Churchill Brothers vs Minerva Punjab: Match guide and preview

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Competition: India I-League
Competition: Fri 16.December
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Tilak Maidan Stadium (5000 seats)

Tilak Maidan Stadium: Prepare for a football party when Churchill Brothers receive Minerva Punjab. All the latest on the match here at Tipsway!

Insights:
  • Churchill Brothers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Churchill Brothers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Minerva Punjab have scored away.

It's quite the trip for Minerva Punjab when visiting Churchill Brothers as the cities are 2200 kilometers apart.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a I-League game only four days ago. That game, against Real Kashmir, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Minerva Punjab.

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Churchill Brothers form and stats

Churchill Brothers have collected 4 points from their I-League home games so far after 1-1-2.

A strong away win for Churchill Brothers against Sudeva the last match, as Hangshing and Sané were on target.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Mohammedan in a game that was won 2-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Churchill have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 0 and lost 4.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the I-League game versus TRAU in only four days. This game is also played here at Tilak Maidan Stadium.

A decent goal production from Churchill Brothers in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.

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Minerva Punjab form and stats

Things could have gone better for Minerva Punjab in their I-League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

Two away matches in a row for Minerva, whose manager Vergetis could celebrate last time after the win against Real Kashmir.

A 0-2 defeat away at TRAU before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Minerva Punjab in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Minerva Punjab, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Minerva Punjab has managed {1 goals} and let in 2 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Churchill Brothers have managed a sequence of 7 consecutive matches without defeat (5-2-0) when playing Minerva Punjab.

Top Goalscorers

Minerva PunjabL. Majcen
L. Majcen
3 goals
Churchill BrothersL. Lalkhawpuimawia
L. Lalkhawpuimawia
2 goals
Churchill BrothersA. Sané
A. Sané
2 goals

Churchill Brothers missing players

Minerva Punjab missing players

Churchill Brothers Minerva Punjab
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 4 1 Played P 1 2 6
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 2 1 Lost L 1 1 1
9 6 2 Scored S 0 1 7
9 7 3 Conceded C 2 2 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 67%
43% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
14% 25% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
14% 25% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
71% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
14% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 33%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 17%
 
6.4 5.5 11 Corners for (avg) C F 11 7.5 6.8
5.6 6.8 6 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4 3.6
1.7 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.3 10.8 16 Shots (avg) S ( 7 10 5.6
3.7 3.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.5 3.4
35% 40% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 9% 29%
 
12.4 13.2 14 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10.5 6.4
4.9 4.8 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 2.2
Key stats in I-League this season:
  • All of Churchill Brothers's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Churchill Brothers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Churchill Brothers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Churchill Brothers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Minerva Punjab have scored away.
  • Churchill Brothers have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Churchill Brothers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Minerva Punjab 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 Real Kashmir 7 5 1 1 9 4 6 4 1 1 8 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 16
2 Gokulam 7 4 2 1 7 2 3 3 0 0 5 0 4 1 2 1 2 2 5 14
3 Sreenidi Deccan 7 4 1 2 14 12 4 3 1 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 5 6 2 13
4 Minerva Punjab 6 4 1 1 7 5 4 3 1 0 6 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 13
5 Rajasthan FC 7 3 2 2 8 7 2 1 1 0 2 1 5 2 1 2 6 6 1 11
6 TRAU 7 3 1 3 10 7 3 3 0 0 7 1 4 0 1 3 3 6 3 10
7 Aizawl 7 2 3 2 9 9 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 0 2 1 5 6 0 9
8 Churchill Brothers 7 2 2 3 9 9 4 1 1 2 6 7 3 1 1 1 3 2 0 8
9 NEROCA 7 2 0 5 4 8 2 1 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 4 3 7 -4 6
10 Kenkre 6 1 3 2 5 8 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 3 5 -3 6
11 Mohammedan 6 2 0 4 8 9 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 4 4 8 -1 6
12 Sudeva 6 0 0 6 3 13 3 0 0 3 2 7 3 0 0 3 1 6 -10 0

Read more about I-League

The I-League is one of two top level football leagues in India (the other is Indian Super League). It is officially known as the Hero I-League. The season runs from October to March with eleven teams playing 20 matches each to decide the final league table and the champion.