With their 2 point advantage in the league table, Churchill Brothers fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Chennai City.
Chennai City could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a I-League game only four sleeps ago.
It's quite the trip for Chennai City when visiting Churchill Brothers as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Churchill Brothers form and stats
The story so far in the I-League for Churchill Brothers at their home stadium (Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
Churchill Brothers's last game was hosting NEROCA (placed 10th) and winning 4-1. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Gokulam.
Churchill Brothers can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 10 times. Churchill Brothers have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Chennai City form and stats
As the visiting team in I-League matches, Chennai City have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far.
Chennai City go into this game after a win, the home game against Arrows that ended 1-0. The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Mohun Bagan.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Gokulam in just three days.
The travelling fans enjoy Chennai City's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. For Chennai City, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Churchill Brothers two wins, two draws and Chennai City two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Plaza 21 goals |  P. Javier Manzi Cruz 17 goals |  S. Rodríguez Felipe 10 goals |
Churchill Brothers missing players
Chennai City missing players
| Churchill Brothers | Chennai City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 78% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 56% |
| 38% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 25% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 22% |
| 62% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 25% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 5.1 | 5 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 5.4 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.8 | 4.4 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 70 | 37 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 42 | 117 |
| 39 | 21 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 13 | 41 |
| 31% | 29% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 46% | 29% |
- All of Chennai City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Chennai City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Chennai City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Chennai City have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Chennai City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Churchill Brothers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Churchill Brothers have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Churchill Brothers 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 | Mohun Bagan | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 2 | Minerva Punjab | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | TRAU | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 4 | Gokulam | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 5 | Churchill Brothers | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | Real Kashmir | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | East Bengal | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Chennai City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 9 | Aizawl | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 10 | NEROCA | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 8 |
| 11 | Arrows | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 7 |