COIMBATORE. Mumbai City tops Chennaiyin 2-0 after B. Singh scores a double.
Lallianzuala Chhangte didn’t convert a penalty (54′) for Mumbai City.
The match was played at the Nehru Stadium Coimbatore stadium in Coimbatore on Friday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Rahul Kumar Gupta who had the assistance of Sumanta Dutta and . The 4th official was Pranjal Banerji. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 31.83 degrees Celsius or 89.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 41%.
Match Statistics
- ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
- 8 Total 20
- 3 On Target 8
- 4 Off Target 7
- 1 Shots blocked 5
- 82 Attack 74
- 47 Dangerous attack 52
- 73 Ball safe 82
- 0 Penalties 1
- 7 Corners 4
Fouls
- 12 Total 8
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Mumbai City had a strong ball possession 62% while Chennaiyin was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Mumbai City was more aggressive with 52 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Mumbai City won the match.
Chennaiyin shot 8 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Mumbai City shot 20 times, 8 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Chennaiyin received 2 yellow cards (Irfan Yadwad and Farukh Choudhary). Regarding the opposition, Mumbai City received 2 yellow cards (Iker Guarrotxena and Jayesh Rane).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Chennaiyin stays with 15 points like East Bengal and Bengaluru to sit in the 9th place. On the other side, Mumbai City will has 31 points like Odisha FC to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Indian Super League, Chennaiyin will play away against East Bengal on the 26th of February with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Chennaiyin (5 draws).
Chennaiyin – Formation
Chennaiyin
86'
83'
Chennaiyin started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Owen Coyle decided to play with the following team: Debjit Majumder , Golui Sarthak , Ryan Edwards , Lazar Ćirković , Aakash Sangwan , Yumkhaibam Jiteshwor Singh , Connor Shields , Ninthoinganba Meetei , Rafael Crivellaro , Farukh Choudhary and Rahim Ali .
The home team had on the bench: Samik Mitra, Cristian Battocchio, Jordan Murray , Sachu Siby, Irfan Yadwad , Mobashir Rahman , Bikash Yumnam , Vincy Barretto and Prateek Kumar Singh.
Substitutions
Chennaiyin made 5 changes: Ninthoinganba Meetei for Vincy Barretto (62′), Rahim Ali for Irfan Yadwad (62′), Yumkhaibam Jiteshwor Singh for Mobashir Rahman (46′), Lazar Ćirković for Jordan Murray (86′) and Farukh Choudhary for Bikash Yumnam (86′).
Player of the match: Aakash Sangwan
The most impressive player for Chennaiyin was Aakash Sangwan.
His rating is with 26 passes (58% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.
Mumbai City – Formation
Mumbai City
71', 90'Mumbai City started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).
Petr Kratky played with: Phurba Lachenpa , Rahul Bheke , Thaer Krouma , Mehtab Singh , Akash Mishra , Apuia , Yoëll van Nieff , Alberto Noguera , Lallianzuala Chhangte , Vikram Partap Singh and Iker Guarrotxena .
These were the players on the bench: Valpuia, Tiri , Gurkirat Singh, Mohammad Nawaz, Vinit Rai, Sanjeev Stalin, Jayesh Rane , Ayush Chhikara and Bipin Singh .
Substitutions
Mumbai City made 3 changes: Lallianzuala Chhangte for Bipin Singh (68′), Yoëll van Nieff for Jayesh Rane (46′) and Mehtab Singh for Tiri (46′).
Player of the match: Bipin Singh
The most impressive player for Mumbai City was Bipin Singh.
His rating is with 2 goals, 6 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes.
His performance was amazing also because he began the match from the bench before entering in the 68′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Indian Super League.
- Chennaiyin – Mumbai City – 0-2
