Indian Super League match preview: Chennaiyin believed to be the weaker party when Mumbai City pays a visit

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Competition: India Indian Super League
Competition: Sat 12.November
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (40000 seats)

Chennaiyin welcome Mumbai City for another intriguing Indian Super League game here at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

Insights:
  • Mumbai City have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in Indian Super League

Mumbai City have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Chennaiyin form and stats

0-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Indian Super League numbers at home for Chennaiyin so far this season.

Chennaiyin enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at East Bengal's place. The match ended 1-0 with Hakhamaneshi scoring. Sangwan was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.53 out of 10. The defender Sangwan served one assist, hit four key passes and won 4 of 6 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Goa (0-2).

Early season league goal statistics from Chennaiyin's 2 home games: {1 goals}, 3 conceded.

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Mumbai City form and stats

Mumbai City are still undefeated on their travels in the Indian Super League. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

Mumbai's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus ATK Mohun Bagan that finished 2-2. Mumbai City were so close to winning the game against ATK Mohun Bagan, hitting the post three times. Attacker Chhangte got a player rating of 7.84 in the game. "Man of the match" Chhangte scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 24 successful passes (of 29 total).

Prior to that result Mumbai City won their away game at Kerala Blasters. The scoreline was 2-0.

It's early days yet, but Mumbai City has scored 5 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Mumbai City have won at least one point in the last 4 matches (3-1-0) facing Chennaiyin.

Top Goalscorers

Mumbai CityL. Chhangte
L. Chhangte
2 goals
ChennaiyinR. Ali
R. Ali
1 goals
ChennaiyinV. Hakhamaneshi
V. Hakhamaneshi
1 goals

Chennaiyin missing players

Mumbai City missing players

Chennaiyin Mumbai City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 2 5
2 0 0 Won W 1 1 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
1 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
4 1 0 Scored S 2 5 10
4 3 2 Conceded C 0 3 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 20%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 60%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 40%
25% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.5 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.5 5
4.2 3.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5 6.2
1.5 0.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 12 14 Shots (avg) S ( 15 14 12
4 5.5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5.5 5
25% 9% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 45% 40%
 
10.5 10 16 Shots against (avg) S A 14 12.5 10
4.2 4.5 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.5 4
Key stats in Indian Super League this season:
  • Mumbai City have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in Indian Super League
Chennaiyin Last season Mumbai City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
20 10   Played P   10 20
5 2   Won W   4 9
5 2   Drew D   2 4
10 6   Lost L   4 7
17 8   Scored S   20 36
35 21   Conceded C   17 31
95% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 95%
65% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 80%
55% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   70% 65%
25% 30%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   60% 45%
15% 30%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   40% 30%
45% 50%   BTTS BTTS   70% 60%
15% 10%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 30%
45% 50%   Failed to Score F T   10% 15%
 
4.3 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.7 5.8
6.5 6.8   Corners against (avg) C A   3.6 4.8
1.6 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.7
0 0   Red cards R C   0 2
 
9.2 10.2   Shots (avg) S (   13.2 12.5
2.7 3.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.4 5.2
31% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 35%
 
12.9 13.8   Shots against (avg) S A   9.5 10.3
4.7 5.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 3.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hyderabad 5 4 1 0 9 3 4 3 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 6 13
2 Goa 4 3 0 1 7 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 1 4 2 5 9
3 Mumbai City 5 2 3 0 10 6 3 1 2 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 5 3 4 9
4 Odisha FC 5 3 0 2 6 6 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 2 3 5 0 9
5 ATK Mohun Bagan 4 2 1 1 10 6 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 7 4 4 7
6 Chennaiyin 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 7
7 Kerala Blasters 5 2 0 3 9 10 3 1 0 2 5 8 2 1 0 1 4 2 -1 6
8 Bengaluru 4 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 1 3 -1 4
9 Jamshedpur 4 1 1 2 4 7 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 4 -3 4
10 East Bengal 5 1 0 4 5 9 2 0 0 2 1 3 3 1 0 2 4 6 -4 3
11 NorthEast United 5 0 0 5 1 11 3 0 0 3 1 9 2 0 0 2 0 2 -10 0

Read more about Indian Super League

The Indian Super League is one of two top level football leagues in India (the other is I-League). It is officially known as the Hero Indian Super League. The season runs from September to March with ten teams playing two fixtures against each other. The top four teams in the league table enter a championship playoff.