Struggling East Bengal will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Minerva Punjab in the upcoming league round. It’s 8th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Minerva Punjab could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a I-League game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Mohun Bagan. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
East Bengal form and stats
East Bengal have collected 4 points from their I-League home games so far after 1-1-3. Game days at Kalyani Stadium have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for East Bengal as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
East Bengal haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 193 minutes ago. J. Santos scored that one.
The East Bengal fans got no joy from their last match, a I-League game also here at Kalyani Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Aizawl (placed 9th). Before that game, the home loss against Arrows with the scoreline 0-1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for East Bengal as they are travelling to their away game against Arrows in the I-League. That match is four days after this one.
East Bengal aren't scoring a lot here at Kalyani Stadium in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. On the other hand, East Bengal have conceded 7 goals.
Minerva Punjab form and stats
As the visiting team in I-League matches, Minerva Punjab have produced an overall stat of 0-3-2 so far.
Minerva Punjab play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Mohun Bagan (placed 1st). A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs NEROCA.
After this away game Minerva Punjab return home for a I-League game against Real Kashmir. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Minerva Punjab have conceded 8 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Minerva Punjab - East Bengal 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): East Bengal won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Minerva Punjab has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / fourEast Bengal missing players
Minerva Punjab missing players
| East Bengal | Minerva Punjab | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 91% |
| 70% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 73% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 45% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 36% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 18% |
| 60% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 64% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 27% |
| 6.8 | 7.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
| 3.3 | 2.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2 | 3.6 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | 47 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 24 | 94 |
| 39 | 19 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 8 | 40 |
| 26% | 11% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 50% | 40% |
- East Bengal have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- East Bengal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- East Bengal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- East Bengal is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- Minerva Punjab have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Minerva Punjab have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| 2 | Minerva Punjab | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | Real Kashmir | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | TRAU | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 15 |
| 5 | Gokulam | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Chennai City | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 7 | Churchill Brothers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 8 | East Bengal | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Aizawl | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | NEROCA | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Arrows | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 7 |