Only a win will satisfy the Real Kashmir supporters in this Kalyani Stadium clash with NEROCA, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the I-League table.
- Real Kashmir has the fewest conceded goals (2) in I-League
- NEROCA have not yet lost a game away.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the I-League.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike NEROCA's home stadium. The visitors last five games on artifical turf have ended in 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
NEROCA have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Real Kashmir form and stats
Real Kashmir, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) in I-League, must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three I-League games here at Kalyani Stadium.
The Real Kashmir goalkeeper Mithun Samanta is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 298 minutes without conceding a goal in the I-League.
An away draw last time out for Kashmir, facing Churchill Brothers in a game that ended 0-0. Before that game, the 6-0 home victory against Arrows.
Goals are plentiful at Kalyani Stadium in the league this season as Kashmir has scored 8 goals here in 3 home games. Kashmir are not conceding a lot of goals here at Kalyani Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
NEROCA form and stats
Four points from two away games for NEROCA, meaning one draw and one victory in the I-League so far.
The manager G. Raikhan was unhappy after their last game, a I-League match played at their home ground Khuman Lampak Main Stadium. NEROCA suffered a 1-2 loss to Chennai City (placed 6th).
NEROCA have the goal stats of 4-0 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - zero - two (Kashmir wins - draws - NEROCA wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Dipanda Dicka 3 goals | M. Robertson 2 goals | J. Garcia 2 goals |
Real Kashmir missing players
NEROCA missing players
| Real Kashmir | NEROCA | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 8 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 83% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 83% |
| 17% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 17% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 17% | 33% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 33% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 67% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 0.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7.8 | 8.7 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6.5 | 5.7 |
| 3.8 | 4.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 3 |
| 43% | 62% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 44% | 44% |
- All of Real Kashmir's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- NEROCA have not yet lost a game away.
- Real Kashmir has the fewest conceded goals (2) in I-League
- Real Kashmir has the most scored goals (8) at home in I-League
- Real Kashmir has the most scored goals in the second half (8) in I-League
- Real Kashmir has the the best goal difference (+6) at home in I-League
- Real Kashmir has the the best goal difference (+8) in I-League
- Real Kashmir have not yet lost a game.
- Real Kashmir have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Minerva Punjab | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Real Kashmir | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| 4 | Mohammedan | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | TRAU | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Chennai City | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 9 |
| 7 | Sudeva | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | Aizawl | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Gokulam | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | NEROCA | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| 11 | Arrows | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | -18 | 1 |