NEROCA are welcoming Chennai City for another important game after their 4-3 result against 3rd-placed Minerva Punjab.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for NEROCA and Chennai City.
It's quite the trip for Chennai City when visiting NEROCA as the cities are 3100 kilometers apart.
NEROCA are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Chennai City are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
NEROCA form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 8 I-League games here at Khuman Lampak Main Stadium for NEROCA. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. NEROCA has recorded two wins in a row here at Khuman Lampak Main Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
NEROCA's last game was hosting Minerva Punjab (placed 3rd) and winning 4-3.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? What a game it was for T. Adjah when beating Minerva Punjab, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
A decent goal production from NEROCA in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 8 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
Chennai City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their I-League travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Chennai City delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Maziya in their previous match; a AFC Cup game. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Mohun Bagan.
The visiting Chennai City have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 8 games. 10 goals have been conceded by Chennai City in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Chennai City - NEROCA 2-2 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: one win for NEROCA, three draws and one win for Chennai City. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  P. Javier Manzi Cruz 17 goals | S. Rodríguez Felipe 10 goals |  O. Chidi 8 goals |
NEROCA missing players
Chennai City missing players
| NEROCA | Chennai City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 25 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| 33 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 94% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 93% |
| 75% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 73% |
| 69% | 62% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 27% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 62% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 75% | 60% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 27% |
| 19% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 20% |
| 4.5 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 5.8 | 5.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 173 | 99 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 89 | 187 |
| 66 | 30 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 32 | 68 |
| 38% | 50% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 34% | 26% |
- Chennai City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- NEROCA has the most conceded goals (33)
- NEROCA has the most conceded goals in the first half (21)
- NEROCA has the most matches over the total-line (11)
| 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 | Churchill Brothers | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 8 | Chennai City | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 9 | NEROCA | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -8 | 18 |
| 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 |