Gokulam will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Minerva Punjab.
Gokulam 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.
Gokulam form and stats
Gokulam have collected 8 points from their I-League home games so far after 2-2-2.
Gokulam lost their last game at NEROCA (placed 10th) after a 2-3 scoreline. Before that match, a win away at Chennai City.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the I-League game versus East Bengal in only three days. This game is also played here at EMS Stadium.
Gokulam has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Minerva Punjab form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Minerva Punjab so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-2 (win-draw-lose).
A. Dipanda scored in Minerva Punjab's previous match, the home game against Real Kashmir that ended 1-0. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to East Bengal.
Minerva Punjab has another fixture away, a I-League game, against Arrows in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Minerva Punjab have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Minerva Punjab - Gokulam 3-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Gokulam, one draw and two wins for Minerva Punjab. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
| M. Joseph 6 goals | S. Rajesh 2 goals |
Gokulam missing players
Minerva Punjab missing players
| Gokulam | Minerva Punjab | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 69% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 25% | 17% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 23% |
| 5.4 | 7 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 5.5 | 4.7 |
| 4.1 | 3.3 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2.8 | 4.1 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 185 | 103 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 41 | 115 |
| 71 | 37 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 17 | 52 |
| 23% | 19% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 29% | 35% |
- Gokulam have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Gokulam have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Gokulam haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Minerva Punjab have yet to win a 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 | Mohun Bagan | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 32 |
| 2 | Minerva Punjab | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | Churchill Brothers | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | East Bengal | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Real Kashmir | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | Gokulam | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Chennai City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 16 |
| 8 | TRAU | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 16 |
| 9 | Aizawl | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | NEROCA | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -8 | 15 |
| 11 | Arrows | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -10 | 8 |