Only a few games have been played in the I-League so far, with TRAU placed 11th and Minerva Punjab sitting in the 2nd position.
TRAU and Minerva Punjab should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
TRAU form and stats
TRAU, who have the most conceded goals (9) in I-League, have played 1 I-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Real Kashmir in the I-League last time out and are looking for a win here. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting East Bengal (1-2).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as NEROCA are coming to town in four days.
TRAU has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Minerva Punjab form and stats
Still no away game victory in the I-League for Minerva Punjab with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Minerva Punjab are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 3-3 draw at Aizawl (placed 6th). Before that, Minerva Punjab secured a home win against Arrows with the score 1-0.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Minerva Punjab, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Minerva Punjab have the goal stats of 3-6 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
TRAU missing players
Minerva Punjab missing players
| TRAU | Minerva Punjab | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 3 | 6 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8.2 | 8 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 1.2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 10 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 13 | 55 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 23 |
| 33% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 60% | 35% |
- TRAU has the most conceded goals (9)
- TRAU has the most conceded goals in the second half (5)
- TRAU has the the worst goal difference (-6)
- TRAU is in the worst form (0-1-3)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | East Bengal | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | Minerva Punjab | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Mohun Bagan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Churchill Brothers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Gokulam | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Aizawl | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Real Kashmir | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Chennai City | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 5 |
| 9 | NEROCA | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | Arrows | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | TRAU | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 1 |