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

A football match between Hyderabad and Bengaluru of the Indian Super League will take place in India on Saturday, January 18th, 2025, at 11:30h (UTC), check the Hyderabad vs Bengaluru betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Hyderabad vs Bengaluru will occur

The game is set to be played in the small GMC Balayogi Stadium stadium, in the city of Hyderabad, with a capacity for 5000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

See everything about the match live on Betarena, including statistics, events and odds, and everything that can help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Hyderabad vs Bengaluru 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 2.96 goals per match.

Hyderabad last match

Hyderabad comes from a draw in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Goa, in a match valid for Indian Super League, and the match ended 1-1. Coach T. Singto's team lined up with this formation: 4-2-3-1.

This draw (odd 4.50) can be considered a good result, especially considering that the other team was the big favorite.

Certainly not a good performance for Hyderabad, although some players performed above average, such as Joseph Sunny. The player was decisive to his team in avoiding defeat with his presence on the field and some excellent interventions during the match.

Bengaluru last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for Indian Super League, Bengaluru, who used a 4-3-3 formation, faced the Mohammedan team with a final score of 0-1.

This defeat was not expected at all. They were favorites and were still beaten, in a scenario that counted with odds of 4.75.

Hyderabad vs Bengaluru h2h

Bengaluru was in 5th place when they last went head-to-head in Indian Super League against Hyderabad, who was in 8th place. Bengaluru formed a 4-3-3 arrangement while Hyderabad took to the pitch with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The previous meeting between these two teams was in the 2024/2025 season of the Indian Super League. The meeting took place on 19-09-2024 and ended with a 3-0 win for Bengaluru.

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

Differently equipped teams striving for their own ambitions.

Hyderabad

Indian Super League leaderboard now

comes into this game with 9 points, putting them in 13th place in the Indian Super League. They are also encumbered with a negative balance, 10 losses, 2 wins, and 3 draws.

In the 17th round, the team has a small disadvantage of 1 point as opposed to Mohammedan who places just above in 12th place.

Hyderabad analysis

At the end of matchday 16 we see that Hyderabad conceded more goals than they scored, with 30 goals conceded and 11 scored.

Hyderabad seems to be facing a problem in scoring goals, as they have recorded a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This could be an indication that they are struggling to generate good scoring opportunities and need to improve their attacking performance.

his ball possession percentage is 47% in this tournament, which is why the team shows rather a waiting game than an offensive one. Fans fear that this could pose a problem in scoring in the next match against Bengaluru and would like a more aggressive attitude with more goals from their favorites.

Best goalscorer from Hyderabad

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Allan. The Attacker has scored 3 times in this competition and helped Hyderabad avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

Bengaluru

Indian Super League leaderboard now

The Bengaluru team with 27 points currently occupies the 3rd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Play-off, with a campaign of 8 wins, 3 draws, and 4 losses.

Bengaluru analysis

Currently, in the Indian Super League, Bengaluru sums 28 goals for and a total of 20 goals against, after 16 rounds played.

Bengaluru does not average a high number of shots, but in terms of accuracy, the team's results are really good. The team, in fact, averaged 4.47 shots towards the opponent's goal in each match, averaging 1.87 goals. In fact, 2 out of every 5 shots end up in the net.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the Indian Super League.

It is an average ball possession of 57.53% that the Bengaluru team usually uses to control the game. The reason for this is ball possession above 50% typically allows teams to have some control over their opponents.

Bengaluru is a more offensive team than Hyderabad, having 1399 attacks vs. 1387 from Hyderabad, having scored 28 times, in comparison, Hyderabad converted into goal 11 times.

Best goalscorer from Bengaluru

In this season, the individual highlight is Sunil Chhetri that has dominated the offensive side. The Attacker has already scored 9 times this season, becoming crucial in the positive results that Bengaluru achieved in several matches.

It should also be noted that 3 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Hyderabad is Allan, who has already scored 3 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Bengaluru is Sunil Chhetri, he has scored in 9 opportunities.

Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.

The bet on 2.5 goals less seems to be a good option, considering that Bengaluru has an average of 1.71 goals per game as a visitor. This market is an option to use since Bengaluru does not concede goals away from home.

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 4.63 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.81 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

On the Hyderabad side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 3 times this season, very different from Bengaluru who only saw the red card once. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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

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