I-League: The average league table positions tell a story of the journey Aizawl and Rajasthan FC have been on so far. Both sides are ready for the match; let's bake this cake!
- Aizawl have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Rajasthan FC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Aizawl form and stats
14 points is a decent return from 7 I-League games here at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium for Aizawl. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Aizawl's last game was hosting Mohammedan (placed 9th) and winning 1-0.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting NEROCA (1-2).This is expected to be a close game, with Aizawl perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Aizawl as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Aizawl has won 3 of these, drawn 5 and lost 1.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Aizawl, as the I-League home game vs Minerva Punjab is only four days away.
Aizawl are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. As for guarding their own goal, Aizawl have only let in {3 goals} at home.
Rajasthan FC form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Rajasthan FC playing as the away team in the I-League this season. It's a growing despair in Rajasthan FC as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Rajasthan FC have lots to play for after their surprise loss (2-3) to Sudeva in their previous game, played at home.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against TRAU.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rajasthan FC playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 0 Rajasthan wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Rajasthan FC now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A I-League game at Sreenidi Deccan is waiting in only three days.
The visiting Rajasthan FC have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 6 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Rajasthan have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These teams played each other earlier on this campaign: Rajasthan FC - Aizawl 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Aizawl zero wins, zero draws and Rajasthan FC two victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last two duels.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Kisekka 6 goals | L. Sailo 3 goals |  A. Mambetaliev 3 goals |
Aizawl missing players
Rajasthan FC missing players
| Aizawl | Rajasthan FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 19 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 15 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 93% | 86% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 43% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 71% |
| 50% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 43% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 57% |
| 29% | 57% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 21% | 29% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 21% |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 6.2 | 5.9 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| 1.1 | 0.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8.9 | 12 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.8 | 6.9 |
| 3.7 | 4.7 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 40% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 44% | 47% |
| 7.2 | 6 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 6.2 | 4.6 |
| 2.8 | 1.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2 | 2.2 |
- Aizawl have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Rajasthan FC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Rajasthan FC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rajasthan FC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 31 |
| 2 | Minerva Punjab | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Gokulam | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | TRAU | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 23 |
| 5 | Churchill Brothers | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 6 | Aizawl | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Real Kashmir | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | Rajasthan FC | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 18 |
| 9 | Mohammedan | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 10 | NEROCA | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | Kenkre | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 14 |
| 12 | Sudeva | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -18 | 6 |
