Match-goers at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium haven’t celebrated many wins this season, with NorthEast United lying uncomfortably in the 11th place. The visiting Bengaluru will try to protect their higher league spot in this one.
- NorthEast United have the most conceded goals (38) in Indian Super League
- Bengaluru have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Indian Super League
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Bengaluru, who are travelling more than 3200 kilometers to play this game.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
NorthEast United form and stats
NorthEast United's results here at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in the Indian Super League have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. All in all it has been a very rough period for NorthEast United who hasn’t won a league-game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against East Bengal, 63 days ago.
NorthEast are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus ATK Mohun Bagan. Attacking player Suhair bested all others in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.8 out of 10. Suhair scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Heartbreak before that as NorthEast United lost 1-2 at Kerala Blasters's place.NorthEast United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games.
Bengaluru form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Indian Super League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for Bengaluru on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Home advantage was not enough for Bengaluru in their previous game as they lost hosting Hyderabad, 1-2. Chhetri, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.65. Chhetri scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Jamshedpur.After this away game Bengaluru return home for a Indian Super League game against Odisha FC. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Bengaluru have scored 10 goals in 7 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Bengaluru have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have met earlier this season: Bengaluru - NorthEast 4-2. Statistics for the last ten meetings featuring these two squads are: one win for NorthEast United, four draws and five wins for Bengaluru. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  C. Oliveira Silva 7 goals |   D. Brown 6 goals |  S. VP 4 goals |
NorthEast United missing players
Bengaluru missing players
| NorthEast United | Bengaluru | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 28 |
| 38 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| 94% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 94% |
| 88% | 88% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 81% |
| 65% | 62% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 62% |
| 41% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 38% |
| 35% | 38% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 14% | 19% |
| 71% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 69% |
| 12% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 25% |
| 24% | 38% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 12% |
| 4 | 3.2 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 6.4 | 5.4 |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5.5 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.6 | 10.9 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12.3 | 10.2 |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| 32% | 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 32% | 45% |
| 13.5 | 12.4 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 8.9 | 9 |
| 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
- Bengaluru have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Indian Super League
- NorthEast United have the most conceded goals (38) in Indian Super League
- NorthEast United have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in Indian Super League
- NorthEast United have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Indian Super League
- NorthEast United have the the worst goal difference (-18) in Indian Super League
- NorthEast United have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- NorthEast United is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 20 | 29 |
| 2 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Jamshedpur | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Bengaluru | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Kerala Blasters | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Mumbai City | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Odisha FC | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 21 |
| 8 | Chennaiyin | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -11 | 19 |
| 9 | Goa | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | East Bengal | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -15 | 10 |
| 11 | NorthEast United | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -18 | 10 |
