Minerva Punjab reset their brains and bodies for this match following their 4-0 result versus Mohammedan, a match that made them wiser. What will happen against Real Kashmir?
- Minerva Punjab is in the best form (4-1-1) in I-League
- Real Kashmir have the most points from losing position (7) in I-League
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Real Kashmir have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 2-3-3 (win-draw-loss) from eight matches.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a I-League game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Churchill Brothers. 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.
Minerva Punjab form and stats
Minerva Punjab have been very solid at home in the I-League so far, with 19 points collected from 7 matches (6-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. After failing to beat Rajasthan FC here at Guru Nanak Stadium, Minerva Punjab has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Happy days for Minerva Punjab in their previous game, a fixture away at Mohammedan (placed 9th) that ended with a 4-0 victory. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Minerva played a great game against Mohammedan and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Prior to that, an away loss at Sreenidi Deccan.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Minerva Punjab handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
A decent goal production from Minerva in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. Minerva Punjab have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Real Kashmir form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Real Kashmir so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose).
Real Kashmir are looking to quickly end their 180 minutes long goal drought in the I-League.
Real Kashmir are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Churchill Brothers (placed 7th).
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Gokulam's place.We have checked recent matches where Kashmir have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Few goals the story here? 10 of this side's last 13 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Real Kashmir's away games in the league this season with only {3 goals} from 7 matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
The sides have played each other before in this season, with the match result Real Kashmir - Minerva Punjab 0-1 written in the official records. Head to head data (for the previous seven meetings): Minerva won three games, two matches ended with a tie and Real Kashmir have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / seven. The games between these teams have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last seven duels.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Majcen 8 goals |  J. Mera González 4 goals |   I. Nurudeen 3 goals |
Minerva Punjab missing players
Real Kashmir missing players
| Minerva Punjab | Real Kashmir | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 77% |
| 67% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 43% | 46% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 25% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 33% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 46% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 57% | 46% |
| 5.4 | 5.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 3.3 | 3 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6.2 | 4 | 3.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 10.3 | 11.2 |
| 3.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| 44% | 79% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 10% | 18% |
| 6.5 | 3.7 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 11.2 | 8.9 |
| 2.5 | 1.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
- 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 Real Kashmir have scored away.
- Minerva Punjab have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Minerva Punjab have the most points (19) at home in I-League
- Minerva Punjab have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in I-League
- Minerva Punjab haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Minerva Punjab is in the best form (4-1-1) in I-League
- Real Kashmir have the most matches under the total-line (10) in I-League
- Real Kashmir have the most points from losing position (7) in I-League
- Real Kashmir have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Minerva Punjab | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 26 |
| 2 | Sreenidi Deccan | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Gokulam | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | TRAU | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 19 |
| 5 | Real Kashmir | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 19 |
| 6 | Rajasthan FC | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 18 |
| 7 | Churchill Brothers | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 8 | Aizawl | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Mohammedan | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 16 |
| 10 | NEROCA | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 11 | Kenkre | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 13 |
| 12 | Sudeva | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -18 | 2 |
