The league table in Indian Super League tells a story about these teams so far, with Bengaluru leading Mumbai City by 6 points. Match preview to follow:
The hosts Bengaluru saw competitive action as recent as zero days ago, playing in the Indian Super League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Mumbai City, was also a home game here at Sree Kanteerava Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Bengaluru form and stats
Bengaluru, who have the most clean sheets (5) in Indian Super League, have collected seven points from their first three Indian Super League games here at Sree Kanteerava Stadium, a promising start.
The Bengaluru crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Mumbai City here at Sree Kanteerava Stadium in a Indian Super League match. In the game before, an away victory match versus Odisha FC with a 1-0 scoreline.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Bengaluru's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won 2 matches, drawn 0 and lost 2.
Bengaluru has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Bengaluru have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 0 goals.
Mumbai City form and stats
As the visiting team in Indian Super League matches, Mumbai City have produced an overall stat of 1-3-0 so far. It's three draws from Mumbai City's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better. Mumbai City have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.
Mumbai City's last game was the home draw against Kerala Blasters (1-1). Before that, Mumbai City travelled to Atlético de Kolkata and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Mumbai City playing away, we found one game. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 0 home wins.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Indian Super League trip to Jamshedpur.
Mumbai City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). 4 goals have been conceded by Mumbai City in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Bengaluru - Mumbai City 2-3 played earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's 2 Bengaluru victories, 1 draw and 2 Mumbai City wins. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Chhetri 4 goals |   A. Chermiti 4 goals |  Juanan 1 goals |
Bengaluru missing players
Mumbai City missing players
| Bengaluru | Mumbai City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 86% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 71% |
| 25% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 71% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 7.4 | 7.2 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 6 | 5.6 |
| 4 | 4 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 5.1 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 90 | 44 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 39 | 70 |
| 32 | 15 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 13 | 25 |
| 28% | 40% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 38% | 40% |
- Bengaluru has the fewest conceded goals (0) at home
- Bengaluru has the fewest conceded goals (2)
- Bengaluru has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0)
- Bengaluru has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2)
- Bengaluru has the fewest matches over the total-line (1)
- Bengaluru has the fewest scored goals in the second half (3)
- Bengaluru has the most clean sheets (3) at home
- Bengaluru has the most clean sheets (5)
- Bengaluru has the most matches under the total-line (6)
- Bengaluru have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bengaluru is in the best form (3-3-0)
- Mumbai City have not yet lost a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Goa | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Atlético de Kolkata | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 3 | Bengaluru | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Jamshedpur | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | NorthEast United | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 10 |
| 6 | Odisha FC | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Kerala Blasters | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 8 | Mumbai City | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 9 | Chennaiyin | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 10 | Hyderabad | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 4 |