The I-League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Minerva Punjab and Churchill Brothers are placed 6th and 1st respectively.
Minerva Punjab and Churchill Brothers 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 Churchill Brothers, who are travelling more than 2200 kilometers to play this game.
Minerva Punjab form and stats
The hosts won their first I-League game here at Guru Nanak Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Minerva Punjab last season were 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses from 7 games.
Minerva Punjab faced defeat in their previous match, away at Gokulam (3-4). Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Aizawl.
A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Gokulam) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 3-4. A goal frenzy last time out for Minerva Punjab, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Gokulam. Fun stuff to watch!
Minerva Punjab has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Churchill Brothers form and stats
Four points from two away games for Churchill Brothers, meaning one draw and one victory in the I-League so far.
Churchill has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Mohammedan for a I-League game that ended a draw (0-0). Preceding that game was the away victory against Arrows with the score of 5-2.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Churchill Brothers has managed 5 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's two Minerva Punjab victories, two draws and three Churchill Brothers wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Zúniga Bernárdez 3 goals |  C. Gyeltshen 2 goals | R. Nongrum 1 goals |
Minerva Punjab missing players
Churchill Brothers missing players
| Minerva Punjab | Churchill Brothers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 62% | 62% |
| Minerva Punjab | Last season | Churchill Brothers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 7 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 23 | 13 | Scored | S | 7 | 23 | ||
| 21 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 21 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 75% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 80% | ||
| 38% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 73% | ||
| 31% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 20% | ||
| 19% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 13% | ||
| 69% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 67% | ||
| 19% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 13% | ||
| 19% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.8 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5 | ||
| 38% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 27% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Mohammedan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Sudeva | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Chennai City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Gokulam | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Minerva Punjab | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Real Kashmir | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | TRAU | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Aizawl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Arrows | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 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 |