Minerva Punjab perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Real Kashmir can look both up and down from their 4th position.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the I-League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at East Bengal.
This pitch has grass, which is not Real Kashmir's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Real Kashmir have performed like this: Played nine matches resulting in 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats with the goal stats 13-13 (scored/conceded).
Minerva Punjab form and stats
Minerva Punjab are steadily winning I-League games and points here at Guru Nanak Stadium. 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Minerva Punjab after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The home team returns to Guru Nanak Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with East Bengal (placed 9th) on their last time out; the I-League game ended 1-1. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Mohun Bagan (0-1).
The Minerva Punjab manager Y. Law has got the team scoring with 12 from 6 home games in the league. 6 goals have been conceded.
Real Kashmir form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the I-League. Real Kashmir have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Real Kashmir have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Phurba Tempa Lachenpa. It's been 298 minutes since they last conceded in I-League.
Real Kashmir play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Gokulam (placed 3rd). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Aizawl at their stadium, the result 2-0.
Real Kashmir has another fixture away, a I-League game, against Churchill Brothers in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Real Kashmir are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Real Kashmir are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Real Kashmir - Minerva Punjab 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Minerva Punjab victories, one draw and one Real Kashmir win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 G. Krizo 4 goals |  M. Robertson 4 goals |
Minerva Punjab missing players
Real Kashmir missing players
| Minerva Punjab | Real Kashmir | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 78% |
| 42% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 22% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 11% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 44% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 22% |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.7 | 4.9 |
| 3.7 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6.5 | 5.4 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 111 | 70 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 72 | 80 |
| 49 | 32 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 26 | 29 |
| 35% | 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 31% | 38% |
- Minerva Punjab have not yet lost a game at home.
- Minerva Punjab have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Minerva Punjab have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Minerva Punjab haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Real Kashmir has the fewest conceded goals (8)
- Real Kashmir has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1)
- Real Kashmir haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mohun Bagan | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| 2 | Minerva Punjab | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 3 | Gokulam | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 4 | Real Kashmir | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | TRAU | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -8 | 15 |
| 6 | Aizawl | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Chennai City | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 14 |
| 8 | Churchill Brothers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 9 | East Bengal | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | NEROCA | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 12 |
| 11 | Arrows | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 8 |