Mumbai City FC vs Bengaluru FC ISL Semi-Final 2023 1st Leg: Live Streaming, Line-up, Dream11 Prediction

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Mumbai, March 6: League Shield winners Mumbai City FC will host Bengaluru FC in the semifinal 1 first leg of Indian Super League (ISL) 2022-23 at the Mumbai Football Arena in Mumbai on Tuesday (March 7).

A controversial Sunil Chhetri goal from a quick free kick in extra time helped Bengaluru FC edge Kerala Blasters in knockout 1 to book their semifinal berth against Mumbai City FC, who earned a direct entry to the last four as table toppers.

Mumbai City FC and Bengaluru FC will lock horns in a two-legged tie to book their tickets to Goa for the ISL 2022-23 Final, where they could face the winner of the two-legged semi-final between Hyderabad FC and ATK Mohun Bagan.

While the first leg of semifinal 1 takes place in Mumbai, the second leg will take place in Bengaluru FC's fortress - Sree Kanteerava Stadium on Sunday (March 12).

During the league stages, Des Buckingham's MCFC were the outright leading goal-scorers with 54 goals. The Islanders were also the third best defensive side, letting in only 21 goals in 20 matches.

Jorge Pereyra Diaz and Lallianzuala Chhangte top scored for the league shield winners with 11 and 10 goals each respectively. Greg Stewart also has contributed with 8 goals.

Simon Grayson's BFC, on the other hand, has scored 27 goals in the league stage and let in 23 goals. Javi Hernandes and Sivasakthi Narayanan were the top-scorer with 6 goals each. In the knockout match, BFC scored just the solitary goal, but conceded none.

MCFC vs BFC Head-To-Head

The two sides have met two times this season. While Mumbai City FC registered a thumping a 4-0 win in Mumbai in November 2022, Bengaluru FC claimed a crucial 2-1 win in the reverse fixture in February 2022 in Bengaluru.

Overall, they have met 12 times so far in ISL, and Mumbai City FC hold a slight edge with 6 wins against Bengaluru FC, who has 5 wins to their name, while one match has ended in a draw..

Ahead of Mumbai City FC vs Bengaluru FC semifinal 1 1st leg clash, here is a look at the possible lineups, dream11 best picks, match prediction and telecast details:

Mumbai City FC vs Bengaluru FC Possible Playing 11s

Mumbai City FC (4-3-3): Phurba Lachenpa; Vignesh Dakshinamurthy, Mehtab Singh, Mourtada Fall, Sanjeev Stallin; Lalengmawia, Ahmed Jahouh, Greg Stewart; Bipin Singh, Jorge Pereyra Diaz, Lallianzuala Chhangte.

Bengaluru FC (3-5-2): Gurpreet Singh Sandhu; Bruno Ramires, Sandesh Jhingan, Aleksandar Jovanovic; Prabir Das, Suresh Wangjam, Javi Hernandez, Rohit Kumar, Roshan Singh; Roy Krishna, Sivasakti Narayanan.

Mumbai City FC vs Bengaluru FC Dream11 Best Picks (4-3-3)

Goalkeeper: Gurpreet Singh-Sandhu

Defenders: Prabir Das, Sandesh Jhingan, Mourtada Fall, Vignesh Dakshinamurthy

Midfielders: Lallianzuala Chhangte, Suresh Wangjam, Javi Hernandez

Forwards: Greg Stewart, Jorge Pereyra Diaz, Sivasakti Narayanan

Captain: Lallianzuala Chhangte; Vice Captain: Sivasakti Narayanan

Mumbai City FC vs Bengaluru FC Semifinal 1st Leg Prediction

Well-rested and confident Mumbai City FC start favourites especially at home, but they will be wary of a robust Bengaluru FC, who are unbeaten in the last nine, including the knockout match and the league stage match against the league shield winners. MCFC, however, will a wide-range of options in attack to try and breakdown the stubborn BFC defence.

Mumbai City FC vs Bengaluru FC Semifinal 1st Leg Telecast & Live Streaming Info

Venue: Mumbai Football Arena, Mumabi

Kick off time and date: 7:30 PM IST on Tuesday (March 7)

Live Channel: Star Sports Network - Star Sports 1 SD & HD, Star Sports Select 1 SD & HD and Star Sports 3 (English), Star Sports 1 Hindi (Hindi), Star Sports 1 Kannada (Kannada) and Star Sports 1 Tamil (Tamil)

Live Streaming: Disney+HotStar and JIO TV