ISL: Kerala Blasters FC vs Mumbai City FC: Preview, Team News, Time, Telecast, Live Streaming

In
their
last
two
games,
the
Blasters
have
lost
at
home
against
ATK
Mohun
Bagan
before
suffering
a
late
defeat
in
Bhubaneswar
against
Odisha
FC
last
week.
The
Islanders,
on
the
other
hand,
are
yet
to
lose
a
game
but
have
drawn
two
out
of
their
three
games
so
far.

Kerala
Blasters
head
coach
Ivan
Vukomanovic
stated
earlier
this
season
that
his
team
likes
to
play
attacking
football.
This
has
been
evident
so
far
as
the
Blasters
have
had
more
of
the
ball
and
registered
more
goal
attempts
than
their
opponents
in
two
out
of
three
games.
However,
they
are
also
currently
the
team
to
concede
the
most
number
of
goals,
having
shipped
8
in
three
games.

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Vukomanovic
has
kept
faith
in
his
defenders
despite
the
losses.
The
Blasters
are
likely
to
field
an
unchanged
eleven
yet
again
when
they
face
Mumbai
City
FC.
Should
they
think
of
shoring
up
their
defence,
they
have
the
option
of
dropping
one
of
their
overseas
strikers
to
the
bench
to
include
Victor
Mongil
in
defence
alongside
Marko
Leskovic.

“Mumbai
is
always
one
of
the
biggest
title
contenders.
They
always
come
with
a
clear
intent
of
winning
the
game
and
contesting
for
the
title.
We
are
a
team
that
wants
to
compete
against
the
strongest
teams,”
said
Vukomanovic.

“Tomorrow,
it
depends
on
how
we
start
and
approach
the
game.
Last
year
we
managed
to
play
two
good
games
against
them,
but
this
year
it
is
entirely
different.
We
want
to
prepare
well
and
show
our
fans
that
we
are
capable
of
getting
a
good
result,”
he
added.

Mumbai
City
FC
had
made
four
changes
to
the
side
that
featured
in
the
thrilling
3-3
draw
against
Hyderabad
FC
in
Matchweek
1.
Two
of
these
changes
were
made
at
the
back
as
Mourtada
Fall
and
Mandar
Dessai
were
replaced
by
Mehtab
Singh
and
Sanjeev
Stalin.
The
other
two
changes
included
Ahmed
Jahouh
and
Alberto
Noguera
in
the
starting
XI.

Head
coach
Des
Buckingham
has
retained
that
line-up
since.
His
side
has
only
conceded
once
in
the
last
two
games,
and
Mehtab
Singh
has
bagged
two
back-to-back
Hero
of
the
Match
awards,
becoming
the
first
Indian
defender
to
win
it
this
season.

“We
don’t
focus
on
the
runs
of
other
teams.
The
most
important
fact
is
that
we
only
have
20
games
in
the
season,
and
every
game
is
important.
We
know
the
qualities
that
Kerala
Blasters
have,
and
we
have
to
be
at
the
top
of
our
game
to
stop
that,”
said
Buckingham.

“We
need
to
continue
playing
like
we
have,
not
just
in
the
last
three
games
but
also
during
the
Durand
Cup
and
Champions
League
as
well.
We
are
expecting
a
very
good
game
tomorrow,”
he
added.

The
two
sides
have
faced
each
other
16
times
in
the
Hero
ISL.
The
Islanders
have
won
six,
while
the
Blasters
have
won
four.
Six
encounters
have
ended
in
a
stalemate.
Two
out
of
four
wins
for
Kerala
Blasters
came
last
season
when
they
did
the
double
over
Mumbai
City
FC.
At
this
venue,
both
sides
have
registered
one
win
over
the
other
while
four
games
have
ended
in
a
draw.

Match
Details:

KBFC
vs
MCFC

Venue:
Jawaharlal
Nehru
Stadium

Date:
Friday
(Oct.
28)

Time:
7:30pm
IST

Live
on
Star
Sports
Network

Live
Streaming
on
Disney+
Hotstar

Source:
ISL
Media

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