NEW DELHI. Mumbai City was able to turn the tables against Minerva Punjab. Mumbai City was decisively better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium stadium in New Delhi on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Tejas Nagvenkar who had the assistance of Arun Pillai and . The 4th official was Rahul Kumar Gupta. The weather was haze. The temperature was pleasant at 23.95 degrees Celsius or 75.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.
Match Statistics
- ! 36 Ball Possession 64
Shots
- 12 Total 15
- 6 On Target 9
- 5 Off Target 6
- 1 Shots blocked 0
- 81 Attack 76
- 34 Dangerous attack 60
- 77 Ball safe 73
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 7
Fouls
- 12 Total 14
- 3 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Mumbai City had a superior ball possession 64% while Minerva Punjab was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Mumbai City had a more offensive attitude with 60 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Mumbai City won the match.
Minerva Punjab shot 12 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Mumbai City shot 15 times, 9 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Minerva Punjab received 5 yellow cards (Madih Talal, Sahil Tavora, Tekcham Abhishek Singh, Nikhil Prabhu and Dimitris Chatziisaias). On the other side, Mumbai City received 3 yellow cards (Jayesh Rane, Iker Guarrotxena and Thaer Krouma).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Minerva Punjab stays with 17 points to sit in the 10th place. On the other side, Mumbai City will has 35 points like Odisha FC to sit in the 2nd place.
Next matches
Minerva Punjab – Formation
Minerva Punjab
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Minerva Punjab adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Staikos Vergetis decided to play with the following team: Ravi Kumar , Tekcham Abhishek Singh , Suresh Meitei , Dimitris Chatziisaias , Mohammed Salah , Ricky John Shabong , Nikhil Prabhu , Ashish Pradhan , Luka Majcen , Madih Talal and Wilmar Jordan .
The home team had on the bench: Samuel Kynshi, Juan Mera , Daniel Lalhlimpuia, Jaskaranvir Singh, Sahil Tavora , Kingslee Fernandes, Leon Augustine, Melroy Assisi and Bryce Miranda.
Substitutions
Minerva Punjab made 3 changes: Ashish Pradhan for Sahil Tavora (72′), Dimitris Chatziisaias for Juan Mera (87′) and Ricky John Shabong for Melroy Assisi (87′).
Player of the match: Madih Talal
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Minerva Punjab was Madih Talal.
His rating is with 1 goal, 28 passes (68% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 5 crosses.
Mumbai City – Formation
Mumbai City
Also Mumbai City adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Petr Kratky played with: Phurba Lachenpa , Rahul Bheke , Mehtab Singh , Thaer Krouma , Akash Mishra , Alberto Noguera , Yoëll van Nieff , Jayesh Rane , Bipin Singh , Iker Guarrotxena and Lallianzuala Chhangte .
These were the players on the bench: Valpuia , Tiri , Vikram Partap Singh , Gurkirat Singh , Mohammad Nawaz, Vinit Rai , Sanjeev Stalin, Nathan Asher Rodrigues and Franklin Robin Nazareth.
Mumbai City could not rely on the presence of Tiri (injured).
Substitutions
Mumbai City made 5 changes: Rahul Bheke for Valpuia (46′), Jayesh Rane for Vikram Partap Singh (70′), Iker Guarrotxena for Tiri (82′), Lallianzuala Chhangte for Vinit Rai (86′) and Bipin Singh for Gurkirat Singh (86′).
Player of the match: Iker Guarrotxena
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Mumbai City was Iker Guarrotxena.
His rating is with 2 goals, 29 passes (93% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 7.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Indian Super League.
