Minerva Punjab vs Bengaluru betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Indian Super League match on February 01th, 2025

Minerva Punjab and Bengaluru will on Saturday, February 01th, 2025 at 11:30h (UTC), play in a Indian Super League football game in India, check the Minerva Punjab vs Bengaluru betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Minerva Punjab vs Bengaluru will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Guru Nanak Stadium stadium, in the city of Ludhiana, with a capacity for 15000 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

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 Minerva Punjab 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 2.88 goals per match.

Minerva Punjab last match

Minerva Punjab comes from a defeat recorded in the last match played. The opponent was Jamshedpur, in a match valid for Indian Super League, and the two teams finished the match with a score of 1-2. On the field, P. Dilberis' team lined up with a 4-2-3-1.

With odds of 4.00, it is clear that defeat was not in anyone's plans for this match. The team was the clear favorite for the win, but they could do nothing to avoid defeat.

The defense suffered the assaults of the rival team by coming out significantly downsized in the duels on the field. The worst in the department is Khaiminthang Lhungdim, constantly struggling in the face of the incursions of the opposing attackers. The performance of the entire team suffers from its lapses in concentration.

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 ATK Mohun Bagan team with a final score of 1-0.

Before the match all forecasts pointed to a defeat. The odds for their victory, 5.25 were the best proof of this.

Minerva Punjab vs Bengaluru h2h

Bengaluru was in 1st place in the Indian Super League while Minerva Punjab was in 2nd place, the last time these teams faced each other. Bengaluru team entered the field with the 4-3-3 formation, the same tactic Minerva Punjab used in the match.

The most recent precedent between these two clubs was in 18-10-2024, in the 2024/2025 season of the Indian Super League, which ended with a 1-0 win for Bengaluru.

The previous encounter between these teams saw them fighting hard to stay ahead.

Teams varying in strengths and motivations.

Minerva Punjab

Indian Super League leaderboard now

Ranking in 9th place in the Indian Super League, Minerva Punjab enters this match with 20 points, 6 wins, 8 losses, 2 draws. What’s more, it is saddled with a negative balance.

In the 20th round, the team has a small disadvantage of 1 point as opposed to Kerala Blasters who places just above in 8th place.

Minerva Punjab, although having no high aspirations, no relegation concerns, and occupying the middle of the league table in the India Indian Super League, will try to take advantage of the home factor to get a win.

Minerva Punjab analysis

Minerva Punjab at the end of round 19 in Indian Super League had 23 goals scored and 23 conceded.

Minerva Punjab is going through a rough patch in their form, having lost their last 3 matches and drawing the other 2. They need to regroup and find a way to get back to winning ways if they want to stay competitive in the league.

The average number of shots toward the net of Minerva Punjab can give us useful indications about the team's offensive abilities, and its goal average. The team counted 4.44 shots into the opponent's goal for each match played.

Over the course of the tournament, Minerva Punjab recorded an average ball possession of 46.88%. This indicates that the team usually does not impose its schemes, but adopts more guarded and defensive tactics. For the next game that Minerva Punjab will play against Bengaluru, fans would like to see more aggressive soccer from their team, and especially a few more goals.

Best goalscorer from Minerva Punjab

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Luka Majcen. With 6 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Minerva Punjab team achieving several victories this season.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Bengaluru

Indian Super League leaderboard now

The Bengaluru team with 28 points currently occupies the 4th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Play-off, with a campaign of 8 wins, 4 draws, and 6 losses.

Which means that, with an advantage of 1 point, the team is ahead the Mumbai City team closing in at the 5th place in the 20th round.

Bengaluru analysis

After round 19 of Indian Super League we count 31 goals scored by Bengaluru and 25 conceded.

Bengaluru has been going through a rough patch in their recent matches, losing their last 4 matches and drawing the other. They will need to regroup and find a way to bounce back from this dip in form if they want to salvage their season.

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

The Bengaluru team often tries to control the game through an average ball possession of 57.39%. This is because ball possession above 50% typically gives teams some control over their opponents.

Bengaluru is a more offensive team than Minerva Punjab, having 1715 attacks vs. 1404 from Minerva Punjab, having scored 31 times, in comparison, Minerva Punjab converted into goal 23 times.

Best goalscorer from Bengaluru

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Sunil Chhetri is the player to highlight. Helping Bengaluru with 11 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

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

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Minerva Punjab is Luka Majcen, who has already scored 6 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Bengaluru is Sunil Chhetri, he has scored in 11 opportunities.

For those following the live game, it has been known that between 75-90 minutes is a period where most goals are scored making this a good time to bet.

Corners Top Betting Tips

The number of corners of both teams when combine gives an average of 4.46 corners per game, something to explore to gain good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.37 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 Minerva Punjab 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 twice. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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