Welcome to Sportstar's highlights of this evening's Chennaiyin FC vs Mumbai City FC Indian Super League (ISL 2021-22) clash played at the Nehru Stadium in Fatorda, Goa.
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Match Report:
Updated Points Table:
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Chennaiyin FC 0-1 Mumbai City FC
90+3' Chance! Chennaiyin FC tries to put the ball into the net from the set piece, but Gikiweicz fails to keep the ball on target and it looks like Mumbai City FC is going home with the three points.
88' Substitution for both sides! Vinit Rai replaces Chhangte for MCFC while Murzaev replaces Damjanovic for CFC
85' GOOOOOOOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!! Vikram Singh makes a run behind the CFC defence and turns and beats Debjit to score for Mumbai.
CFC 0-1 MCFC
83' Substitution! Angulo is replaced by Inman as Buckingham looks to shiuffle attacking optiomns after a series of missed chances by the Spaniard
80' Mumbai goes on attack on the break and Vikram turns and loses the ball, which falls for Angulo, but the spaniard fails to keep the ball on target. Poor Miss by Angulo!
80' As tehe match resumes after the break, CFC gets a free kick, which is taken by Thapa, but is cleared by the MCFC defence.
78' Time for another cooling break!
77' Free Kick! Nawaz goes out to defend the ball and ends up conceding a free kick. The kick, taken by Jerry, is attempted to pass into the midfield, but no shot follows in the process. Poor free kick in the circumstances
72' Shot! Valskis tries to do a Vazquez from distance, but the shot is well off-target. The Lituanian looks desperate to make a mark on his return.
70' Substitution for Chennaiyin FC! Rahim Ali replaces Suhail Pasha. The message is simple -- more attacking power for the Marina Machans
69' Mumbai City FC will have to try harder for three points as a draw here will make it more difficult for the side to try and defend its title, staying out of top four
66' Off the post! Mandar's cross almost gets inside the goal, but is denied by the woodwork to keep the scores deadlocked
64' Double Substitution for Mumbai City FC! Mauricio and Vikram replace Cassio and Bipin
63' Another Miss! Angulo gives a through ball for Bipin, but his shot is whiskers away from goal. Debjit was beaten, but he just misses the net
61' Miss! Chhangte beats Narayan Das and crosses to Angulo, who misses it and Thapa carries the ball away from the penalty box. What a missed chance that!
60' Free Kick! Jahouh takes the free kick and Angulo heads the ball over the net. No goals for Mumbai City yet
59' We have reached almost the hour mark, but Mumbai City FC has not been able to penetrate Chennaiyin's defence enough to break the deadlock.
55' Yellow Card! The corner kick by Cassio is headed out of danger by Valskis and Chhangte, chasing the ball brings down Thapa and gets booked in the process for the foul on his former team captain
54' Chhangte gets the ball from Angulo and makes a run along the right flank, but his cross is cleared for a corner kick
51' Shot! Apuia goes for goal this time for Mumbai City FC with a shot from distance. The goalkeeper was beaten, but so was the goal, as the ball flies off-target
48' Off-Side! Angulo steals the ball in the penalty box and tries to score, but the linesman stops play for an offside -- its fourth offside tonight
47' Chhangte tries to make a run along the flanks, but his former teammate Damjanovic stops him in his tracks
Second-Half Begins!
Half-Time
Chennaiyin FC 0-0 Mumbai City FC
Chennaiyin FC has been the more defensive of the two sides, being strong enough to mitigate Mumbai City's constant attack. It will be interseting to see if Chhangte continues to be this dangerous in the second half and end up punishing his former side.
45+1' Off-Side! Valskis and Borysiuk pair up following Thapa's free kick, but the linesman raises the flag to rule an off-side
43' Free Kick! Chhangte takes the free kick which is fisted away by Debjit and further cleared by Borysiuk.
41' Valskis has looked very quiet tonight, though he tops the list of players with the most sprints in the match so far. However, the side on his other end has been the more active of the two attacks.
39' Bipin gets the ball in the penalty box this time, but Ninthoi marks him well and heads the ball out of trouble
38' Attack after attack after attack by Mumbai City FC. It looks like MCFC is playing against a blue wall, with Chhangte failing to exploit the situation
36' Bipin makes a run along the left and then passes to Chhangte, but the latter fails to launch a shot on time and the Chennaiyin FC defence is back and they clear the ball away
34' CHANCE! Borysiuk goes for goal from distance, but the shot was just off target as the score remains goalless. Chennaiyin FC trying to attack afresh after a defensive half-an-hour.
32' As match begins after the cooling break, MCFC is being pressed on by Chennaiyin FC with Cassio fouled by Suhail Pasha
30' Time for a cooling break!
27' Ninthoi tries to become a hero whipping the ball in from the right flank, bugt it looks neither like a cross, nor like a shot for goal as this attack of CFC comes to an end
25' Chennaiyin tries to go in attack with Valskis passing the ball into the final third for Ninthoi, but he fails to keep the ball in play and ends up conceding a goal kick
22' Chhangte makes a run along the right and stops and turns and goes for goal, but Debjit makes yet another save.
