Minerva Punjab battle against NorthEast United for fame and success.
It's quite the trip for NorthEast United when visiting Minerva as the cities are 2200 kilometers apart.
The hosts Minerva Punjab saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Indian Super League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Goa.
Minerva Punjab form and stats
The fans are hoping that Minerva Punjab will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Goa (placed 7th). Midfield player Talal got a match rating of 8.02 in that game, the max score being 10. Talal hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 45 successful passes (of 53 total).
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at ATK Mohun Bagan.NorthEast United form and stats
NorthEast had fun at their own home (Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium) last time out, beating Chennaiyin 3-0. Akhtar, Gogoi and Singh scored. Nestor, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.81. Nestor served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Mumbai City.Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
![]() L. Majcen 16 goals | ![]() J. Mera González 10 goals | ![]() B. Vanlalremdika 2 goals |
Minerva Punjab missing players
NorthEast United missing players
| Minerva Punjab | NorthEast United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 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% | 100% |
| 50% | 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% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 57% |
| 15.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 11.5 |
| 6.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| Minerva Punjab | Last season | NorthEast United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 9 | 17 | ||
| 45 | 28 | Scored | S | 10 | 20 | ||
| 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 27 | 55 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 73% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 85% | ||
| 50% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 75% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 45% | ||
| 9% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 60% | ||
| 55% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 5% | ||
| 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 35% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 3.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.4 | 5.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 2.9 | ||
| 54% | 79% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 35% | ||
| 6.4 | 3.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.9 | 15.6 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Kerala Blasters | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Odisha FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Mumbai City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | East Bengal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | NorthEast United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Goa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Jamshedpur | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Hyderabad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Bengaluru | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Minerva Punjab | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Chennaiyin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 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 | Minerva Punjab | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 29 | 52 |
| 2 | Sreenidi Deccan | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 42 |
| 3 | Gokulam | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 39 |
| 4 | TRAU | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 0 | 35 |
| 5 | Real Kashmir | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 34 |
| 6 | Churchill Brothers | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 33 |
| 7 | Mohammedan | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -1 | 26 |
| 8 | Aizawl | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | NEROCA | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 25 |
| 10 | Rajasthan FC | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -13 | 25 |
| 11 | Kenkre | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -17 | 17 |
| 12 | Sudeva | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 56 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 32 | -31 | 13 |
| 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 | Mumbai City | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 54 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 33 | 46 |
| 2 | Hyderabad | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 20 | 42 |
| 3 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | Bengaluru | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 34 |
| 5 | Kerala Blasters | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
| 6 | Odisha FC | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -2 | 30 |
| 7 | Goa | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 27 |
| 8 | Chennaiyin | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | -1 | 27 |
| 9 | Jamshedpur | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -11 | 19 |
| 10 | East Bengal | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -16 | 19 |
| 11 | NorthEast United | 20 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 20 | 55 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 27 | -35 | 5 |