Kerala Blasters VS Chennayin FC: Lineups, Team News, Analysis and Prediction

Kerala Blasters VS Chennayin FC: Lineups, Team News , Analysis and Prediction

At Thursday’s ISL 2024-25 match between Chennaiyin FC and Kerala Blasters, the Marina Arena will play witness to a rekindled rivalry between the two teams from the south. So far this season, neither side has done anything noteworthy, and a win would be the only way to give either squad some momentum going into the second half.

Match Details

• Fixture: Chennaiyin FC vs Kerala Blasters
• Competition: Indian Super League (ISL)
• Date: 30 Jan, 2025
• Venue: Jawaharlala nehru stadium, Chennai
• Kick Off: 7:30 PM

Kerala Blasters FC Preview

The reason for their continuous loss in the season is due to their inability to maintain consistency in their overall team performance. TG Purushothaman’s team is currently in 8th position in the league table after losing their most recent match against East Bengal, with holding a total of 21 point from 18 matches Winning these games is their only hope to get into the playoffs.

Team News

Freddy got sent off during the match against East Bengal after he had four yellow cards this season.If they win their next match, Kerala might be tied with Odisha FC for second position in the league.TG Purushothaman, who served as the temporary head coach, had high expectations for the Kerala Blasters FC offense. In the past encounter, we were not able to produce enough scoring opportunities. He stated that we need to stick together and that he is hopeful that we will be able to fix this in the next encounter.

Possible Lineup(4-2-3-1)

Naocha Singh, Milos Drincic, Noah sadaoui, Adrian Luna (C), Jesus Jimenez, Sandeep Singh, Danish Farooq, Ruivah Hormipam, Vibin Mohanan, Korou Sighn, Sachi Suresh (GK)

Do you know

• Kerala blasters won against Chennai FC in the same match on November 20, 2024, with score off 3-0
• Kerala Blasters FC never had an victory at Marina Arina.
• Chennai has won seven times, while Kerala has won six times.

Chennayin FC Preview

In the last 6 matches Marina Machans got only losses. Owen Coyle’s team fell 2-0 on Saturday because FC Goa played better. At the moment, they are in tenth place in the league, having accumulated a total of 18 points.

Team News

With 3 draws and 2 losses, Chennai FC has not won in their past five matches. In the five games that took place before Thursday’s match, the Kerala Blasters won two, lost one, and drew one. Pritam Kotal left KBFC after expressing dissatisfaction with the amount of time he was getting to be played. Kotal will be the focus of attention in the lead-up to this match. He is quite familiar with the playing styles of his former colleagues, Adrian Luna and Noah Sadaoui.

Possible Lineup(4-2-3-1)

Wilmar Jordan Gill, Irfan yadwad, Farukh Choudhary, Connor Shields, Jitendar Singh, Larinliana Hnamte, Pritam Kotal, Ryan Edward (C), Elsinho, PC Laldinpula and Mohammed Nawaz (Goalkeeper)

Do you know?

• In the indian Super League Chennai FC has only won one of its eight home rivals.
• 29 goals have been allowed from each sides in 18 isl games
• Vidnesh dhakshinamoorthy would be playing for Chennai, and coyle further stated that gurkirat singh will not be there for the kerala match

Conclusion

Scotsman and Chennaiyin head coach Allan McGregor claimed he would be more concerned if his team missed excellent scoring chances than if they scored. Against Blasters Coyle will likely start Irfan Yadwad and Wilmar Jordan Gil in a 4-4-2 formation.