19' Save! Cassio makes a run along the right, steals the ball and passes it for Angulo, who goes for goal, but Debjit saves it
17' Free Kick! Jahouh takes the free kick from the right side of the field, but it is overhit and it misses every player in the penalty box
15' The kick results in another corner kick. This one taken by Jahouh is headed away from danger by the Chennaiyin defence as Mourtada fall fails to make contact
13' Chhangte makes a run along the right this time, but Jerry marks him well and concedes a corner.
9' First chance in the game arrives finally! Bipin makes a run amd crosses the ball into the CFC box and Angulo receives the ball and goes for goal. The shot lacks force and is saved by Debjit easily.
9' No real chances so far in the match with the ball almost going around as in a pinball game.
6' Mumbai goes on the attack this time, with Mandar and Bipin pairing up and the latter crossing the ball into the opposition box, but CFC marks Chhangte well enough to ward off danger
4' Anirudh Thapa floats in the ball from a free kick, but no CFC player is able to get behind the ball with it closest to Narayan Das
2' Borysiuk gets the ball in front of his own box and ends up conceding a corner kick. The resulting corner is headed out of danger by CFC.
7:30 pm: Kick off!
Chennaiyin FC, in deep blue, starts from left to right, and Mumbai City FC, in light-blue and white, starts from the other end.
7:25 pm: Players of Chennaiyin FC and Mumbai City FC are on the field and they have taken their positions after the National Anthem of India. The contest will begin shortly.
7:15 pm: The last time the two sides met, it was Mumbai City FC that got the better of the Marina Machans with a 1-0 win. In case you missed it, we have got you covered with the highlights of that match.
Read it here: Mumbai City FC 1-0 Chennayin FC HIGHLIGHTS
6:55 pm: What are the coaches saying?
6:33 pm: Confirmed Starting Line-ups are out!
Chennaiyin FC Starting XI: Debjit Majumder (GK), Slavko Damjanovic, Narayan Das, Jerry Lalrinzuala, Suhail Pasha, Anirudh Thapa (C), Germanpreet Singh, Ninthoinganba Meetel, Ariel Borysiuk, Lukasz Gikiewicz and Nerijus Valskis.
Mumbai City FC Starting XI: Mohammad Nawaz (GK), Mandar Rao Dessai, Mehtab Singh, Mourtada Fall (C), Rahul Bheke, Lallainzuala Chhangte, Lalengmawia, Ahmed Jahouh, Cassio Gabriel, Bipin Singh, Igor Angulo.
6:15 pm: HEAD-TO-HEAD: Chennaiyin FC and Mumbai City FC have met 15 times in the past and eazh side has won six games, while three matches have been draws.
6:00 pm: Here's how we think the two sides would line up for the match:
Chennaiyin FC Predicted XI: Debjit Majumder (GK), Ariel Borysiuk, Slavko Damjanovic, Narayan Das, Jerry Lalrinzuala, Anirudh Thapa (C), Germanpreet Singh, Ninthoinganba Meetel, Edwin Vanspaul, Mirlan Murzaev and Nerijus Valskis.
Mumbai City FC Predicted XI: Mohammad Nawaz (GK), Mandar Rao Dessai, Mourtada Fall (C), Rahul Bheke, Vignesh Dakshinamurthy, Lalengmawia, Ahmed Jahouh, Vinit Rai, Cassio Gabriel, Bipin Singh, Igor Angulo.
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MATCH PREVIEW
When Chennaiyin FC takes on Mumbai City FC on Sunday in Fatorda, the circumstance couldn’t have been more different from the first time the two sides met earlier in the competition.
Last December, both teams had strong starts to their ISL campaign, and in a closely-contested match, Mumbai prevailed with a late winner in the 86th minute to pocket three points.
Since then, both sides have been scrappy and are going through a rough patch with negligible success in recent times.
Chennaiyin has just one win in the last five matches and had a poor match against SC East Bengal, where it squandered a 2-0 lead in the first half by conceding a late equaliser.
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CFC’s strength was its compact defence, but the fact that it has let the team down often in recent times is a cause for worry.
“We need to keep our full concentration in the defensive set-piece. We need to mark well. Now we play against one of the best teams and they have strong players. We need to be focused and try to dominate the game," said CFC Coach Bozidar Bandovic.
The team has suffered two injury blows, with Vladimir Koman and Sajid Dhot both ruled out for Sunday’s fixture.
Meanwhile, Mumbai is searching for its first win since the 1-0 victory over Chennaiyin, but coach Des Buckingham is hopeful his team can regain the form shown in the first part of the season.
"The way we have played in the last few games, I am very happy. We have got seven games now, and starting tomorrow, the aim will be to get back to winning ways," said Buckingham.
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