Punjab FC VS Mumbai City FC football match ended with a 3-2 Scoreline in favor of Mumbai City FC. Lallianzuala Chhangte opened a deadlock for the visitors Madih Talal scored the equalizer in the 37th minute and Wilmar Jordán Gil scored a goal in the 39th minute first half ended in Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium at 2-1 in favor of the home side.
In the second half, Iker Guarrotxena scored 2 goals for the visitors, and Mumbai City FC held on their lead and won this match 3-2. With this Win, Mumbai FC had 35 points in 17 matches and stands in the second position of the Indian Super League table. Punjab FC at the tenth position with 17 points in 17 matches.
Mumbai City FC Starting Eleven
Petr Kratky starting eleven for this game was Phurba Lachenpa in goal. Mehtab Singh and Thaer Krouma are in center-back positions. Rahul Bheke plays as the Right side-back and Akash Mishra plays as the left side-back. Yoell van Nieff, Alberto Noguera, and Jayesh Rane were Center Midfielder. Lallianzuala Chhangte is in the left wing and Bipin Singh Thounaojam is in the right wing. Iker Guarrotxena is paying as a center forward. Mumbai City FC was playing with a 4-3-3 formation.
Punjab FC Starting Eleven
Staikos Vergetis picked a starting eleven in which Ravi Kumar is the first-choice Goalkeeper. Dimitris Chatziisaias and Suresh Meitei are playing the center-back position. Mohamed Salah plays as the left-side back and Tekcham Abhishek Singh plays in the right-side back position. Nikhil Prabhu is in the Defensive midfielder role Ashish Pradhan and Ricky Shabong playing in mid-field. Luka Majcen plays as Right Wing Forward and Wilmar Jordán Gil plays as Left-wing forward. Madih Talal playing in the center-forward position. Staikos Vergetis started with the traditional 4-3-3 Formation.
Punjab FC VS Mumbai City FC: Mumbai City beats Punjab FC 3-2
First Half
Mumbai City FC wants to win this match to be in the League Shield title race every match is important for them to remain in the title race with Odisha FC and Mohun Bagan FC. Punjab won their last match and wants to keep winning momentum in the Indian Super League.
In the early minutes of the match, Mumbai City FC created pressure on Punjab FC. Punjab taking some time to settle down and Mumbai City dominating possession in the opponents’ Half. In the 11th minute, Punjab was on attack Luka Majcen Headed a pass to the striker Madih Talal who took a shot from the right side of the box and forced Phurba Lachenpa to make a save.
In the 16th minute of the match, Bipin Singh’s Shot was saved by Ravi Kumar but nothing was done about the rebound and Lallianzuala Chhangte scored a goal with his left foot from the center of the box. Mumbai City FC took a one-goal lead in this match.
In the 26th minute, Ricky Shabong played a pass to Luka Majcen who took a shot from outside the box but Phurba Lachenpa was fully prepared and made another save. Both teams tried their best to score a goal but their efforts were coming short in front of the goal.
In the 37th minute, Wilmar Jordán Gil found Madih Talal on the left side of the box and he struck the ball with his right foot and found the top right corner of the net. Punjab FC drew on level terms with Mumbai City FC.
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In the 39th minute, Madih Talal delivered a precise cross towards Wilmar Jordan Gil who connected with a perfect header and Punjab made their comeback they were leading 2-1 at the end of the first half in Jawaharlal Nehru stadium.
Second Half
During the halftime break, Mumbai made a change they brought Hmingthanmawia from the bench in place of Rahul Bheke. In the 47th minute of the match, Lallianzuala Chhangte had a chance to equalize but his shot went wide from the target.
In the 53rd minute, Bipin Singh took a shot from the center of the box Ravi Kumar made a save but nothing can he do about the rebound and Iker Guarrotxena scored the equaliser on the rebound. A scrappy goal for the visitors but they will take it.
Mumbai City attacking relentlessly they were looking for third and Punjab FC’s defensive unit was under immense pressure. In the 64th Minute, Jayesh Rane played a brilliant through pass to Iker Guarrotxena who finished the ball into the net and this match turned around once again in favor of Mumbai FC.
Punjab FC were not looking to score a goal against the Mumbai City. Mumbai City’s defensive unit protected their box very carefully and they were hard to break at the back in the second half.
The Referee blew the full-time whistle Mumbai City won this match 3-2 against Punjab FC and earned three valuable points in their telly.