Indian Super League preview and news: Mumbai City - Chennaiyin at Mumbai Football Arena

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Competition: India Indian Super League
Competition: Sat 24.December
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mumbai Football Arena (18000 seats)

Mumbai City are positioned 1st, while Chennaiyin are bringing up the rear 10 points behind in the table. Will they reduce the gap?

Insights:
  • Mumbai City have the most scored goals (30) in Indian Super League
  • Chennaiyin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's quite the trip for Chennaiyin when visiting Mumbai as the cities are 1300 kilometers apart.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Mumbai City form and stats

3 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Mumbai City have to build on here at Mumbai Football Arena in the Indian Super League. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.

A good away victory last time out for Mumbai City, who won 3-0 against East Bengal (placed 9th). Stewart (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.35/10. Stewart scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 58 successful passes (of 66 total).

Before that, Mumbai had a home game versus Goa which ended with a victory 4-1.

Goals are plenty in this club's league games, with 6 in a row seeing three or more goals (over 2.5).

Mumbai City are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (13 goals in 5 games). Mumbai are not conceding a lot of goals here at Mumbai Football Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.

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Chennaiyin form and stats

3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Chennaiyin playing as the away team in the Indian Super League this season.

Chennaiyin's last game was the home draw against Kerala Blasters (1-1). Hakhamaneshi was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.83. The defender Hakhamaneshi won 5 of 6 duels.

Before that one, a nice away victory 7-3 at NorthEast United.

Observe! Both teams have scored in 8 of this club's last 10 league matches.

As for defending, Chennaiyin rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 7 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Mumbai have put together a streak of 5 consecutive matches without losing (4-1-0) when facing Chennaiyin.

The most up to date logged meeting involving both these participants is the Chennaiyin - Mumbai City 2-6 played previously this season.

Top Goalscorers

ChennaiyinA. El Khayati
A. El Khayati
7 goals
Mumbai CityJ. Pereyra Díaz
J. Pereyra Díaz
6 goals
ChennaiyinP. Slišković
P. Slišković
5 goals

Mumbai City missing players

Chennaiyin missing players

Mumbai City Chennaiyin
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 1 4 10
7 3 2 Won W 1 3 4
3 2 0 Drew D 0 0 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 4
30 13 6 Scored S 2 12 20
10 4 1 Conceded C 1 7 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 90%
70% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 60%
60% 60% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
30% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 30%
60% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 80%
40% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 10%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
5.3 5.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.2 4.4
5.4 6.6 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.5 4.8
1.7 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.2 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
14.5 12.2 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.5 9.9
7.6 6.2 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.8 4.2
39% 42% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 63% 48%
 
10 10 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15 12.2 12.5
3.4 3.6 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5.2 5.5
Key stats in Indian Super League this season:
  • All of Mumbai City's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Chennaiyin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Chennaiyin have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Chennaiyin haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Mumbai City have not yet lost a game.
  • Mumbai City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Mumbai City have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Mumbai City have the most scored goals (13) at home in Indian Super League
  • Mumbai City have the most scored goals (30) in Indian Super League
  • Mumbai City have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Indian Super League
  • Mumbai City have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Indian Super League
  • Mumbai City have the the best goal difference (+20) in Indian Super League
  • Mumbai City have the the best goal difference (+9) at home in Indian Super League
  • Mumbai City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Mumbai City 10 7 3 0 30 10 5 3 2 0 13 4 5 4 1 0 17 6 20 24
2 Hyderabad 10 7 1 2 15 6 6 4 1 1 8 4 4 3 0 1 7 2 9 22
3 ATK Mohun Bagan 10 6 2 2 15 10 5 4 0 1 7 3 5 2 2 1 8 7 5 20
4 Kerala Blasters 10 6 1 3 18 14 5 3 0 2 11 11 5 3 1 1 7 3 4 19
5 Odisha FC 10 6 1 3 15 14 5 4 1 0 8 4 5 2 0 3 7 10 1 19
6 Goa 10 6 0 4 17 12 5 4 0 1 11 3 5 2 0 3 6 9 5 18
7 Chennaiyin 10 4 2 4 20 21 6 1 2 3 8 14 4 3 0 1 12 7 -1 14
8 Bengaluru 10 3 1 6 7 12 4 2 0 2 2 2 6 1 1 4 5 10 -5 10
9 East Bengal 10 3 0 7 11 19 4 0 0 4 3 10 6 3 0 3 8 9 -8 9
10 Jamshedpur 10 1 1 8 6 17 5 1 0 4 4 8 5 0 1 4 2 9 -11 4
11 NorthEast United 10 0 0 10 8 27 5 0 0 5 5 19 5 0 0 5 3 8 -19 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.