MUMBAI. East Bengal tops Mumbai City 1-0 after N. Mahesh scored just 1 goal (53′). Mumbai City was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (64%).
The match was played at the Mumbai Football Arena stadium in Mumbai on Sunday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Tejas Nagvenkar. The weather was smoke. The temperature was extremely hot at 30 degrees Celsius or 85.98 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 20%.
Match Statistics
Mumbai City
0 - 1
East Bengal
- ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
- 15 Total 13
- 5 On Target 5
- 8 Off Target 4
- 2 Shots blocked 4
- 113 Attack 75
- 85 Dangerous attack 50
- 77 Ball safe 62
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 2
Fouls
- 14 Total 17
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Ball possession
Mumbai City was in firm control of the ball 64% while East Bengal was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Mumbai City was more aggressive with 85 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Still, East Bengal found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Mumbai City shot 15 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, East Bengal shot 13 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Mumbai City didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, East Bengal received 1 yellow card (Jerry Lalrinzuala).
Match Timeline
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After playing this match, Mumbai City will stay with 46 points to hold in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, East Bengal will have 19 points to hold in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the East Bengal will host ATK Mohun Bagan on the 25th of February with a 5-0 head to head statistic in favor of ATK Mohun Bagan (0 draws).
Mumbai City – Formation
Mumbai City started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Des Buckingham decided to play with the following team: Phurba Tempa Lachenpa , Hardik Bhatt , Halen Nongtdu , Mourtada Fall , Vignesh Dakshinamurthy , Rowllin Borges , Alberto Noguera , Ahmed Jahouh , Lallianzuala Chhangte , Ayush Chhikara and Th. Bipin Singh .
The home team had on the bench: Mandar Rao Desai, Gursimrat Gill, Sanjeev Stalin, Gurkirat Singh , Mohammed Asif Khan , Mohammad Nawaz, Gyamar Nikum, P C Rohlupuia and Jorge Pereyra Díaz.
Substitutions
Mumbai City made 4 changes: Ayush Chhikara for Gurkirat Singh (46′), Bipin Singh for Mohammed Asif (73′), Vignesh D for Gyamar Nikum (83′) and H. Bhatt for Prabhsukhan Gill (89′).
Best player: Ahmed Jahouh
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Mumbai City was Ahmed Jahouh.
His rating is with 74 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 7 crosses.
