Match Details:

FC Goa vs Mumbai City
25^th November at 7:30 PM
Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Fatorda

Match Preview:

The Indian Super League is a professional football league which represents the highest level of football in India, where 11 teams battle it out to battle each other across 20 games, and ultimately via play-offs to be crowned the champion club of India. It is game week 2, and in this league fixture, the 6^th placed team on the table Goa, take on the 10^th placed team, Mumbai City. In their previous competitive fixtures, Goa drew 2-2 at home with Bengaluru FC, while Mumbai lost 0-1 at away to NorthEast United in the Indian Super League.

Key Stats & Info: 

• There have been 14 games played between these two teams in the past, with Goa winning 7 games and Mumbai City winning 4, and there have been 3 drawn games.
• FC Goa have scored 3.6 goals on an average in their last 5 home ISL matches.
• Mumbai City have only 1 win in their last 5 away ISL matches and have averaged 1 goal per game in these matches.

Expected XI:

Goa:

Nawaz, S. Fernandes, Gonzalez, Donachie, S. Pereira, E. Bedia, L. Rodrigues, S. Doungel, J. Ortiz, P. Rebello, I. Angulo

Mumbai City:

Singh, Rakip, Golui, Desai, Hernan, Borges, Boumous, Santana, Fernandes, Ogbeche, A. le Fondre

Key Players:

Angulo (Goa): Spanish center-forward Angulo joined FC Goa from Polish side Gornik Zabrze at the start of the current season. He had an excellent 19-20 season with his former club, scoring 16 goals and providing 6 assists in 37 games across all competitions, and has started the new season with a bang, scoring 2 goals on debut for his new club FC Goa in his last ISL match against Bengaluru. He had 5 attempts on goal, 3 were on target and rescued a point for Goa after they were down 2 goals. He is in excellent form and is definitely expected to make a difference in the next game. He is a top captaincy pick.

Ogbeche (Mumbai): Ogbeche joined Mumbai City from fellow ISL side Kerala Blasters at the start of the current season. He has played for good teams across Europe like Paris Saint-Germain, Alaves, Middlesbrough, and appeared for Nigeria in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, before making the move to India. He had an excellent 19-20 season with his former club, where he scored an impressive 15 goals and provided 1 assist in 16 ISL games and was their top scorer. He is yet to get off the mark for his new club in the current season and he played for 58 minutes in his last match against NorthEast United but didn’t have an impact on the game. However, he was amongst the goals last season and is expected to be so this season as well with his finishing abilities, and is expected to influence the next game. He is a top captaincy pick.

Boumous (Mumbai): Boumous joined Mumbai City from Goa at the start of the current season after playing 47 games for them across all competitions and has an impressive scoring record with them, scoring 20 goals and providing 17 assists. He had an excellent 19-20 season with Goa, scoring 11 goals and providing 10 assists in just 15 games across all competitions, and in his last game against NorthEast United, he attempted successfully at creating 4 chances and had a passing accuracy of 79% in the final third. He had a great last season with Goa and was key to them reaching the finals, and similar things are expected from him this year.  This time he has donned a Mumbai jersey and is expected to influence the next game and the entire season. He is a top captaincy pick.

Captain & Vice-Captain Picks

• Angulo (Goa)
• J. Ortiz Mendoza (Goa)
• Ogbeche (Mumbai)
• Boumous (Mumbai)
• Le Fondre (Mumbai)

Dream11 team:

Source for Stats:

https://www.transfermarkt.co.in/

https://www.whoscored.com/

https://int.soccerway.com/

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