Mumbai: Kerala Blasters will face Mumbai City in Indian Super League football today. The match will be played at the Mumbai Football Arena.
Mumbai City are second with 30 points from 12 games and Blasters are third with 25 points. Blasters head coach Ivan Vukumanovic and his students are looking to finish in the top three. A defeat at home to Mumbai will sap their momentum.
Blasters lost their first match of the ninth season against Mumbai City. Ivan Vukumanović has announced that he will respond to a home defeat in another country. When the first game took place, it was early in the season and the team was just coming together. They are currently doing well together. “There’s a lot of clarity about his team,” Evan continued. Right-back Sandeep Singh will not play today. Sandeep Singh received a yellow card in the match against Jamshedpur.
It was the star’s fourth card of the season. With that, Sandeep got a suspension from today’s match. Kharmanjyot Khabra will replace Sandeep in the starting XI. The Blasters manager said he wasn’t worried about Sandeep’s absence. Evan said there are a handful of other players who excel.
Ivan Kaliushny, absent due to suspension in the last game, will return to the starting eleven. The city of Mumbai has the upper hand in direct clashes. He has won 7 games out of 17 played so far. The Blasters have four wins and six ties to prove. Mumbai have also won three of their last five matches. Blasters won both games. On October 28, Mumbai beat the Blasters 2-0 in the match held in Kochi. Mehtab Singh and Yorge Perera scored that day.
Mumbai City manager Desmond Buckingham said his side are on course for the title and will beat the Blasters. The Blasters’ best performance against Mumbai City was in a 3-0 win at Fatorda Stadium on 19 December 2021.
