Bengaluru vs Minerva Punjab betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Indian Super League match on October 18th, 2024

Bengaluru and Minerva Punjab will play on Friday, October 18th, 2024, at 14:00h (UTC), in a Indian Super League game to be held in India, check the Bengaluru vs Minerva Punjab betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Bengaluru vs Minerva Punjab will occur

The game takes place in the small Sree Kanteerava Stadium stadium, in the city of Bangalore, with a capacity for 24000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting on Betarena.

Introduction to the Bengaluru vs Minerva Punjab betting tip 2024/2025

In the current edition of the Indian Super League, we can see a growth in the average goals. While last season the tournament had an average of 2.76 goals per match, now the competition has an average of 2.88 goals per match.

Bengaluru last match

Bengaluru in its last official match drew (0-0) against Mumbai City, in a match valid for Indian Super League. Coach Gerard Zaragoza's lined up a 3-5-2 formation.

The favorite to win the match was the rival team, that's why the draw (odd 4.00) in the end can be considered a positive result.

Despite the team's less-than-exciting average performance, Edgar Méndez is certainly one of the players on the roster to watch for the future. On the field he showed a good physical presence and good footwork, proving to be crucial to Bengaluru game.

Minerva Punjab last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Indian Super League, Minerva Punjab, who used a 3-4-3 formation, faced the Hyderabad team with a final score of 2-0.

The odds of 1.33 before the match made clear the favoritism of the team before the match, a condition that was ratified with the final positive result.

Bengaluru vs Minerva Punjab h2h

When these teams last played against each other in Indian Super League, Bengaluru ranked 9th place while Minerva Punjab was in 11th place. Bengaluru initiated hostilities with a 4-2-3-1 formation while Minerva Punjab played using a 4-3-1-2 tactic.

The two teams have not faced each other since 03-02-2024. On that occasion they were playing for the 2023/2024 season of the Indian Super League, and the match ended with a 3-1 win for Minerva Punjab.

The performance of the Minerva Punjab team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Bengaluru team.

Bengaluru

Indian Super League leaderboard now

The Bengaluru team with 10 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Semi-finals, with a campaign of 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

Which means that in the 5th round, the team has 1 point in advantage, over Minerva Punjab team who is in the position 2.

Bengaluru analysis

The ratio of goals scored to goals conceded for Bengaluru is positive: after 4 rounds the team has scored 7 goals, conceding only 0.

Teams typically have some control over the opponents if they had ball possession above 50%. Thus, the Bengaluru team usually tries for an average ball possession of 57.5% to control the game.

While Minerva Punjab has only managed to convert 6 of their 226 attacks into goals, Bengaluru has been much more successful with 372 attacks and 7 goals.

Increasingly prominent within the team, Rahul Bheke, a defender who arrived for this season, did another fine performance in the last duel of the club. In the match against Mumbai City, he was a fundamental piece, providing great security for the whole team and showing he is already fully adapted to the new club.

Best goalscorer from Bengaluru

There are always individualities that stand out in a squad and in the team's attack, Sunil Chhetri has held that position so far in the competition. Serving Bengaluru with 3 goals this season, the Attacker has been a key player in winning triumphs.

It is important to highlight that more than 50% of the goals scored by this player were from the penalty spot. More precisely, 2 of the 3 goals scored have this characteristic.

Minerva Punjab

Indian Super League leaderboard now

The visitor team, Minerva Punjab, is shining in 2nd place with 9 points, thanks to their unbeatable record of 3 wins without a loss or draw in the Indian Super League.

This means that Jamshedpur team, in 3rd place, is close behind in the 5th round with the same number of points.

Minerva Punjab analysis

After 4 rounds, Minerva Punjab has a positive goal difference, with 6 goals scored and only 2 goals taken by their goalkeeper.

This is a top 5 team in the Indian Super League that wants to keep up with the good performances!

Away Minerva Punjab does not usually give much chance to opponents, with a balance of 1 win, 0 losses, and 0 draws in the Indian Super League.

Minerva Punjab with a streak of 3 wins in the Indian Super League, aim to get good results in this match, even if they are playing away from home. Minerva Punjab has a record of no losses in the last match.

Signed this season by Minerva Punjab, Ezequiel Vidal has been making the fans happy. In the team's most recent duel, against Hyderabad, he once again performed well, scoring 1 goal, a function for which he arrived. So, the forward continues to justify the investment made in him.

Best goalscorer from Minerva Punjab

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Filip Mrzljak is the player to highlight. Helping Minerva Punjab with 2 goals scored this season, the Midfielder has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

Interesting Match Facts:

Bengaluru strong record at home, combined with Minerva Punjab struggles on the road, could give them the confidence and momentum needed to secure a convincing win.

For punters some entries may be interesting for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

A good bet could be made between 75-90 minutes of the game as this is the time most goals are scored.

Taking into consideration that Minerva Punjab scores an average of 2 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

At the bookmaker Bet365, the market of Total Goals Under 2.5 is with great odds.

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 4.92 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 4.75 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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