying 10th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Kerala Blasters form and stats

The story so far in the Indian Super League for Kerala Blasters at their home stadium (Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium) is 1 win, 4 draws and 1 defeat. Kerala Blasters has four consecutive draws when playing at home, an interesting stat.

The points were shared in Kerala Blasters's previous game, also at home. Visiting NorthEast United (placed 7th) travelled back with a point after a 1-1 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Chennaiyin (1-3).

Kerala Blasters are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. 7 goals have been conceded.

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Hyderabad form and stats

Hyderabad, who have the most conceded goals (21) in Indian Super League, have been very modest guests so far, leaving with zero points in all their 5 away matches played so far in the Indian Super League. It's all red in the travel logs of Hyderabad, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.

Hyderabad play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Mumbai City (placed 4th). A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Atletico de Kolkata.

Hyderabad find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 5 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Hyderabad concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own. Hyderabad can't defend away. 15 goals have been scored by the opposition in 5 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Hyderabad - Kerala Blasters 2-1 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Kerala Blasters
R. Bouli
4 goals
Kerala BlastersB. Ogbeche
B. Ogbeche
4 goals

Kerala Blasters missing players

Hyderabad missing players

Kerala Blasters Hyderabad
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 6 1 Played P 1 5 10
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
5 4 1 Drew D 0 0 2
4 1 0 Lost L 1 5 7
10 7 1 Scored S 1 5 10
14 7 1 Conceded C 2 15 21
90% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 80%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 70%
30% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 60% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 20%
70% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 70%
10% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
30% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 30%
 
4.4 5 7 Corners For (avg) C F 4 5.8 4.4
4 4.2 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 12 5 5.6
1.9 1.8 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.2 2.4
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
105 68 9 Total Shots T S 14 65 112
32 22 4 Shots on Target S O 2 18 33
31% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 28% 30%
Key stats in Indian Super League this season:
  • All of Hyderabad's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Hyderabad has the fewest clean sheets (0)
  • Hyderabad has the fewest points (0) away
  • Hyderabad has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2)
  • Hyderabad has the most conceded goals (15) away
  • Hyderabad has the most conceded goals (21)
  • Hyderabad has the most points from losing position (5)
  • Hyderabad has the the worst goal difference (-10) away
  • Hyderabad has the the worst goal difference (-11)
  • Hyderabad have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Hyderabad have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Hyderabad have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Hyderabad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hyderabad have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Hyderabad haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Hyderabad is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Kerala Blasters has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4)
  • Kerala Blasters has the most dropped points from leading position (9)

  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 11 6 3 2 23 14 5 3 1 1 9 3 6 3 2 1 14 11 9 21
2 Bengaluru 11 5 4 2 13 7 5 3 1 1 8 4 6 2 3 1 5 3 6 19
3 Atletico de Kolkata 10 5 3 2 19 9 4 3 1 0 11 3 6 2 2 2 8 6 10 18
4 Mumbai City 10 4 4 2 17 17 4 1 1 2 7 10 6 3 3 0 10 7 0 16
5 Jamshedpur 10 3 4 3 13 13 6 2 3 1 8 6 4 1 1 2 5 7 0 13
6 Odisha FC 10 3 3 4 13 15 4 2 1 1 5 4 6 1 2 3 8 11 -2 12
7 NorthEast United 9 2 5 2 9 12 5 1 2 2 6 10 4 1 3 0 3 2 -3 11
8 Chennaiyin 9 2 3 4 11 16 6 2 2 2 10 9 3 0 1 2 1 7 -5 9
9 Kerala Blasters 10 1 5 4 10 14 6 1 4 1 7 7 4 0 1 3 3 7 -4 8
10 Hyderabad 10 1 2 7 10 21 5 1 2 2 5 6 5 0 0 5 5 15 -11 5

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.