I-League: First-class vs below par, at least based on the points won so far. Minerva Punjab - NEROCA. Home victory or a shock result?
- Minerva Punjab have not yet lost a game at home.
- NEROCA have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
These teams have little in common geographically as NEROCA have to travel 2700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Minerva Punjab form and stats
Minerva Punjab have collected 13 points from their I-League home games so far after 4-1-0. Two home wins in a row for Minerva bring valid hopes of a third.
The Minerva Punjab goalkeeper Kiran Chemzong Kumar Limbu is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 305 minutes without conceding a goal in the I-League.
Minerva Punjab's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Gokulam (placed 5th). The home side are looking to build on that result.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Churchill Brothers that finished 0-0.The Minerva Punjab fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. From these home matches, Minerva have conceded only 3 goals.
NEROCA form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for NEROCA so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
NEROCA have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 250 minutes ago. Ragui was the goal scorer.
Home advantage was not enough for NEROCA in their previous game as they lost hosting Sreenidi Deccan, 0-1.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Gokulam that ended 0-0.NEROCA have another fixture away in just four nights, a I-League fixture vs Churchill Brothers. A strenuous diary for the guests!
NEROCA are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {3 goals} from 6 away games. 7 goals have been conceded by NEROCA in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's five Minerva Punjab victories, three draws and one NEROCA win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Majcen 4 goals |  D. Lalhlimpuia 1 goals |
Minerva Punjab missing players
NEROCA missing players
| Minerva Punjab | NEROCA | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 89% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 22% |
| 25% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 22% |
| 50% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 6.4 | 6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.7 | 2.7 |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5.8 | 4.2 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.6 | 4.5 | 1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10 | 10.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 29% | 62% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 11% | 9% |
| 7.1 | 5.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 10.7 | 10.7 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
- Minerva Punjab have created more than twice as many corners as NEROCA.
- 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 as they have conceded at home.
- Minerva Punjab have scored at least twice as many goals at home as NEROCA 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.
- NEROCA have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- NEROCA have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- NEROCA have won significantly more corners away than 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 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| 2 | Minerva Punjab | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Real Kashmir | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | TRAU | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Gokulam | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Rajasthan FC | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Churchill Brothers | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | Aizawl | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Mohammedan | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Kenkre | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 10 |
| 11 | NEROCA | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 12 | Sudeva | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -17 | 1 |
