Match Report
5 points and 0 places separated them: Shillong Lajong 1st with 11, Real Kashmir 1st with 6. Recent form told a different story for Real Kashmir: only 9th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 1st. Against a league average of 1.52 goals per team per game, Shillong Lajong ran at 2.4 scored and 0.6 conceded, Real Kashmir at 1.67 and 1.33.
Level finishes had become the habit for Shillong Lajong: three in a row. Real Kashmir had drawn their last three, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
Across 6 recorded meetings, Shillong Lajong have 1 win to Real Kashmir's 4, with 1 draw, at 2.83 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 67% of the meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 33% of the meetings went over two goals. Where history says 2.83 goals per meeting, the last five say 2.
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 30,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Shillong Lajong: Phrangki Buam (39'), Kenstar Kharshong (58') · Real Kashmir: Seijoseph Haokip (20')
Key stats
Possession: Shillong Lajong 57% · Real Kashmir 43% · Total shots: 6-8 · On target: 3-3 · Corners: 3-3