Kerala Blasters FC will square off against Mumbai City FC in the third home game of the season. In the previous match against Odisha FC, KBFC went down to a narrow defeat of 2-1. Harmanjot Khabra’s header goal in the first half of the game gave us the hope of 3 more points in the bag but things turned around in favour of Odisha in the second half. KBFC now has 3 points from 3 games.
Mumbai City FC is having a good run in the season. They started the season with a 3-3 draw against HFC, won the next game against Odisha FC and drew the next game against JFC. They’re in 4th position with 5 points from 3 games. Islanders and Blasters are similar in their principles in-game, both love to attack and play pressing football.
QUICK RUNDOWN
The Islanders have an edge over KBFC in terms of the number of games won. Mumbai has grabbed all 3 points 6 times against the Blasters and the Men in Yellow have defeated them 4 times out of 16 matches played all together. Both of them shared points on 6 occasions.In the previous season, KBFC was dominant over Mumbai City FC and won both the legs scoring 3 past them.
PLAYERS TO WATCH OUT
Harmanjot Khabra had a very good outing against Odisha FC with a goal to his name. He has been a main presence in the defence for the Blasters throughout the season.Adrian Luna continues to provide the best for the team. The Uruguayan played a vital role against Odisha and also added an assist to his name.
WHERE TO WATCH
The live telecast of KBFC vs MCFC is available on Disney+Hotstar, Jio TV, Asianet Plus, and the Star Sports network.Updates will be provided through the club’s Twitter handle as well