MARGAO. Bengaluru was finally too much to handle for Mumbai City with the goal of D. Farooq Bhat (8′), P. Ibara (23′) and P. Ibara (45′).

The match was played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium stadium in Margao on Monday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Coimbatore Ramaswamy Srikrishna.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Mumbai City had a strong ball possession 55% while Bengaluru was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bengaluru was more pushing with 87 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bengaluru won the match.​

Mumbai City shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Bengaluru shot 16 times, 8 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Mumbai City received 3 yellow cards (R. Bheke, V. Rai and G. Singh). Regarding the opposition, Bengaluru received 2 yellow cards (P. Chaudhari and D. Farooq Bhat).

Standings

After this match, Mumbai City will stay with 17 points like Kerala Blasters to sit in the 2nd place. On the other side, Bengaluru will have 13 points like Odisha FC to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Indian Super League, Mumbai City will host Odisha FC on the 2nd of March with a 7-5 head to head stats in favor of Mumbai City (3 draws).

Bengaluru will host Odisha FC on the 17th of February with a 5-3 head to head in favor of Bengaluru (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 (6.5), Mohammad Rakip (6.1), Mourtada Fall (6.7), Rahul Bheke (6.3), Vignesh Dakshinamurthy (5.9), Apuia (7.1), Vinit Rai (6.1), Bradden Inman (6.1), Cássio Gabriel (7.6), Th. Bipin Singh (6.4) and Ygor Catatau (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Igor Angulo (7.1), Pranjal Bhumij, Raynier Fernandes (6.2), Amey Ganesh Ranawade (6.6), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammed Asif, Gurkirat Singh (6.4), Mehtab Singh and Mandar Rao Desai (6.6).

Substitutions

Mumbai City made 5 changes: V. Rai for R. Fernandes (46′), Ygor Catatau for I. Angulo (46′), V. Dakshinamurthy for A. Ranawade (46′), B. Singh for G. Singh (60′) and M. Rakip for M. Desai (75′).

Best player: Cássio Gabriel​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Mumbai City was Cássio Gabriel.

His rating is (7.6) with 35 passes (71% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 8 crosses.

Bengaluru – Formation

Bengaluru started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Marco Pezzaiuoli played with: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (7.2), Roshan Singh (8.3), Pratik Chowdhary (6.7), Alan Costa (6.8), Muhammed Ashique Kuruniyan (7.4), Suresh Wangjam Singh (7.0), Bruno Ramires (7.6), Danish Farooq Bhat (7.6), Udanta Singh Kumam (6.8), Cleiton Silva (7.0) and Prince Ibara (9.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Ajith Kumar (6.7), Sunil Chhetri (7.1), Lara Sharma, Rohit Kumar, Wungyanyg Muirang, Iman Basafa (6.5), Sivasakthi Narayanan, Bidyashagar Singh and Damaitphang Lyngdoh.

Substitutions

Bengaluru made 3 changes: P. Ibara for S. Chhetri (59′), U. Singh for I. Basafa (67′) and R. Singh for A. Kumar (82′).

Best player: Prince Ibara​

The most impressive player for Bengaluru was Prince Ibara.

His rating is (9.1) with 2 goals, 15 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 10 duels out of 13. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Mumbai City – Bengaluru – 0-3