Northeast United and Mumbai City FC – two groups with contrasting fortunes – will face off in an Indian Super League fixture on the Mumbai Football Arena on Thursday.
While Mumbai City is on prime of the desk with 36 factors from 14 outings – with eleven victories and three attracts – Northeast United comes into the sport with simply 4 factors, reeling on the backside of the chart.
Under the tutelage of coach Des Buckingham, Mumbai City FC performed out a draw for the final time in November and has gone on to win 9 matches on the trot ever since, and after thumping Kerala Blasters and ATK Mohun Bagan within the earlier two outings, the house staff will hope to start out confidently towards a misfiring Northeast outfit.
The final time the 2 groups locked horns in November final yr, Mumbai City had defeated Northeast 3-1 and the head-to-head document backs the Islanders, who’ve gained eight of the 17 video games, whereas 4 resulted in a draw.
Mumbai’s Argentine aim machine Jorge Pereyra Diaz might be again in motion following an one-match suspension, and at house, the Islanders may transfer again to the should tried-and-tested 4-2-3-1 technique, permitting Diaz to play up entrance.
The Northeast outfit, however, will miss Jon Gaztanaga. “We have lost one of the key players. We know how important he was. But we have other players and some players can substitute for him. For sure it will impact us, but we need to focus on performing without him,” head coach Vincenzo Alberto Annese mentioned, including that he gained’t make too many tactical modifications forward of a giant recreation.
