Mumbai City FC Vs Goa Highlights, ISL 2024-25: Guarrotxena The Hero As FCG Win West Coast Derby

The Indian Super League between Mumbai City FC and FC Goa will kick-off at 7:30 pm IST, and can be live streamed on the Jio Cinema app and website in India. It will be live telecast on the Sports18 network in India.

“We want to keep the ball, be creative, and be dynamic and we need to continue working hard for that. The most important thing for us right now is the next game," Petr Kratky, the MCFC coach was quoted as saying by the Indiansuperleague.com ahead of the game.

"The most important thing for us right now is the next game, and not the ones that follow. It doesn’t matter what happened in the past. We need to consider the circumstances around this match,” FC Goa coach Manolo Marquez was quoted as saying by the Indiansuperleague.com

Mumbai FC vs FC Goa, have played 27 matches against each other in the ISL, with the Islanders winning 12 times and Gaurs emerging victorious in seven encounters. Eight games ended in draws.

Mumbai City FC head coach Petr Kratky has named his XI for the crucial FC Goa clash at the Mumbai Football Arena.

FC Goa have named their XI, and will go with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

We are just minutes away from kick-off. The players have completed their warm-ups and are now back in their change rooms before they take the field for the derby.

We are underway at the Mumbai Football Arena as the home side go with a 4-3-3, while their western rivals have shaped up as a 4-2-3-1.

It has been a solid 10 minutes of play with Mumbai City FC dominating possession and have also tried to find the target. However, the effort was wide and it remains 0-0 in the West Coast Derby.

Gooooaaal!!! And the visitors lead at the Mumbai Football Arena after a disciplined finish from Iker Guarrotxena and has calmed a lot of nerves in the bench. Manolo Marquez shows no major emotion and the deadlock has been broken after 24 minutes.

FC Goa are now dominating play after the goal, and are in control of the game at the moment. Mumbai FC will be desperate to find an equaliser before the half-time whistle against their city rivals, and this is promising to be a solid encounter.

One turns two at the Mumbai Football Arena and it is a brace for Guarrotxena. The swift Udanta Singh has his first assist for the game and the Gaurs have doubled their lead. Brilliant half for the visitors so far.

And that's the first 45 minutes of the West Coast Derby, and FC Goa are comfortably 2-0 ahead in the clash. As things stand, Goa are seven points behind Mohun Bagan. However, Mumbai will look to crash the party and will look to take a points from the fixture.

And we are underway again for the second time for the evening. Both managers have made no changes, but both team talks after the half-time whistle would have been completely different.

We have our first substitution of the day, and it is the dominating FC Goa who bring in Mohammad Yasir for Brison Fernandes, because of an injury.

Goooaaalll!!! And the Gaurs have tripled their lead at the Mumbai Football Arena, and this time, it is Borja Herrera who slots one in from close range into the bottom corner.

This looks like one way traffic so far. Despite Mumbai's two changes, bringing in Jayesh Rane and Ayush Chhikara for Brandon Fernandes and Vikram Partap Singh, Goa look strong and solid for three points.

FC Goa make three changes as Sahil Tavora, Dejan Drazic, and Seriton Fernandes all come in for Ayush Dev Chhetri, Borja Herrera, and Udanta Singh.

Lallianzuala Chhangte converts a penalty in the final moments of the game to make it 1-3 but FC Goa take all three points, and are now seven points behind Mohun Bagan.

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