Shield Winners Mumbai City will try to clear their 1-0 disadvantage from the first-leg in the semi-final against defensively robust Bengaluru FC at their den.
BFC vs MCFC Match Details
Date: Sunday, 12 March 2023
Time: 19:30 (IST)
Venue: Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
BFC vs MCFC Match Preview
Bengaluru FC
It was Sunil Chhetri again who downed Mumbai City in the first leg with his clinical header from Naorem Roshan Singh’s corner giving Bengaluru FC a 1-0 lead in the semi-final. The Blues also extended their winning streak to 10 games in the ISL. It was the second victory they registered at the Mumbai Football Arena this season, becoming the first side to beat the Islanders in the league stage at that time. Back at the Kanteerava Stadium for the second leg, BFC will rely on their defensive cohesiveness and the support that is expected to be electric to take them through. After all, they have won seven of their last eight fixtures at home including in the last four by scoring 14 goals and conceding only seven.
Mumbai City FC
Mumbai City FC were left frustrated by their result against Bengaluru FC again with their possession domination doing nothing in the 1-0 defeat. The Islanders produced seven shots on target but never looked convincing to put one past Gurpreet Singh Sandhu in the stick. Manager Des Buckingham admitted the finishing and not any other factor let them not score for the first time at home this season. The Shield Winners will have to bring back their mojo of scoring goals after not doing so in the last two games. First, they have to put an end to their uncharacteristic three-game losing run with a win on Sunday to have any chance of progressing to the final on 18 March 2023 at Goa.
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BFC: WWWWW
MCFC: LLLWW
BFC vs MCFC Predicted Lineups
BFC: Gurpreet Singh; Alan Costa, Sandesh Jhingan, Aleksandar Jovanovic; Prabir Das, Suresh Wangjam, Javi Hernandez, Rohit Kumar, Naorem Roshan; Roy Krishna, Sunil Chhetri.
MCFC: Phurba Lachenpa; Rahul Bheke, Mourtada Fall, Mehtab Singh, Vignesh Dakshinamurthy; Apuia, Ahmed Jahouh; Lallianzuala Chhangte, Greg Stewart, Bipin Singh; Jorge Pereyra Diaz.
BFC vs MCFC Head to Head
MCFC won: 6
Draws: 1
BFC won: 6
BFC vs MCFC Dream11 Team Prediction
GK: Gurpreet (8.5)
DEF: A Costa (8.5), Jhingan (8), M Singh (8)
MID: Chhangte (9), Javi (9), Roshan (8.5), Bipin (9)
FW: Stewart (9), Krishna (9), Chhetri (8.5)
Vice-captain: Lalrinzuala Chhangte
Captain: Sunil Chhetri
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