Mumbai City FC Vs Bengaluru FC, ISL 2024-25 Live Score: MCFC 0-0 BFC; Gurpreet Sandhu Keeps The Islanders At Bay

Van Nieff is fouled in the middle of the park by Pereyra Diaz and the referee awards a free-kick of the home team. Manzorro is on the ball with Van Nieff and the latter takes the kick but the ball richotes and falls to the path of Nathan, who hits it straight to Gurpreet.

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Karelis neatly finds Noufal on the left-win and the winger gets the ball on the edge of the area but just fails to make the most of it. Another attack gone by for the home team.

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Each team wants to keep the ball and just playing possession-based football at the moment. There are some tackles flying in but other than that, none of the keepers look troubled.

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Second-half gets underway as both sides look to get off the mark. The home team make one sub, Vikram Partap Singh goes off and on comes Noufal.

Half-time in this electric game between Mumbai City FC and Bengaluru FC with the home team having their chances but the visitors, too spurned some chances of their own. Second-half coming up soon.

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Four minutes added on and Manzorro just shoots over the post as the home team look to finish the first-half on the positive note.

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Vinith Venkatesh with an effort that goes well wide off the post. The youngster is met neatly and is unmarked on the edge of the box, and manages to shoot it way wide of the goal.

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Now MCFC's Manzorro goes into the referee's book as he pulls Edgar Mendez's shirt. The ref has no hesitation and awards the free-kick and the card. The game is approaching to the first-half and we still do not have any goal.

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Edgar Mendez is awarded a yellow as the forward throws in a punch towards MCFC's Tiri. Petr Kratky on the touchline is incensed and wants it to another colour but the referee ignores his complaints.

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#17 Edgar Mendez gets a neat pass and the Spanish forward hits it low towards Lachenpa, with the MCFC goalie pushing it away. A sign of intent from the visitors.

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And we have the official drinks break of the first-half. MCFC will be happy with their performance so far and have kept BFC's Gurpreet Singh Sandhu busy. Just one attack for the visitors so far but will look to build more as the game goes by.

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We have tonight's first yellow card and it's BFC;s Vinith who brings down Manzorro. A free-kick is whipped in by Van Nieff and is neatly met by the Arroyo as Gurpreet parries it away. The home team is building up the pressure.

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Bengaluru FC get their first attack on target and is saved by MCFC's Lachenpa with ease. But an attack nonetheless for the visiting side.

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Nikolaos Karelis' header goes straight into Sandhu as MCFC build up the evening's first attempt on goal. Superb game all-round. The atmosphere inside the stadium is electric.

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Nice play from MCFC with #6 Vikram Partap Singh puts in a low cross but it goes well wide the post and BFC thwart away the home attack.

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We have a hold up in play as Gurpreet Sandhu, the Bengaluru FC goalie was winded and thus the ref stopped play. However, the game resumes and we good to go.

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Kick-offff.......We are underway at the Mumbai Football Arena and the first round of attack has come from the home team with the Brandon Fernandes swinging in a cross but Gurpreet grabs it but injures himself in the process. But recovers well from it.

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We are minutes away from the kick-off and the atmosphere inside the ground is electric, with the Mumbai City FC fans backing their team all the way.

Chhetri - CAPTAIN, LEADER, LEGEND.

Bengaluru FC legend and former India captain Sunil Chhetri has netted nine times versus Mumbai City in the competition. He will be aiming to become the first Indian to score on 10 occasions against a single opponent in the ISL.

• Bengaluru have made a commanding start, winning all their three outings so far to sit atop the points table, while Mumbai are surprisingly placed at 11th after two away matches, with just one point.

• Mumbai have found the back of the net in their previous eight matches at home and are looking to equal their longest such ISL run, having done so in nine meetings between October 2022 and February 2023. Interestingly, they have also won their previous three matches versus Bengaluru.

• Bengaluru have scored one-third of their goals in the competition this year within the opening 15 minutes, the highest such rate for any team so far.

Mumbai City FC players out warming up ahead of the big game.

And here's the opposition for tonight, Bengaluru FC players.

The view for tonight's match -

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The Indian Super League between Mumbai City FC and Bengaluru FC will kick off at 7:30pm 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