There is an intense race going on to strike more field goals, but slow starter PC goals is catching up fast like proverbial tortoise-rabbit race. As Hockey India League S4 has seen 15 matches, numbers reveal many things. Last season 69 goals, 4 draws but now 68 goals no draws.
Last 15 days have seen 15 action filled matches in the ongoing Season Four of Hockey India League.
Unlike previous occasions, no match was drawn this season, all matches produced clear winners.
In the last HIL 4 matches ended draw out of first 15.
The margin of victory were close, barring a solitary match, all the losers have got grace points.
Ranchi Rays is the only team win all home matches.
Punjab Warriors came second in this respect with two home wins out of three played
Delhi Waveriders has the distinction of winning most away matches, three out of four.
Uttar Pradesh Wizards is the only team to lose all the three home matches.
Dabang Mumbai lost both the home matches, one more has to go which is 16th match of CIHIL.
Dabang Mumbai is only the team to have lost a match on new field goal bonus scheme, in the sense, had two goals were not given against one goal struck, Mumbai would have drawn its last match 3-3 instead of losing to Kalinga 4-6.
Bonus goal to field goal did not affect outcome of any other match result.
Delhi Waveriders is the most travelled team; had played a match each in all other four centres before returning to home to play two matches.
So far, four teams have played 5 matches while Delhi had played 6, Dabang Mumbai 4.
With additional goal awarded to each field goal, the race for field goals was observed in the beginning. But as the league progressed, more and more penalty corner goals, despite some poor conversions, have caught up.
So far 38 field goals have been struck, 27 penalty corners. Three other goals came through penalty stroke conversion. Total goals in first 18 matches: 68, almost 4 plus fraction goals per match.
Compared to previous year, this year HIL produced ONE GOAL LESS.