Match Report
Mumbai City went into the game 3rd in the table on 25 points; East Bengal sat 1st on 26 — a 1-point gap. Mumbai City had been under-performing their position — 7th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Per game in the league, Mumbai City were scoring 1.31 and conceding 0.69, East Bengal 2.31 and 0.85, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
East Bengal carried a 6-game unbeaten run into this.
GioScore's database holds 8 meetings between the two: 5 for Mumbai City, 0 for East Bengal and 3 drawn, at 1.63 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 38% of meetings won.
Mumbai Football Arena, capacity 9,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Mumbai City led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-2.
Goal scorers
Mumbai City: Brandon Fernandes (8') · East Bengal: Youssef Ezzejjari (58'), Nandhakumar Sekar (71')
Key stats
Possession: Mumbai City 52% · East Bengal 48% · Total shots: 13-11 · On target: 5-5 · Corners: 5-8