MARGAO. Mumbai City snatched a late win Chennaiyin 1-0 after V. Singh scored just 1 goal (85′). Mumbai City capitalized on its superior ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium stadium in Margao on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Aditya Purkayastha.
Match Statistics
- 43 Ball Possession 57
Shots
- 7 Total 17
- 0 On Target 7
- 7 Off Target 10
- 3 Shots blocked 3
- 92 Attack 91
- 54 Dangerous attack 75
- 94 Ball safe 90
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 5
- 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 12 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Mumbai City had a strong ball possession 58% while Chennaiyin was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Mumbai City had a more offensive attitude with 75 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Mumbai City won the encounter.
Chennaiyin shot 7 times, 0 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Mumbai City shot 17 times, 7 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Chennaiyin received 1 yellow card (A. Thapa). Talking about the opposition, Mumbai City received 2 yellow cards (L. Chhangte and M. Nawaz).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Chennaiyin will stay with 19 points to sit in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Mumbai City will have 22 points like Jamshedpur to remain in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Indian Super League, Chennaiyin will play away against Odisha FC on the 16th of February with a 6-3 head to head in favor of Odisha FC (6 draws).
Mumbai City will host Odisha FC on the 13th of February with a 7-5 head to head record in favor of Mumbai City (3 draws).
Chennaiyin – Formation
Chennaiyin
90'
90'
Chennaiyin started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Božidar Bandović decided to play with the following team: Debjit Majumder , Ariel Borysiuk , Slavko Damjanović , Narayan Das , Ninthoinganba Meetei , Syed Suhail Pasha , Germanpreet Singh , Anirudh Thapa , Jerry Lalrinzuala , Łukasz Gikiewicz and Nerijus Valskis .
The home team had on the bench: Edwin Sydney Vanspaul, Mirlan Murzaev, Vishal Kaith, Deepak Devrani, Reagan Singh, Rahim Ali , Salam Singh, Balaji Ganesan and Johnson Mathews.
Chennaiyin could not rely on the presence of R. Ali (injured).
Substitutions
Chennaiyin made 3 changes: S. S. Pasha for R. Ali (70′), S. Damjanovic for M. Murzaev (90′) and S. Damjanovic for M. Murzaev (90′).
Best player: Debjit Majumder
The player that probably impressed the most for Chennaiyin was the goalkeeper: Debjit Majumder. His rating is 7.32. He performed 4 saves.
Mumbai City – Formation
Mumbai City
85'
Mumbai City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Des Buckingham played with: Mohammad Nawaz , Rahul Bheke , Mourtada Fall , Mehtab Singh , Mandar Rao Desai , Apuia , Ahmed Jahouh , Lallianzuala Chhangte , Cássio Gabriel , Th. Bipin Singh and Igor Angulo .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Vikram Pratap Singh , Diego Mauricio , Phurba Tempa Lachenpa, Gurkirat Singh, Vignesh Dakshinamurthy, Vinit Rai , Amey Ganesh Ranawade, Bradden Inman and Raynier Fernandes.
Substitutions
Mumbai City made 3 changes: B. Singh for V. Singh (63′), Cassinho for Mauricio Diego (63′) and I. Angulo for B. Inman (83′).
Best player: Mourtada Fall
The player that probably impressed the most for Mumbai City was Mourtada Fall even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 48 passes (95% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Indian Super League.
- Chennaiyin – Mumbai City – 0-1
