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ISL 2019-20: Hyderabad FC vs Mumbai City FC: Preview, Team News, Dream11, Fantasy Tips, Prediction, TV Info

ISL 2019-20: Hyderabad FC vs Mumbai City FC: Preview, Team News, Dream11, Fantasy Tips, Prediction, TV Info. Mumbai eye return to top-four in Hyderabad.

Mumbai City FC’s all-time record goalscorer Modou Sougou had scored a brace against Hyderabad FC in their previous Hero ISL meeting

Hyderabad, January 23: Mumbai City FC have blown hot and cold in the Hero Indian Super League and going into the business end, they will now look for some solidity. Chasing a top-four spot, Mumbai are set to take on Hyderabad FC at the GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium here on Friday (January 23).

Team News: Mumbai City FC

The Islanders, under Jorge Costa, are fifth on the table with 19 points from 13 matches. They have a game in hand over Odisha and can move to fourth place with a win against the bottom-placed Hyderabad.

Hyderabad are on a ten-match winless run and have lost their last four games in the ISL. They need five points from their last five matches to not become the worst team in the league's history in terms of total points earned.

Mumbai's season has been a roller coaster ride. Costa's team has been inconsistent in recent games but their last outing, a 2-0 win against defending champions Bengaluru FC at home, should have them riding high on confidence. The Islanders have the best away record in the league this season, picking up 12 points and losing just one game in seven games on the road.

"It is a very important game for us. We know that we cannot make mistakes. So we need to be focused, work a lot and respect Hyderabad," said Jorge Costa.

He added, "If you look at the table, they are at the bottom of the table but when you look at the games they played, they believe until the end. They have very good players, very good foreigners. I'm sure that we will have a lot of problems but in the end, what we want is to win the game."

Hyderabad FC train ahead of their Hero ISL tie against Mumbai City FC at G.M.C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad

Team News: Hyderabad FC

"I have been watching all the statistics for the team. We conceded 31 goals. If you want to be successful and at the top level of the competition, one of the things that need to be done is don't concede so many goals. I think the problem is not specific to the defenders but of the team. We try to be compact. We attack with 11 players including the goalkeeper and we defend with 11 players including the strikers," said Hyderabad interim head coach Javier Gurri Lopez.

Prediction:

Hyderabad and Mumbai have both been leaking goals this season. Hyderabad have conceded the most number of goals (31) and Mumbai City are the second-worst in that category (21). There will be goals expected out of this fixture and with Modou Sougou in good form in the final third (3 goals in the last 4 matches), Mumbai will be eyeing three points.


Probable Line-up:

Mumbai City FC: Amrinder Singh, Sarthak Golui, Pratik Chowdhary, Subashish Bose, Mato Grgic, Rowllin Borges, Modou Sougou, Mohamed Larbi, Diego Carlos, Sourav Das, Amine Chermiti

Hyderabad FC: Kamaljit Singh, Gurtej Singh, Matthew Kilgallon, Dimple Bhagat, Ashish Rai, Nestor Gordillo, Adil Ahmed Khan, Marcelinho, Nikhil Poojari, Rohit Kumar, Bobo Striker.


Match Info:

Match starts at 7:30 pm IST

Live on Star Sports Network

Live Streaming on Hotstar & Jio TV

Source: ISL Media

Story first published: Friday, January 24, 2020, 12:58 [IST]
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