KOLKATA. Mumbai City beats East Bengal 1-0 after I. Guarrotxena scored just 1 goal (24′). Mumbai City was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium stadium in Kolkata on Tuesday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was R Venkatesh who was helped by and Sumanta Dutta. The 4th official was Aditya Purkayastha. The weather was haze. The temperature was hot at 27.67 degrees Celsius or 81.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Mumbai City was in firm control of the ball 67% while East Bengal was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Mumbai City was more pushing with 93 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Mumbai City won the contest.​

East Bengal shot 4 times, 0 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Mumbai City shot 11 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

East Bengal received 3 yellow cards (Lalchungnunga, Naorem Mahesh Singh and Hijazi Maher). Talking about the opposition, Mumbai City received 2 yellow cards (Akash Mishra and Alberto Noguera ).

Standings

After playing this contest, East Bengal stays with 12 points like Chennaiyin to sit in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, Mumbai City will has 25 points to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Indian Super League, East Bengal will play away with Hyderabad on the 17th of February with a 4-1 head to head statistic in favor of Hyderabad (2 draws).

Mumbai City will host Bengaluru on the 18th of February with a 8-6 head to head record in favor of Mumbai City (1 draw).

East Bengal – Formation

East Bengal started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Carles Cuadrat decided to play with the following team: Prabhsukhan Gill (6.8), Edwin Sydney Vanspaul (6.4), Gursimrat Gill (6.4), Hijazi Maher (7.1), Mandar Rao Desai (6.4), Nishu Kumar (6.8), V.P. Suhair (6.8), Ajay Chhetri (6.8), Souvik Chakraborty (6.7), Naorem Mahesh Singh (6.4) and Felicio Brown Forbes (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Kamaljit Singh, Lalchungnunga (7.0), Víctor Vázquez (6.8), Nandha Kumar Sekar (6.8), Mohammad Rakip (7.0), Tingku Kangujam, Jesin Thonikkara, Tanmay Das and Vishnu PV (7.3).

Substitutions

East Bengal made 5 changes: Edwin Sydney Vanspaul for Lalchungnunga (46′), V.P. Suhair for Vishnu PV (46′), Ajay Chhetri for Nandha Kumar Sekar (61′), Gursimrat Gill for Víctor Vázquez (61′) and Nishu Kumar for Mohammad Rakip (77′).

Player of the match: Vishnu PV​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for East Bengal was Vishnu PV.

His rating is 7.3 with 16 passes (38% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 11 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.

His performance was fantastic also because he began the match from the bench before entering in the 46′.

Mumbai City – Formation

Mumbai City started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Petr Kratky played with: Phurba Lachenpa (7.0), Rahul Bheke  (7.3), Thaer Krouma (7.0), Tiri (8.4), Akash Mishra (7.0), Apuia (7.3), Lallianzuala Chhangte (7.0), Jayesh Rane (7.5), Alberto Noguera  (7.1), Vikram Partap Singh (7.0) and Iker Guarrotxena (8.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Valpuia, Gurkirat Singh (6.3), Mohammad Nawaz, Vinit Rai, Sanjeev Stalin, Nathan Asher Rodrigues, Ayush Chhikara (6.4), Bipin Singh and Franklin Robin Nazareth.

Substitutions

Mumbai City made 4 changes: Vikram Partap Singh for Gurkirat Singh (70′), Jayesh Rane for Ayush Chhikara (82′), Alberto Noguera  for Vinit Rai (90′) and Rahul Bheke  for Valpuia (90′).

Player of the match: Iker Guarrotxena​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Mumbai City was Iker Guarrotxena.

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 28 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 11 duels out of 19. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• East Bengal – Mumbai City – 0-1