The Churchill Brothers & Minerva Punjab managers F. Santiago Valera and C. Fleming are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the I-League league table.
- Churchill Brothers have the fewest conceded goals (6) in I-League
- Minerva Punjab have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in I-League
Churchill Brothers and Minerva Punjab should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Minerva Punjab, who are travelling more than 2200 kilometers to play this game.
Churchill Brothers form and stats
Overall I-League stats at home this season for Churchill Brothers, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) in I-League, are 2-3-0 (wins-draw-losses). We have seen two home losses in a row now for Churchill, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Churchill manager F. Santiago Valera and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus TRAU in the I-League. Ahead of that match, Churchill Brothers lost 1-4 at home to Mohammedan.
Churchill have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. As for guarding their own goal, Churchill Brothers have only let in 1 goal at home.
Minerva Punjab form and stats
As the visiting team in I-League matches, Minerva Punjab have produced an overall stat of 3-1-1 so far.
Minerva are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the I-League against Real Kashmir. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting TRAU's place.
Minerva are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. As opposed to that, Minerva have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Churchill Brothers and Minerva Punjab have met before this season: Minerva Punjab - Churchill Brothers 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Churchill four wins, two draws and Minerva Punjab two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Majcen 11 goals |  C. Zúniga Bernárdez 6 goals |  C. Gyeltshen 6 goals |
Churchill Brothers missing players
Minerva Punjab missing players
| Churchill Brothers | Minerva Punjab | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 79% | 71% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 64% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 43% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 14% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 14% |
| 50% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 29% |
| 43% | 57% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 29% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7.1 | 4 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1 | 3.3 | 4.8 |
| 2.7 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 50% | 71% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 90% | 57% |
- Churchill Brothers have the fewest conceded goals (6) in I-League
- Minerva Punjab have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Minerva Punjab have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in I-League
- Minerva Punjab haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Churchill Brothers | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Minerva Punjab | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | Real Kashmir | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | Gokulam | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | TRAU | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Mohammedan | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Aizawl | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | Sudeva | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Chennai City | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -12 | 9 |
| 10 | NEROCA | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 11 | Arrows | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 | -25 | 4 |