There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Goa leading NorthEast United by 10 points.
Goa and NorthEast United 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.
It's quite the trip for NorthEast United when visiting Goa as the cities are 3200 kilometers apart.
Goa form and stats
When playing at home in the Indian Super League, Goa, who have the most scored goals (23) in Indian Super League, have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games. Goa has recorded two wins in a row here at Jawarharlal Nehru Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
In their previous game, the manager Sergio Lobera led his Goa to a defeat in the Indian Super League match away at Bengaluru. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Jawarharlal Nehru Stadium. In the game before, an away victory match versus Chennaiyin with a 4-3 scoreline.
Goa are traveling soon after this match as the Santosh Trophy match at West Bengal awaits in two days.
Goa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Jawarharlal Nehru Stadium with 9 goals in 5 league matches. From these home matches, Goa have conceded only 3 goals.
NorthEast United form and stats
1 win, 3 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of NorthEast United playing as the away team in the Indian Super League this season. Two points from the last two away games for NorthEast United, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
NorthEast United are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Kerala Blasters (placed 7th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Bengaluru.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The NorthEast United defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 4 games).
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: NorthEast United - Goa 2-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Goa victories, 4 draws and 2 NorthEast United wins. 8 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Coro 7 goals |  H. Boumous 4 goals |   A. Gyan 4 goals |
Goa missing players
NorthEast United missing players
| Goa | NorthEast United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 14 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 89% |
| 82% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 78% |
| 73% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 44% |
| 36% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 64% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 27% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 22% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 25% | 33% |
| 5.5 | 4.6 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4.2 |
| 5.5 | 6.6 | 12 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 10 | 6.2 | 5.7 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 144 | 69 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 29 | 88 |
| 62 | 26 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 8 | 30 |
| 37% | 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 30% |
- Goa has the most matches over the total-line (7)
- Goa has the most scored goals (23)
- Goa has the most scored goals in the second half (14)
- Goa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Goa have scored more than double the goals of NorthEast United.
- Goa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Goa is in the best form (4-1-1)
- NorthEast United has the fewest conceded goals (2) away
- NorthEast United has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5)
- NorthEast United has the fewest scored goals (9)
- NorthEast United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- NorthEast United have not yet lost a game away.
- NorthEast United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atlético de Kolkata | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| 2 | Goa | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Bengaluru | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | Mumbai City | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | -2 | 16 |
| 5 | Jamshedpur | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Odisha FC | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 12 |
| 7 | Kerala Blasters | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | NorthEast United | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 11 |
| 9 | Chennaiyin | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 10 | Hyderabad | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -15 | 5 |