It's the second chance for points this season as Gokulam and Minerva Punjab battle it out at EMS Stadium.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Gokulam form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first I-League game of the season here at EMS Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 2 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses from Gokulam's 8 home games.
Gokulam's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Chennai City (placed 1st). In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Churchill Brothers.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Gokulam at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Last season, Gokulam's league statistics were 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the I-League. Over these 15 matches they scored 20 goals and conceded 19. Playing at home last season Gokulam managed 2-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 9 goals and 9 conceded.
Minerva Punjab form and stats
Minerva Punjab won their last game, 1-0 versus Aizawl played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against NEROCA wasn't a success with a 3-4 loss.
Let's have a look at how Minerva Punjab performed last season in the I-League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 8 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 23 and conceded 21 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 6 and lost 3 with 10/15 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Gokulam victories, two draws and two Minerva Punjab wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Gokulam missing players
Minerva Punjab missing players
| Gokulam | Minerva Punjab | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 25% | 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| Gokulam | Last season | Minerva Punjab | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 8 | Played | P | 9 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Scored | S | 10 | 23 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 15 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 94% | ||
| 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 75% | ||
| 47% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | ||
| 27% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 31% | ||
| 13% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 19% | ||
| 73% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 69% | ||
| 20% | 12% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 19% | ||
| 7% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 19% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 15.8 | 17.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.8 | ||
| 6 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 22% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chennai City | 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Mohammedan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Gokulam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Aizawl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Sudeva | 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 | Mohun Bagan | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 39 |
| 2 | East Bengal | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 3 | Minerva Punjab | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 23 |
| 4 | Real Kashmir | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| 5 | Gokulam | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 6 | TRAU | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 22 |
| 7 | Chennai City | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | Churchill Brothers | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | NEROCA | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -8 | 19 |
| 10 | Aizawl | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Arrows | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | -13 | 9 |