Aizawl will hope to use their home advantage to get one over today’s adversaries. The team playing at home are currently 11 points behind Minerva Punjab.
- Aizawl have the most points from losing position (9) in I-League
- Minerva Punjab have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in I-League
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Minerva Punjab, who are travelling more than 2700 kilometers to play this game.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Aizawl and Minerva Punjab.
Aizawl form and stats
Aizawl are steadily winning I-League games and points here at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games. Aizawl has recorded two wins in a row here at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Aizawl's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Rajasthan FC (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A late climax in the match against Rajasthan FC as the winning goal came seven minutes into overtime; scored by Veras.
Ahead of that match, Aizawl won a home game hosting Mohammedan (1-0).Aizawl are traveling soon after this match as the I-League match at TRAU awaits in four days.
Aizawl are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. From these home matches, Aizawl have conceded only 4 goals.
Minerva Punjab form and stats
The visitors are W3-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the I-League.
Two away matches in a row for Minerva, whose manager Vergetis could celebrate last time after the win against Gokulam.
A 1-1 draw at Sudeva's stadium before that.Minerva Punjab are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Minerva Punjab have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Minerva Punjab have avoided defeat in the last 4 fixtures (3-1-0) versus Aizawl.The former head to head game ended Minerva Punjab - Aizawl 2-1, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Majcen 10 goals |   H. Kisekka 6 goals |  J. Mera González 5 goals |
Aizawl missing players
Minerva Punjab missing players
| Aizawl | Minerva Punjab | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 26 |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 15 |
| 93% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 88% | 94% |
| 67% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 53% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 20% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 25% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 60% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 44% |
| 27% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 38% | 44% |
| 20% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 19% |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.4 | 5.1 |
| 3.3 | 2.6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.1 | 11.9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 7.2 | 5.6 |
| 3.8 | 4.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3 |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 38% | 53% |
| 7.5 | 6.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 8.4 | 5.9 |
| 2.8 | 1.9 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.5 | 2.3 |
- Aizawl have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Aizawl have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in I-League
- Aizawl have the most points from losing position (9) in I-League
- Minerva Punjab have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in I-League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sreenidi Deccan | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 37 |
| 2 | Minerva Punjab | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 34 |
| 3 | TRAU | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 26 |
| 4 | Gokulam | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Churchill Brothers | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Aizawl | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Real Kashmir | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 23 |
| 8 | NEROCA | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 21 |
| 9 | Mohammedan | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Rajasthan FC | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 18 |
| 11 | Kenkre | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -12 | 14 |
| 12 | Sudeva | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -20 | 6 |
