After three games we know a little more about the qualities of Chennai City and NEROCA in this fresh I-League season. Read our match preview!
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the I-League. That game was an away game at Aizawl, so at least Chennai City are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Chennai City form and stats
The hosts won their first I-League game here at Nehru Stadium Coimbatore, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Chennai City last season were 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss from 10 games.
The home team returns to Nehru Stadium Coimbatore after sharing the points with Aizawl (placed 6th) on their last time out; the I-League game ended 1-1. Heartbreak before that as Chennai City lost 1-3 at Minerva Punjab's place.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Chennai City at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
NEROCA form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the I-League ended in defeat. Last season NEROCA had these away match statistics: Played 10; won 3, drew 1 and lost 6.
The manager G. Raikhan was unhappy after their last game, a I-League match played at their home ground Khuman Lampak Main Stadium. NEROCA suffered a 1-4 loss to East Bengal (placed 1st). Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Aizawl.
It's early days yet, but NEROCA has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's 1 Chennai City victory, 2 draws and 1 NEROCA win. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
Pedro Manzi
17 goals
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Sandro Rodríguez
10 goals
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Chennai City missing players
NEROCA missing players
| Chennai City | NEROCA | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
|
Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.7 | 8 | 8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 9 | 9 | 6.7 |
| 0.7 | 1 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | 14 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| 14 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 21% | 17% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| Chennai City | Last season | NEROCA | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 48 | 29 | Scored | S | 11 | 27 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 85% | ||
| 85% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 75% | ||
| 75% | 90% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 60% | ||
| 55% | 70% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 20% | ||
| 80% | 90% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 60% | ||
| 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 25% | ||
| 15% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 30% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 213 | 134 | Total Shots | T S | 68 | 173 | ||
| 86 | 49 | Shots on Target | S O | 28 | 75 | ||
| 49% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | East Bengal | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | Mohun Bagan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Minerva Punjab | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Churchill Brothers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | Gokulam | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Aizawl | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Chennai City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | NEROCA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Real Kashmir | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Arrows | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 11 | TRAU | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chennai City | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 43 |
| 2 | East Bengal | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 42 |
| 3 | Real Kashmir | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Churchill Brothers | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | Mohun Bagan | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | -1 | 29 |
| 6 | NEROCA | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 26 |
| 7 | Aizawl | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 24 |
| 8 | Arrows | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 21 |
| 9 | Gokulam | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 17 |
| 10 | Minerva Punjab | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 17 |
| 11 | Shillong Lajong | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 23 | 56 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 34 | -33 | 11 |