MUMBAI. Mumbai City and East Bengal didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Mumbai City was definitely better in terms of ball possession (69%).
The match was played at the Mumbai Football Arena stadium in Mumbai on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was who had the assistance of and . The 4th official was Senthil Nathan. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 27.64 degrees Celsius or 81.75 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 38%.
Match Statistics
- ! 69 Ball Possession 31
Shots
- 9 Total 6
- 2 On Target 1
- 5 Off Target 3
- 2 Shots blocked 2
- 147 Attack 88
- 105 Dangerous attack 49
- 103 Ball safe 79
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 4
Fouls
- 9 Total 15
- 3 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Mumbai City was in firm control of the ball 69% while East Bengal was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Mumbai City had a more offensive attitude with 105 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Mumbai City to win the match.
Mumbai City shot 9 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, East Bengal shot 6 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Mumbai City received 3 yellow cards (Tiri, Jayesh Rane and Yoëll van Nieff). Talking about the opposition, East Bengal received 5 yellow cards (Gursimrat Gill, Cleiton Silva, Hijazi Maher, Prabhsukhan Gill and Souvik Chakraborty).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Mumbai City has 16 points to remain in the 4th place. On the other side, East Bengal will has 10 points like NorthEast United and Bengaluru to sit in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Indian Super League, Mumbai City will host ATK Mohun Bagan on the 20th of December with a 5-0 head to head stats in favor of Mumbai City (2 draws).
Mumbai City – Formation
Mumbai City
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64'
Mumbai City started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Petr Kratky decided to play with the following team: Phurba Lachenpa , Rahul Bheke , Tiri , Mehtab Singh , Bipin Singh , Apuia , Yoëll van Nieff , Akash Mishra , Greg Stewart , Jayesh Rane and Jorge Pereyra Díaz .
The home team had on the bench: Valpuia, Vikram Partap Singh , Lallianzuala Chhangte , Gurkirat Singh, Mohammad Nawaz, Vinit Rai , Sanjeev Stalin, Rostyn Griffiths and Nasser El Khayati .
Substitutions
Mumbai City made 5 changes: Greg Stewart for Nasser El Khayati (82′), Mehtab Singh for Lallianzuala Chhangte (64′), Yoëll van Nieff for Rostyn Griffiths (64′), Jayesh Rane for Vinit Rai (64′) and Akash Mishra for Vikram Partap Singh (87′).
Player of the match: Tiri
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Mumbai City was Tiri.
His rating is with 73 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 9.
East Bengal – Formation
East Bengal
East Bengal started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Carles Cuadrat played with: Prabhsukhan Gill , Nishu Kumar , Lalchungnunga , Hijazi Maher , Mandar Rao Desai , Saúl Crespo , Souvik Chakraborty , Naorem Mahesh Singh , Borja Herrera , Vishnu PV and Cleiton Silva .
These were the players on the bench: Kamaljit Singh, Ajay Chhetri, Edwin Sydney Vanspaul, Nandha Kumar Sekar , Mohammad Rakip, V.P. Suhair, Gursimrat Gill, Aman CK and Javier Siverio .
Substitutions
East Bengal made 2 changes: Vishnu PV for Nandha Kumar Sekar (46′) and Borja Herrera for Javier Siverio (82′).
Player of the match: Prabhsukhan Gill
The most impressive player for East Bengal was the goalkeeper: Prabhsukhan Gill. His rating is 7.45. He performed 2 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Indian Super League.
- Bengaluru – Jamshedpur – 1-0
- Mumbai City – East Bengal – 0-0
