Mumbai City FC VS Bengaluru FC Match ended with Mumbai City winning 2-0 in an Indian Super League match at Mumbai Football Arena Stadium. Vikram Partap Singh scored both goals in the 42 and 58th minutes of the match. With this win, Mumbai City FC climbed to the 4th position with 28 points in 14 matches in the Indian Super League table. Bengaluru FC is in the 10th position with 15 points in 16 matches.
Mumbai City FC Starting Eleven
Petr Kratky starting eleven for this game was Phurba Lachenpa in goal. Rahul Bheke and José Luis Espinosa Arroyo are in center-back positions. Hmingthanmawia plays as the Right side-back and Akash Mishra plays as the left side-back. Yoell van Nieff, Alberto Noguera, and Lalengmawia Ralte were Center Midfielder. Vikram Partap Singh is in the left wing and Lallianzuala Chhangte is in the right wing. Iker Guarrotxena is paying as a center forward. Mumbai City FC was playing with a 4-3-2-1 formation.
Bengaluru starting eleven
Coach Gerard Zaragoza Starts with Gurpreet Singh Sandhu in the goal. Aleksandar Jovanovic and Chinglensana Singh playing in the Centre-back position. Naorem Roshan Singh plays as left side-back and Nikhil Poojary plays as right side-back. Harsh Patre, Suresh Singh Wangjam, and Shivaldo Chingambam Singh are playing in the midfield and Ryan Williams Playing as an Attacking midfielder. Sunil Chhetri and Oliver Drost Playing as a forward. Gerard Zaragoza chose to play with a 4-3-1-2 formation.
Mumbai City FC VS Bengaluru FC: Mumbai FC beats Bengaluru FC 2-0
First Half
Mumbai City FC was the favorite to win the match in their home conditions. In the early minutes of the match Mumbai City had ball possession and they were on attack whereas Bengaluru FC took time to settle down in this match. In the 4th minute of the match, Nikhil Poojary’s shot was blocked but there was another chance to score a goal. Chinglensana Singh took a shot from outside the box but it went over the bar.
In the 7th minute of the match, Ryan Williams found Sunil Chhetri who took a shot from outside the box but it was blocked. In the 12th minute, Suresh Singh Wangjam had a chance to score a goal from the center of the box but his shot hit the crossbar.
In the 37th minute of the match, Bengaluru made a first change they brought Slavko Damjanovic in place of Aleksandar Jovanovic who picked up an injury in this match.
In the 38th minute of this match, Chinglensana Singh crossed the ball into the box and found Sunil Chhetri who headed it into the goal but Phurba Lachenpa made a save.
In the 42nd minute of the match, Mumbai FC was on the attack, Lallianzuala Chhangte played a pass to Vikram Partap Singh who was inside the box took a shot from the center of the box, and scored a goal for the home team. Mumbai City took the lead in this match.
In the stoppage time, Mumbai City had another chance to score a goal. Lallianzuala Chhangte crossed the ball into the box and found Vikram Partap Singh who headed the ball wide to the right side of the goal.
The first half ended there were chances for the visitors to take a lead but they were not clinical in their finishing. Mumbai City FC leading this match 1-0 at half-time in Mumbai Football Arena Stadium.
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Second Half
There were no changes from both sides they playing with the same set of players. In the 48th minute, Shivaldo Chingambam Singh took right footed shot from outside the box but it was blocked by the defense. In the 55th minute, Yoell van Nieff took a free kick and swung a ball inside the box and José Luis Espinosa Arroyo took a header but the ball went over the bar.
In the 58th minute, Mumbai City FC was on the attack, Iker Guarrotxena had the ball in the box and he crossed the ball to the left corner of the goal where Vikram Partap Singh headed the ball into the left corner of the net. Mumbai City FC Doubled their lead.
Mumbai City FC after going 2-0 up in a tie does not make any mistakes at the back. They give no chances to the Visitors to make any kind of comeback. Both teams Had half chances to score but no one was successful in their attempts. The Referee blew the full-time whistle Mumbai City FC won this match 2-0 in the scoreline and earned three Valuable points.