The Indian Super League season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Goa and NorthEast United promises to be an interesting one.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Indian Super League. That game, against Kerala Blasters, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for NorthEast United.
These teams have little in common geographically as NorthEast United have to travel 3200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Goa form and stats
Goa are yet to win a home game, having collected 1 point from their first two Indian Super League games here.
The Goa crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Mumbai City here in a Indian Super League match. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Bengaluru that ended 2-2.
The defeat against Mumbai City was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored five minutes into stoppage time (by A. Le Fondre).
Early season league goal statistics from Goa's 2 home games: 2 goals, 3 conceded.
NorthEast United form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Indian Super League away game of the season. During their previous season 9 away games resulted in 1 win, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Kerala Blasters (placed 8th) in their previous outing. The Indian Super League match ended in a draw 2-2. Before that, NorthEast secured a home win against Mumbai City with the score 1-0.
The match against Kerala Blasters looked like a defeat for NorthEast, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. Idrissa Sylla equalized in the 90th minute. The draw against Kerala Blasters came from a losing position. The NorthEast manager G. Nus brought on Idrissa Sylla as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
NorthEast United have the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Goa won four, NorthEast United won two and four draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Angulo Albóniga 2 goals |  K. Appiah 2 goals | I. Sylla 1 goals |
Goa missing players
NorthEast United missing players
| Goa | NorthEast United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11 | 9 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| Goa | Last season | NorthEast United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 51 | 27 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | ||
| 29 | 10 | Conceded | C | 10 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 90% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 72% | ||
| 75% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 11% | 44% | ||
| 55% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 28% | ||
| 45% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | ||
| 65% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | ||
| 25% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 17% | ||
| 10% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 56% | 44% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13.9 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.1 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.7 | ||
| 46% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 24% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | NorthEast United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Chennaiyin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hyderabad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Mumbai City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Bengaluru | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Goa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Kerala Blasters | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Jamshedpur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Odisha FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 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 | Goa | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 23 | 39 |
| 2 | Atletico de Kolkata | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 34 |
| 3 | Bengaluru | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Chennaiyin | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 29 |
| 5 | Mumbai City | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | -4 | 26 |
| 6 | Odisha FC | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Kerala Blasters | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -3 | 19 |
| 8 | Jamshedpur | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -13 | 18 |
| 9 | NorthEast United | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -14 | 14 |
| 10 | Hyderabad | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 26 | -18 | 10 |