NorthEast United vs Bengaluru: Match guide and preview

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Competition: India Indian Super League
Competition: Tue 12.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tilak Maidan Stadium (12000 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, NorthEast United in 7th and Bengaluru in 6th place.

Insights:
  • NorthEast United is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Bengaluru haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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NorthEast United form and stats

NorthEast United have played 5 Indian Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for NorthEast United, their manager G. Nus and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

NorthEast's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-4 versus Hyderabad (placed 3rd). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting ATK Mohun Bagan (0-2).

A goal frenzy last time out for NorthEast, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Hyderabad. Fun stuff to watch!

NorthEast has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. NorthEast have conceded 5 in these home matches.

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Bengaluru form and stats

2-1-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bengaluru in their Indian Super League matches away. It's looking increasingly bleak for Bengaluru who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Odisha FC was the last time a defeat was avoided.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Indian Super League home defeat versus East Bengal with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Mumbai City.

Bengaluru are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). Bengaluru have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Bengaluru - NorthEast United 2-2 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): NorthEast one win, three draws and Bengaluru five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BengaluruS. Chhetri
S. Chhetri
4 goals
NorthEastK. Appiah
K. Appiah
3 goals
BengaluruC. Oliveira Silva
C. Oliveira Silva
3 goals

NorthEast United missing players

Bengaluru missing players

NorthEast United Bengaluru
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 1 4 10
2 2 0 Won W 0 2 3
5 1 0 Drew D 1 1 3
3 2 1 Lost L 0 1 4
12 5 0 Scored S 2 5 12
14 5 1 Conceded C 2 4 13
90% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
70% 40% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 50%
40% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
40% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 25% 40%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
50% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 50%
30% 60% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 20%
30% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.7 8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.8 9
3.2 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.7
38% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 36% 32%
Key stats in Indian Super League this season:
  • Bengaluru haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • NorthEast United is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Mumbai City 9 7 1 1 16 4 5 4 1 0 10 2 4 3 0 1 6 2 12 22
2 ATK Mohun Bagan 9 6 2 1 10 3 5 4 1 0 6 1 4 2 1 1 4 2 7 20
3 Hyderabad 10 4 3 3 15 13 4 1 1 2 5 7 6 3 2 1 10 6 2 15
4 Goa 10 4 3 3 13 11 5 1 2 2 7 7 5 3 1 1 6 4 2 15
5 Jamshedpur 9 3 4 2 10 9 4 1 1 2 6 7 5 2 3 0 4 2 1 13
6 Bengaluru 10 3 3 4 12 13 6 1 2 3 7 9 4 2 1 1 5 4 -1 12
7 NorthEast United 10 2 5 3 12 14 5 2 1 2 5 5 5 0 4 1 7 9 -2 11
8 Chennaiyin 9 2 4 3 8 11 4 0 2 2 1 5 5 2 2 1 7 6 -3 10
9 East Bengal 10 2 4 4 10 15 5 1 3 1 6 6 5 1 1 3 4 9 -5 10
10 Kerala Blasters 9 1 3 5 10 17 5 1 2 2 7 8 4 0 1 3 3 9 -7 6
11 Odisha FC 9 1 2 6 10 16 4 0 1 3 3 6 5 1 1 3 7 10 -6 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.