The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Mumbai City are in the 5th position while the guesting NorthEast United worry at 9th.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Indian Super League. That game was also an away game, at Atlético de Kolkata. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Mumbai City form and stats
Overall Indian Super League stats at home this season for Mumbai City are 2-1-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Mumbai City manager J. Costa Almeida and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Hyderabad (placed 10th) in the Indian Super League. Ahead of that match, Mumbai City won a home game hosting Bengaluru (2-0).
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 Mumbai City's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won zero matches, drawn zero and lost one.
Mumbai City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Mumbai Football Arena with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Mumbai City have conceded 12 goals in these home games, a significant number.
NorthEast United form and stats
There's been little loot from NorthEast United's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the Indian Super League. NorthEast United only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in NorthEast United's last three away games as they have all been lost. Three has not been a lucky number for NorthEast United as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Kerala Blasters match.
NorthEast United have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 310 minutes ago. A. Gyan was the goal scorer.
It might be tough going out on the road again for NorthEast United, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Atlético de Kolkata (placed 3rd). A 0-2 defeat away at Chennaiyin before that.
NorthEast United were so close to getting something from the game against Atlético de Kolkata, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal five minutes into overtime.
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 NorthEast United playing away, we found two games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and one home win.
NorthEast United are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 7 away games. NorthEast United have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
NorthEast United - Mumbai City 2-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Mumbai City victories, two draws and two NorthEast United wins. three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Chermiti 5 goals |   A. Gyan 4 goals |  P. Sougou 3 goals |
Mumbai City missing players
NorthEast United missing players
| Mumbai City | NorthEast United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 22 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 92% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 64% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 42% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 17% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 1.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 12 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7 | 6.2 |
| 3 | 2.5 | 3.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 146 | 69 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 64 | 123 |
| 64 | 31 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 20 | 42 |
| 31% | 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 15% | 21% |
- All of Mumbai City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Mumbai City have scored more than double the goals of NorthEast United.
- Mumbai City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- NorthEast United has the fewest matches over the total-line (3)
- NorthEast United has the fewest scored goals (3) away
- NorthEast United has the fewest scored goals (9)
- NorthEast United has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
- NorthEast United has the fewest scored goals in the second half (6)
- NorthEast United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 30 |
| 2 | Bengaluru | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | Atlético de Kolkata | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| 4 | Odisha FC | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 21 |
| 5 | Mumbai City | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 6 | Chennaiyin | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Jamshedpur | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 16 |
| 8 | Kerala Blasters | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | NorthEast United | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 11 |
| 10 | Hyderabad | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -19 | 6 |