North East United V Kerala Blasters

This is a match in the Indian Super League taking place at the Indhira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, between The Home side North East who are currently in 5th position and the guest Kerala Blasters sitting at 7th position. The Hosts are from Guwahati and the guests from Kochi. The distance between the two cities is 2 424.9 km. For me personally I think the home team are sure favorite for this match with an impressive performance in the ISL winning 3 out of their last 5 matches and losing just once in that period. But unfortunately they were priced @ odds 2.66 to win the match by Scorumbet and i believe that's a huge opportunity to stake on the home team winning or probably a Double Chance bet for the home team as the away side Blasters is winless in its last 5 matches, losing 2 of them. The away team are priced at 2.61 with a slight advantage over the home team but I guess betting on them to win this game won't be good and safe to bet on due to the fact that Kerala Blasters has failed to win every single game since their opening day victory over ATK.

The home side North East United will surely be looking up to their prolific striker Bartholomew Ogbeche. The Nigerian born had previously plied his trade at prominent European clubs such as P.S.G, Alaves, Middlesborough and co. before moving to North East United this summer. The striker will be the biggest threat for the guest, netting 6 goals in his last 6 appearance for the club and surely and the Blasters defenders will have a hard time keeping him at bay because his in a wonderful run of form.

PRE-MATCH FACT

  • Kerala Blasters has won the last 3 meetings between the 2 clubs.
  • North East United are winless in their last 2 games on home soil, drawing half of them.
  • Kerala Blasters are unbeaten in their last 2 games on the road, but has failed to win either of them.

PREDICTION

This game promises to be a very gruelling encounter between these two sides. Though the away side Kerala Blasters FC are slightly favoured for this encounter but it is the host who have started the season in more promising fashion. Northeast United FC are fifth with eleven points but have played one game fewer than their counterparts and mathematically speaking should they win this game and their other outstanding game, the hosts could shoot up to top the table or at the very least be second on that table but as far as history goes, Northeast United FC haven't beaten Kerala Blasters FC in their last three encounters, losing all of those games and have won just once in over seven meetings with their visitors. So my pick will be solely on the Under market and probably a double chance bet for the home team

MY PICKS

  • Total Goals Under 2.5 @ odds 1.384  Scorumbet
  • North East United Double Chance @ odds 1.45 Scorumbet