Much at stake
Greg Stewart will be facing his former club in this encounter. The Scottish striker led the Red Miners to the top of the league last season with 10 goals and 10 assists in 21 matches last season. Stewart has gotten off the mark and has a couple of assists to his name this season.
After scoring late against the Juggernauts in the previous game, Bipin Singh equalized Amodou Sougou’s tally of 15 goals for the club. The 27-year-old will be eager to get on the scoresheet to become Mumbai City FC’s all-time leading goalscorer in the ISL.
Buckingham confident
“We’ve gone out from the start to win games. We’ll go out from kick-off to try and win the game, and if that takes till the 94th minute, so be it. But we’ve to make sure we start the game as well as we can and then manage it throughout to come away with the result we want,” said Mumbai head coach Des Buckingham.
Spectators thought Jamshedpur FC were off to the perfect start this season when they went 2-0 up after just ten minutes. But last year’s league winner let their guard down in the game’s final minutes and were left without a point when the final whistle blew.
Boothroyd upbeat
After losing Stewart to the Islanders, the goal-scoring onus will be on Daniel Chukwu. The Nigerian striker has already scored this season and is three goals away from going past Stewart’s tally of 10 and becoming Jamshedpur FC’s leading goalscorer in ISL history. The midfield battle between Wellington Priori and Ahmed Jahouh will be one to watch. Expect defense-splitting passes from midfield, as both have scored all their goals from open play this season.
“When you get a result as we did, where you do really well and end up losing 2-3 in the last minute, it’s the worst because what you want to do next is play a game straight away,” said head coach Aidy Boothroyd.
Head-to-Head/TV info
The two sides have faced each other on ten occasions in ISL. The Islanders have won three, while the Red Miners have won five. At the Mumbai Football Arena, Jamshedpur FC have played three games, winning two and losing one. In the previous encounter, Greg Stewart scored a brace for Jamshedpur in a 3-2 victory last season.
Kick off: Mumbai City FC vs Jamshedpur FC
Date: Saturday, October 22
Time: 5.30pm
Venue: Mumbai Football Arena
Live Telecast: Star Sports Network
Live streaming: Disney+HotStar/Jio TV app.
Source: ISL Media
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