NEROCA battle against East Bengal for glory and sporting success.
The hosts NEROCA saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the I-League. This match was also played here at Khuman Lampak Main Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, East Bengal have had more rest.
It's quite the trip for East Bengal when visiting NEROCA as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.
NEROCA form and stats
NEROCA have only played one I-League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats from 10 matches.
The NEROCA supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Aizawl in I-League and win 1-0. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Gokulam.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the NEROCA at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
East Bengal form and stats
East Bengal's last game was the home draw against Real Kashmir (1-1). A loss against Calcutta Customs was the result prior to that, in a Calcutta Premier Division A home game.
Let's have a look at how East Bengal performed last season in the Calcutta Premier Division A: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 0 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In total they scored 0 and conceded 0 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 0 and lost 0 with 0/0 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: 0 - 2 - 2 (NEROCA wins - draws - East Bengal wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
| O. Chidi 8 goals |
NEROCA missing players
East Bengal missing players
| NEROCA | East Bengal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7.5 | 6 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 11 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| NEROCA | Last season | East Bengal | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 1 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Scored | S | 0 | 17 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Conceded | C | 0 | 13 | ||
| 85% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 91% | ||
| 75% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 64% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | ||
| 20% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | ||
| 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 45% | ||
| 25% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 27% | ||
| 30% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 36% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 0.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 173 | 105 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 108 | ||
| 75 | 47 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 61 | ||
| 29% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gokulam | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Churchill Brothers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Chennai City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | NEROCA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | East Bengal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Real Kashmir | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Mohun Bagan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Aizawl | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Arrows | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | TRAU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Minerva Punjab | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chennai City | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | East Bengal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Gokulam | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Mohun Bagan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | NEROCA | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Real Kashmir | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | Minerva Punjab | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Arrows | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 9 | Churchill Brothers | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Shillong Lajong | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 11 | Aizawl | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| Last season | 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 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 39 |
| 2 | Bengaluru | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 37 |
| 3 | Royal Wahingdoh | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 30 |
| 4 | East Bengal | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 29 |
| 5 | Pune | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 29 |
| 6 | Salgaocar | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -2 | 24 |
| 7 | Mumbai | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 24 |
| 8 | Shillong Lajong | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 23 |
| 9 | Sporting Goa | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -5 | 23 |
| 10 | Dempo | 20 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 19 |
| 11 | Bharat FC | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -15 | 18 |