I am expecting this to be a close match with most probably at least 2.5+ goals scored. Looking at the historical data, Odisha has collected 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses in their last 8 matches. Last 3 games at their HOME stadium shown us 1 wins, 1 draws and 1 losses. Last HOME game was on 17. December against Bengaluru with the result away win (1-2). If we look at the last 8 games of Chennaiyin, we note 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. Last 4 AWAY games are following: 1 wins, 1 draws and 2 losses. Most recent AWAY game was on 26. December vs East Bengal and the outcome was draw (2-2). Looking at the data above, we at hintwise.com see both teams being equal and a possible DRAW here. Our football prediction for 1X2: pick DRAW!
This is a game between Low ranking Odisha and Medium ranking Chennaiyin. Odisha's last 4 HOME games against Medium ranking teams show 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. Meanwhile Chennaiyin AWAY performance against Low ranking teams shows 1 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses from last 5 AWAY games. Odisha's scoring power is 1.3 goals per game vs Chennaiyin's 1. Looking at the defensive side, Odisha is performing 0.8 and Chennaiyin 1.4 goals conceded on average per each game. Taking all the Ranking-based facts into account, we expect both teams being equal and a possible DRAW here. Our football prediction for 1X2: pick DRAW!
From last 8 games of Odisha we see 6 games going Over 2.5 Goals and 2 with Under 2.5 Goals. Last 8 games of Chennaiyin have seen 6 Overs and 2 Unders. Looking at the rank-based O/U 2.5 stats of Odisha it has been 1 Overs and 3 Unders in their last 4 HOME games against teams with similar ranking to Chennaiyin. Chennaiyin has seen 2 Overs and 3 Unders in their last 5 AWAY games against teams with ranking close to Odisha. Odisha scores an average 2.33 goals each game at home stadium while Chennaiyin has been scoring 1.75 goals away. With these facts combined, we get a total average of 4.08 goals per match between both teams. Odisha concedes 2.33 goals on average and Chennaiyin 2.25 for a total of 4.58 goals conceded per match. From all this info, we expect about 4.3 goals per match. History shows that 75% of games end Over 2.5 for Odisha and 75% for Chennaiyin. Considering the OU 2.5 numbers and stats, it probably is an OVER 2.5 match. Under Over 2.5 prediction: pick OVER 2.5! Medium confidence.
From Odisha's last 8 encounters 6 have been with both teams scoring a goal and 2 only one team scoring or no goals at all. From Chennaiyin's last 8 games, it is 6 with both teams scoring and 2 with only one team/no score. Considering the rank-based BTTS stats, Odisha had 1 games where both teams scored and 3 where at least one did not. For Chennaiyin, we have seen 3 BTTS YES and 2 NO's. There is a 75% chance of Odisha scoring today and 75% for Chennaiyin scoring today. Probability of conceding a goal is 100% for Odisha and 87.5% for Chennaiyin. Looking at the numbers, we predict that it will probably be Both Teams to Score-YES match. Football tip for BTTS: pick BTTS-YES! Medium stakes.