Betting preview: Minerva Punjab vs Gokulam should be interesting

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Competition: India I-League
Competition: Wed 21.December
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Guru Nanak Stadium (15000 seats)

Welcome to the show! Today's starring characters are Minerva Punjab and Gokulam, 3 points is the target and 90 minutes the length.

Insights:
  • Minerva Punjab have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Gokulam have the fewest conceded goals (2) in I-League

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Both squads have had plentiful rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's hope for an enthusiastic fixture!

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Minerva Punjab form and stats

3 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Minerva Punjab have to build on here at Guru Nanak Stadium in the I-League.

The Minerva Punjab goalkeeper Kiran Chemzong Kumar Limbu is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 215 minutes without conceding a goal in the I-League.

Minerva Punjab drew their last game, 0-0 away at Churchill Brothers (placed 9th).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Real Kashmir and winning 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Minerva Punjab perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Minerva Punjab as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Minerva has won 3 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.

The Minerva Punjab fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. Minerva Punjab are not conceding a lot of goals here at Guru Nanak Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.

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Gokulam form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) in I-League, on their I-League travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Gokulam have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Shibinraj Kunniyil. It's been 357 minutes since they last conceded in I-League.

Gokulam's last game was the home draw against NEROCA (0-0).

Before that, Gokulam secured a home win against Rajasthan FC with the score 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gokulam playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 0 Gokulam wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Goals are few and far between in Gokulam's away league games. Only {2 goals} from 4 travels. It's not easy to score on Gokulam as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The 4 most recent matches featuring these sides have all ended as Gokulam victories. More of the same or streak broken?

Top Goalscorers

Minerva PunjabL. Majcen
L. Majcen
3 goals
GokulamT. Shijin
T. Shijin
3 goals
Minerva PunjabD. Lalhlimpuia
D. Lalhlimpuia
1 goals

Minerva Punjab missing players

Gokulam missing players

Minerva Punjab Gokulam
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 4 1 Played P 2 4 8
4 3 1 Won W 0 1 4
2 1 0 Drew D 1 2 3
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
7 6 2 Scored S 0 2 7
5 3 1 Conceded C 1 2 2
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 75% 75%
57% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 25% 25%
29% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 12%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 12%
43% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 75%
29% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 38%
 
6.7 6.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3 3.5
4 3.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 4.2 5.2
1.5 1.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 0.8 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 2.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 11.3 10.6
3.2 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3 3.3
26% 67% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 11% 26%
 
6.7 3.7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 14.3 12.3
2.2 1.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 6 4.4
Key stats in I-League this season:
  • Gokulam have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Gokulam have the fewest conceded goals (2) in I-League
  • Gokulam have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in I-League
  • Gokulam have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in I-League
  • Gokulam have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in I-League
  • Gokulam have the most clean sheets (5) in I-League
  • Minerva Punjab have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Minerva Punjab have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Minerva Punjab have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Gokulam have scored away.
  • Minerva Punjab have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Minerva Punjab haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 8 5 1 2 17 12 4 3 1 0 9 6 4 2 0 2 8 6 5 16
2 Real Kashmir 8 5 1 2 9 5 6 4 1 1 8 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 4 16
3 Gokulam 8 4 3 1 7 2 4 3 1 0 5 0 4 1 2 1 2 2 5 15
4 Minerva Punjab 7 4 2 1 7 5 4 3 1 0 6 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 14
5 TRAU 8 4 1 3 13 8 4 4 0 0 10 2 4 0 1 3 3 6 5 13
6 Aizawl 8 3 3 2 13 9 5 3 1 1 8 3 3 0 2 1 5 6 4 12
7 Rajasthan FC 8 3 2 3 9 10 2 1 1 0 2 1 6 2 1 3 7 9 -1 11
8 Mohammedan 8 3 1 4 11 11 4 3 1 0 7 3 4 0 0 4 4 8 0 10
9 Churchill Brothers 8 2 3 3 9 9 5 1 2 2 6 7 3 1 1 1 3 2 0 9
10 NEROCA 8 2 1 5 4 8 2 1 0 1 1 1 6 1 1 4 3 7 -4 7
11 Kenkre 8 1 4 3 7 14 3 0 2 1 2 3 5 1 2 2 5 11 -7 7
12 Sudeva 7 0 0 7 3 16 4 0 0 4 2 10 3 0 0 3 1 6 -13 0

Read more about I-League

The I-League is one of two top level football leagues in India (the other is Indian Super League). It is officially known as the Hero I-League. The season runs from October to March with eleven teams playing 20 matches each to decide the final league table and the champion.