Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Minerva Punjab - Real Kashmir!
- Minerva Punjab have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in I-League
- Real Kashmir have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in I-League
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.
3 - 5 - 5 with 15-19. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Real Kashmir when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Real Kashmir play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Minerva Punjab form and stats
2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Minerva Punjab have to build on here at Kalyani Stadium in the I-League.
Minerva have scored 3 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Minerva Punjab have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Real Kashmir form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their I-League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
A loss against TRAU was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Real Kashmir are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Real Kashmir - Minerva Punjab 1-1 entered in the official records. Minerva Punjab-Real Kashmir H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Minerva one win, Real Kashmir one win, two draws. zero of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  C. Gyeltshen 6 goals |  A. Lukman Adefemi 6 goals | M. Robertson 5 goals |
Minerva Punjab missing players
Real Kashmir missing players
| Minerva Punjab | Real Kashmir | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 21 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 85% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 85% |
| 46% | 29% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 85% |
| 23% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 38% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 31% | 14% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 62% |
| 46% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 31% |
| 38% | 57% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4.4 | 5.3 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 8.2 | 7.9 |
| 2 | 2.3 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 58% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 44% |
- Minerva Punjab have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in I-League
- Real Kashmir have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in I-League
- Real Kashmir have the most points from losing position (6) in I-League
| 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 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Minerva Punjab | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | Real Kashmir | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | Gokulam | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | TRAU | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Mohammedan | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Aizawl | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | Sudeva | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Chennai City | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -12 | 9 |
| 10 | NEROCA | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 11 | Arrows | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 | -25 | 4 |