Kerala Blasters are considered as probable winners of this home match against NorthEast United, if the league standings are anything to judge by. Or could we be in for a surprise?
- Kerala Blasters have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Indian Super League
- NorthEast United have the most conceded goals (33) 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.
Kerala Blasters form and stats
Kerala Blasters have played 5 Indian Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Kerala Blasters crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Bengaluru here at Tilak Maidan Stadium. Lešković, defender, was given a rating of 7.23/10 in that game, top of the team. Lešković hit one key pass and won 7 of 9 duels.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Odisha FC with a 2-0 scoreline.Blasters has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches.
NorthEast United form and stats
There's been little loot from NorthEast United's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 7 away games in the Indian Super League. NorthEast United only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
NorthEast United failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Hyderabad (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-5. Lakra, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 6.85. Lakra won 5 of 8 duels.
A 1-1 draw at Mumbai City's stadium before that.NorthEast United find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. For NorthEast United, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. NorthEast has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The most up to date registered history featuring both these sides is the NorthEast United - Kerala Blasters 0-0 played not long ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kerala Blasters three wins, five draws and NorthEast United two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Brown 6 goals |   S. Samad 4 goals |  Á. García Vázquez 4 goals |
Kerala Blasters missing players
NorthEast United missing players
| Kerala Blasters | NorthEast United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 18 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | 33 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 75% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 42% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 60% |
| 17% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 43% | 40% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 43% | 40% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 86% | 67% |
| 42% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 27% |
| 4.8 | 4 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.5 | 4 | 3.6 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| 1.8 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 11.7 | 11.3 |
| 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
| 44% | 29% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 36% | 32% |
| 10.2 | 13.6 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 13.9 | 13.1 |
| 3.6 | 4.6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
- Kerala Blasters have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Indian Super League
- Kerala Blasters have the most clean sheets (5) in Indian Super League
- Kerala Blasters haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- NorthEast United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- NorthEast United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- NorthEast United have the fewest points (2) away in Indian Super League
- NorthEast United have the most conceded goals (17) away in Indian Super League
- NorthEast United have the most conceded goals (33) in Indian Super League
- NorthEast United have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Indian Super League
- NorthEast United have the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in Indian Super League
- NorthEast United have the the worst goal difference (-15) in Indian Super League
- NorthEast United have the the worst goal difference (-9) away in Indian Super League
- NorthEast United have yet to win a game away.
- NorthEast United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- NorthEast United is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 20 | 26 |
| 2 | Jamshedpur | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 22 |
| 3 | Kerala Blasters | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Bengaluru | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Mumbai City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 7 | Chennaiyin | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 18 |
| 8 | Odisha FC | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 17 |
| 9 | Goa | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 14 |
| 10 | NorthEast United | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -15 | 10 |
| 11 | East Bengal | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -14 | 9 |
