East Bengal have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts Mumbai City. Prepare for the match with this Indian Super League preview!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Indian Super League.
East Bengal have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Mumbai City form and stats
It's back home for Mumbai City, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Goa away with the result 1-0. Adam Le Fondre found the net in that victory. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting NorthEast United (0-1).
A late climax in the match against Goa as the winning goal came five minutes into overtime; scored by Adam Le Fondre.
East Bengal form and stats
East Bengal failed to get anything from their last game, a Indian Super League home match vs ATK Mohun Bagan (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-2. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Real Kashmir at their stadium, the result 1-0.
Bengal has another fixture away, a Indian Super League game, against NorthEast United in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Let's have a look at how East Bengal performed last season in the I-League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 23 and conceded 18 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 2 and lost 2 with 17/9 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Mumbai City missing players
East Bengal missing players
| Mumbai City | East Bengal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Mumbai City | Last season | East Bengal | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Scored | S | 17 | 23 | ||
| 29 | 14 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 78% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 75% | ||
| 50% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 38% | ||
| 33% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 12% | ||
| 61% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 69% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 12% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 19% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.3 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | NorthEast United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Chennaiyin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hyderabad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Mumbai City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Bengaluru | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Goa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Kerala Blasters | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Jamshedpur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Odisha FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | East Bengal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 23 | 39 |
| 2 | Atletico de Kolkata | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 34 |
| 3 | Bengaluru | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Chennaiyin | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 29 |
| 5 | Mumbai City | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | -4 | 26 |
| 6 | Odisha FC | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Kerala Blasters | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -3 | 19 |
| 8 | Jamshedpur | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -13 | 18 |
| 9 | NorthEast United | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -14 | 14 |
| 10 | Hyderabad | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 26 | -18 | 10 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mohun Bagan | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 39 |
| 2 | East Bengal | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 3 | Minerva Punjab | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 23 |
| 4 | Real Kashmir | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| 5 | Gokulam | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 6 | TRAU | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 22 |
| 7 | Chennai City | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | Churchill Brothers | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | NEROCA | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -8 | 19 |
| 10 | Aizawl | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Arrows | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | -13 | 9 |