Chennai City and Gokulam have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the I-League.
It's no vacation for neither Chennai City nor Gokulam as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Chennai City form and stats
When playing at home in the I-League, Chennai City have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.
Happy days for Chennai City in their previous game, a I-League match away at Churchill Brothers (placed 7th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Arrows in a game that was won 1-0.
A late climax in the match against Churchill Brothers as the winning goal came three minutes into overtime; scored by J. Muzangu.
The manager A. Nawas will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to TRAU in only four days.
Chennai City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. 7 goals have been conceded.
Gokulam form and stats
2-0-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Gokulam in their I-League matches away.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a I-League home defeat versus Real Kashmir with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against TRAU.
Gokulam are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. Gokulam have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Gokulam - Chennai City 2-3 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Chennai City three wins, one draw and Gokulam one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 P. Javier Manzi Cruz 17 goals |  S. Rodríguez Felipe 10 goals |
Chennai City missing players
Gokulam missing players
| Chennai City | Gokulam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 70% |
| 60% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 50% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 30% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 70% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 70% |
| 20% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.8 | 5.7 |
| 4.2 | 3.4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 125 | 75 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 53 | 156 |
| 44 | 28 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 21 | 58 |
| 32% | 21% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 22% |
- Chennai City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Gokulam have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gokulam have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Gokulam have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Gokulam 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| 2 | Minerva Punjab | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 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 | Chennai City | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 7 | Churchill Brothers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 8 | East Bengal | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Aizawl | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 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 |