The NEROCA manager G. Raikhan attacks this game with the team placed 4th so far. In the visitors dressing room Gokulam and their manager V. Annese are in 10th place before this match.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
NEROCA form and stats
A I-League draw at home so far for NEROCA. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats from 9 matches.
A strong away win for NEROCA against Arrows the last match, as K. Lhungdim, N. García, J. Garcia and V. Kallon were on target. Before that, NEROCA drew at home versus TRAU.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, NEROCA played a great game against Arrows and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
At Khuman Lampak Main Stadium, NEROCA has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Gokulam form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the I-League ended in defeat. Last season Gokulam had these away match statistics: Played 7; won 4, drew 0 and lost 3.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Gokulam, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Aizawl (placed 6th). Prior to that match, a home win 4-3 against Minerva Punjab.
Gokulam have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): NEROCA won three games, one match ended with a draw and Gokulam has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / twoTop Goalscorers
  D. Antwi 3 goals |  K. Kiatamba Jr. 1 goals | K. Lhungdim 1 goals |
NEROCA missing players
Gokulam missing players
| NEROCA | Gokulam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 6.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 5.3 |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 31% |
| NEROCA | Last season | Gokulam | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 17 | 9 | Played | P | 7 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Scored | S | 11 | 20 | ||
| 35 | 14 | Conceded | C | 10 | 19 | ||
| 94% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 73% | ||
| 71% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 47% | ||
| 53% | 56% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 27% | ||
| 41% | 44% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 13% | ||
| 65% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 73% | ||
| 24% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 20% | ||
| 18% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 10.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.4 | 15.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 6 | ||
| 38% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 22% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Real Kashmir | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Mohammedan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | NEROCA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Sudeva | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Aizawl | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | TRAU | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Minerva Punjab | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Chennai City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Gokulam | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Arrows | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -10 | 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 |