It's game day two of the I-League campaign and all to play for. Check out our in-depth preview of Minerva Punjab-Churchill Brothers!
It's quite the trip for Churchill Brothers when visiting Minerva Punjab as the cities are 2200 kilometers apart.
Minerva Punjab form and stats
In the previous season, Minerva Punjab's league statistics were 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, leading to 2nd place in the I-League. In these ten matches they scored 12 goals and let in 7. Appearing at home in the previous season Minerva Punjab delivered 2-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with 3 goals and 1 conceded.
It's back home for Minerva, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Rajasthan FC away with the result 2-0. Singh and Guthrie found the net in that victory.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Churchill Brothers (2-3).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 Minerva Punjab have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost two.
The manager Westwood will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Kenkre in only four days.
Churchill Brothers form and stats
Let's have a look at how Churchill Brothers performed last season in the I-League: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 4 draws and 0 defeats. In total they scored 15 and conceded 6 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 1 and lost 0 with 11/5 goals scored/conceded. The visitors' first away game in the I-League ended in defeat. Last season Churchill Brothers had these away match statistics: Played 2; won 1, drew 1 and lost 0.
Churchill lost away at Gokulam (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Minerva Punjab.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sudeva in just four days.
0 goals so far away for Churchill Brothers, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Minerva Punjab two wins, two draws and Churchill Brothers five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Guthrie 1 goals | A. Singh 1 goals |
Minerva Punjab missing players
Churchill Brothers missing players
| Minerva Punjab | Churchill Brothers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Minerva Punjab | Last season | Churchill Brothers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 8 | Played | P | 7 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Scored | S | 14 | 22 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | ||
| 87% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 80% | ||
| 47% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 67% | ||
| 27% | 12% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 47% | ||
| 20% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 27% | ||
| 20% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 27% | ||
| 33% | 12% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 53% | ||
| 47% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 40% | ||
| 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 27% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 7.1 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 2.7 | ||
| 57% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 50% | ||
| 6.3 | 7.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mohammedan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | NEROCA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Arrows | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Gokulam | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Minerva Punjab | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Sreenidi Deccan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Real Kashmir | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | TRAU | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Kenkre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Churchill Brothers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Sudeva | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Rajasthan FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | Aizawl | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 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 | Gokulam | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 29 |
| 2 | Churchill Brothers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -4 | 29 |
| 3 | TRAU | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 |
| 4 | Minerva Punjab | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 22 |
| 5 | Real Kashmir | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 21 |
| 6 | Mohammedan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | -3 | 20 |
