An important duel in the bottom section of the I-League, with both NEROCA and Arrows experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 10th and the visitors in 11th place.
The hosts NEROCA saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the I-League. Thankfully the previous game, versus TRAU, was also a home game here at Khuman Lampak Main Stadium. The away team is better rested.
It's quite the trip for Arrows when visiting NEROCA as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.
NEROCA form and stats
3 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what NEROCA, who have the most conceded goals (21) in I-League, have to build on here at Khuman Lampak Main Stadium in the I-League.
The NEROCA supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host TRAU in I-League and win 5-0. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Churchill Brothers.
As mentioned above, NEROCA "killed" TRAU in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
NEROCA are traveling soon after this match as the I-League match at Mohun Bagan awaits in three days.
The NEROCA fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. NEROCA have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Arrows form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their I-League travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Arrows play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Chennai City (placed 9th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus East Bengal at their stadium, the result 1-0.
The attacking power of Arrows when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Arrows are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Arrows - NEROCA 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): NEROCA four wins, one draw and Arrows zero victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
| O. Chidi 8 goals |  S. Singh 4 goals |
NEROCA missing players
Arrows missing players
| NEROCA | Arrows | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 21 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 20% | 50% |
| 73% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 64% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 27% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 60% | 60% |
| 3.3 | 3.4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 6.2 | 6.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 8.8 | 6.8 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 115 | 58 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 18 | 53 |
| 45 | 17 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 7 | 20 |
| 36% | 47% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 25% |
- Arrows has the fewest matches over the total-line (1)
- Arrows has the fewest scored goals (3) away
- Arrows has the fewest scored goals (5)
- Arrows has the fewest scored goals in the first half (1)
- Arrows has the most matches under the total-line (9)
- Arrows has the the worst goal difference (-7)
- Arrows have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Arrows have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Arrows haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- NEROCA has the most clean sheets (3) at home
- NEROCA has the most conceded goals (21)
- NEROCA has the most conceded goals in the first half (12)
- NEROCA has the most matches over the total-line (8)
- NEROCA have scored more than double the goals of Arrows.
- NEROCA 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 | 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 | Churchill Brothers | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | East Bengal | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Aizawl | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 9 | Chennai City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 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 |