ISL 2018-19: Mumbai City FC best FC Pune City 2-0 in Maha derby win

The teams have faced each other eight times and Pune have won five of those derbies while Mumbai City FC could win only twice

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Minute 20 -- Alfaro gets inside the box from the left flank and crosses it for Nikhil who tries a volley but it's deflected off a Mumbai defender

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Minute 15 -- The first 15 minutes of the game have failed to produce any goalscoring chance with neither teams looking too sharp in the final third

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Minute 10 -- Machado's free-kick finds a partner in Arnold Issoko who goes for an overhead kick but his acrobatic effort doesn't result in a goal for his team

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Minute 9 -- The first yellow card of the game is for Ashique Kuruniyan for a shirt-tug

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Minute 2 -- Diego Carlos takes a quick free kick but Lucian Goian sliding cleareance keeps it away from danger

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And......... we begin

7:24 PM

The players are walking through the tunnel as we edge ever closer to the kick-off

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Pune City's last league win came in this same fixture against Mumbai City last season. Pune had won the home tie 1-0 before travelling to Mumbai to seal a 2-0 win. In fact, Mumbai have not won any of their previous three matches against Pune at home.

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Costa also termed the clash against Pune as difficult.

 

"Pune is a very good team, they have almost the same team as last season. They are a very good team and have a very good coach. They have played only one game (so far). It will be a difficult game for us," the coach said.

 

Pune's coach Miguel Angel Portugal said he was aware of Mumbai's problems.

 

"Its the second match for us. I know that they (Mumbai) lost their first match here against Jamshedpur but against Kerala Blasters, Mumbai played well. Against Jamshedpur they played in the first half. But I know whats the problem with Mumbai and well try to win," said Portugal.

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Conceding that the results so far have not been as what they wanted, Mumbai coach Jorge Costa said the team will put up a better show.

 

"We are working good and hoping that tomorrow we do better than the first (home) game and hoping also that we can get three points," said Costa.

 

"I am happy with the team, with the players. It is true that we are building a new team, but this cannot be an excuse, we are working hard working hard and Im sure tomorrow we will do much better," he added.

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The lineups for tonight's match are out:

 

Mumbai City FC (4-4-2) (Head coach: Jorge Costa): Amrinder Singh; Sauvik Chakrabarti, Lucian Goian, Shouvik Ghosh, Subhasish Bose; Arnold Issoko, Modou Sougou, Sehnaj Singh, Raynier Fernandes; Paulo Machado, Rafael Bastos

 

Mumbai City FC substitutes: Ravi Kumar, Joyner Lourenco, Marko Klisura, Milan Singh, Mohammed Rafique, Sanju Pradhan, Pranjal Bhumij

 

FC Pune City (4-4-2) (Head coach: Miguel Portugal): Vishal Kaith; Sarthak Golui, Martin Diaz, Matt Mills, Lalchhuanmawia Fanai; Adil Khan, Jonathan Vila, Ashique Kuruniyan, Nikhil Poojari; Emiliano Alfaro, Diego Carlos

 

FC Pune City substitutes: Kamaljit Singh, Gurtej Singh, Sahil Panwar, Marko Stankovic, Shankar Sampingraj, Marcelo Pereira, Robin Singh