MUMBAI. Mumbai City estinguishes Kerala Blasters 4-0 with goals of Jorge Pereyra Díaz (4′), Greg Stewart (10′), Bipin Singh (16′) and Jorge Pereyra Díaz (22′). Mumbai City capitalized on its superior ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Mumbai Football Arena stadium in Mumbai on Sunday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Coimbatore Ramaswamy Srikrishna. The weather was smoke. The temperature was hot at 27 degrees Celsius or 80.58 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Mumbai City was in firm control of the ball 60% while Kerala Blasters was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Kerala Blasters was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyhow, Mumbai City was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Mumbai City shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Kerala Blasters shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Mumbai City received 2 yellow cards (Ahmed Jahouh and Jorge Pereyra Díaz). Regarding the opposition, Kerala Blasters received 2 yellow cards (Rahul KP and Harmanjot Khabra).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Mumbai City will have 33 points to hold in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Kerala Blasters will stay with 25 points to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Indian Super League, Mumbai City will host East Bengal on the 19th of February with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of Mumbai City (1 draw).

Kerala Blasters will host Hyderabad on the 26th of February with a 4-3 head to head stats in favor of Kerala Blasters (1 draw).

Mumbai City – Formation

Mumbai City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Des Buckingham decided to play with the following team: Phurba Tempa Lachenpa (6.8), Rahul Bheke (6.9), Rostyn Griffiths (7.5), Mehtab Singh (7.2), Vignesh Dakshinamurthy (7.4), Apuia (7.4), Ahmed Jahouh (7.8), Lallianzuala Chhangte (7.3), Greg Stewart (7.6), Th. Bipin Singh (7.4) and Jorge Pereyra Díaz (8.9).

The home team had on the bench: Mandar Rao Desai, Mohammad Nawaz, Vikram Pratap Singh (6.2), Mourtada Fall (7.1), Sanjeev Stalin, Alberto Noguera (6.9), Rowllin Borges (6.8), Vinit Rai and Gurkirat Singh (6.1).

Mumbai City could not rely on the presence of Alberto Noguera (injured).

Substitutions

Mumbai City made 5 changes: Greg Stewart for Alberto Noguera (44′), Apuia for Rowllin Borges (56′), Ahmed Jahouh for Mourtada Fall (56′), Lallianzuala Chhangte for Vikram Partap Singh (74′) and Bipin Singh for Gurkirat Singh (74′).

Best player: Jorge Pereyra Díaz​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Mumbai City was Jorge Pereyra Díaz.

His rating is (8.9) with 2 goals, 19 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.

Kerala Blasters – Formation

Kerala Blasters started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Ivan Vukomanovic played with: Prabhsukhan Gill (5.2), Harmanjot Singh Khabra (6.1), Ruivah Hormipam (6.1), Victor Mongil Adeva (6.4), Jessel Carneiro (6.8), Rahul Kannoly (5.8), Jeakson Singh (6.7), Ivan Kalyuzhny (6.8), Sahal Abdul Samad (6.0), Adrian Luna (7.3) and Dimitris Diamantakos (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Saurav Mandal (6.3), Apostolos Giannou (6.8), Ayush Adhikari, Nihal Sudheesh, Bryce Miranda (6.5), Karanjit Singh, Bidyashagar Singh, Nishu Kumar and Vibin Mohanan.

Substitutions

Kerala Blasters made 5 changes: Rahul KP for Saurav Mandal (62′), Ivan Kalyuzhnyi for Apostolos Giannou (68′), Sahal Abdul Samad for Bryce Miranda (68′), Dimitrios Diamantakos for Ayush Adhikari (84′) and Jeakson Singh for Vibin Mohanan (84′).

Best player: Adrian Luna​

The most impressive player for Kerala Blasters was Adrian Luna.

His rating is (7.3) with 54 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 17. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Indian Super League.​

• Mumbai City – Kerala Blasters – 4-0