NorthEast United are ready to challenge Goa in this Indian Super League fixture. Everything you need to learn about the fixture can be found right here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
It's quite the trip for Goa when visiting NorthEast as the cities are 3200 kilometers apart.
NorthEast United form and stats
The story so far in the Indian Super League for NorthEast United at their home stadium (Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
NorthEast United's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Chennaiyin (placed 2nd). Provat Lakra was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.8 out of 10. The defender Lakra hit one key pass and won 9 of 11 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Kerala Blasters.This is expected to be a close game, with NorthEast United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with NorthEast United as a small favourite), we find three games. NorthEast United has won zero of these, drawn two and lost one.
NorthEast United has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Goa form and stats
Goa have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Indian Super League were 4 victories, 5 draws and 1 defeat from 10 fixtures.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Indian Super League home defeat versus Jamshedpur with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Midfielder Edu Bedia was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.34. Bedia hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and had 75 successful passes (of 87 total).
Prior to that match, the Goa manager J. Ferrando Fenol faced defeat when travelling to Mumbai City and losing 0-3.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Goa in our archives, and the results are: one win for Goa, two draws and four defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Goa now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Indian Super League game at East Bengal is waiting in only three days.
It's early days yet, but Goa has scored 0 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the prior ten meetings between these two sides are: two wins for NorthEast United, five draws and three wins for Goa. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  D. Brown 1 goals |  S. VP 1 goals | M. Coureur 1 goals |
NorthEast United missing players
Goa missing players
| NorthEast United | Goa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 2 | 2.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.7 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 8.5 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 6.3 | 5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11 | 11.5 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| NorthEast United | Last season | Goa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Scored | S | 16 | 33 | ||
| 28 | 11 | Conceded | C | 13 | 25 | ||
| 91% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 91% | ||
| 82% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 77% | ||
| 55% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 55% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 9% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 5% | ||
| 68% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 73% | ||
| 23% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 18% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 18% | ||
| 3.9 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 9.5 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 40% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 35% | ||
| 11 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 8.1 | ||
| 2.9 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Chennaiyin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Jamshedpur | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Bengaluru | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Odisha FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Mumbai City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Hyderabad | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Kerala Blasters | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 |
| 9 | NorthEast United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | East Bengal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 11 | Goa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 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 | Mumbai City | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 17 | 40 |
| 2 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 40 |
| 3 | NorthEast United | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | Goa | 20 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 31 |
| 5 | Hyderabad | 20 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
| 6 | Jamshedpur | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 27 |
| 7 | Bengaluru | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | -2 | 22 |
| 8 | Chennaiyin | 20 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 20 |
| 9 | East Bengal | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -11 | 17 |
| 10 | Kerala Blasters | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -13 | 17 |
| 11 | Odisha FC | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -19 | 12 |