ISL 2023-24: FC Goa clashes with Jamshedpur FC after being knocked out of League Shield contention

The Red Miners have already crashed out of the race to qualify for the playoffs. The Gaurs too are out of the league shield contention after Mumbai City defeated Odisha FC on Monday.

FC Goa faces Jamshedpur FC in an ISL 2023-24 match away from home. | Photo Credit: Focus Sports / ISL

FC Goa travels to take on Jamshedpur FC at the JRD Tata Sports Complex on April 9, Tuesday, at 5:00 PM IST in the Indian Super League (ISL) 2023-24.

The Red Miners have already crashed out of the race to qualify for the playoffs. The Gaurs too are out of the league shield contention after Mumbai City defeated Odisha FC on Monday.

After a minor setback since the season restart late January, FC Goa has recovered slightly by winning thrice and drawing twice in its last five games. Contrastingly, Jamshedpur FC had begun the second-half of the season strongly, but dropping 11 points out of a possible 15 from its last five encounters has made knocked it out of the contention for a Play-off spot.

Jamshedpur FC has been winless in its last three matches against FC Goa, facing a 1-0 loss in the latest encounter.

Currently, it is on a run of eight games without a clean sheet in its own backyard. The last time it didn’t concede a goal in the home turf was against Punjab FC in October 2023.

As Jamshedpur FC is struggling to keep a clean sheet at home, FC Goa is encountering no problems in finding the back of the net on the road. The Gaurs have notched a strike in each of its last eight away matches. The only time it has gone on a longer run than this was a sequence of 11 matches from January 2016-2018.

FC Goa needs to be wary of wrapping up games neatly though, given that it has conceded 33% of the goals in the final 15 minutes of its matches this season.

On the contrary, Jamshedpur FC has notched 35% of goals in the afore-mentioned period, which is the second highest such share for any team, behind only Hyderabad FC.