It's only match two of the I-League for these squads. And fresh bodies and minds here at Khuman Lampak Main Stadium as NEROCA receive Sudeva. Get smart with this preview!
The visiting Sudeva played their last game only four days ago, a I-League match.
NEROCA form and stats
Last season, NEROCA's league results were 4 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses, ending with 6th position in the I-League. Over these twelve matches they scored {17 goals} and conceded 16. Appearing as the home team in the previous season NEROCA produced 3-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with {10 goals} and 11 conceded. The home fans saw their team lose the first I-League game of the season here at Khuman Lampak Main Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from NEROCA's 10 home games.
NEROCA's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Real Kashmir (placed 5th).
3-3 away at Minerva Punjab before that.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the NEROCA at home in the league. 0 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Sudeva form and stats
Let's have a look at how Sudeva performed last season in the I-League: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 2 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 9 and conceded {16 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 3 and lost 2 with 6/7 goals scored/conceded.
Sudeva have a lot to play for after their surprise loss (1-2) to Kenkre in their previous match, played at their own home ground.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Aizawl wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.Sudeva are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.
Sudeva have another fixture that requires travelling in just three days, a I-League fixture versus Aizawl. A demanding itinerary for them!
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the preceeding three meetings): NEROCA won one game, one match ended with a draw and Sudeva managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / three.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Bhat 1 goals |
NEROCA missing players
Sudeva missing players
| NEROCA | Sudeva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| NEROCA | Last season | Sudeva | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 10 | Played | P | 9 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Scored | S | 10 | 13 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Conceded | C | 11 | 23 | ||
| 89% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 78% | 82% | ||
| 83% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 53% | ||
| 39% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 47% | ||
| 33% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 22% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 6% | ||
| 56% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 41% | ||
| 22% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 35% | ||
| 33% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 41% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.6 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 8 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 2.9 | ||
| 23% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | ||
| 10.2 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 8.1 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kenkre | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Minerva Punjab | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Rajasthan FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Gokulam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Real Kashmir | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Aizawl | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | TRAU | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Churchill Brothers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Sreenidi Deccan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Sudeva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Mohammedan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | NEROCA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 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 | Gokulam | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 29 | 43 |
| 2 | Mohammedan | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 37 |
| 3 | Sreenidi Deccan | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 32 |
| 4 | Churchill Brothers | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 30 |
| 5 | Minerva Punjab | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | Rajasthan FC | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | NEROCA | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 14 | -9 | 20 |
