ISL 2020-21 Live Score, FC Goa vs Mumbai City FC Latest Updates: Straight Red for Redeem, Goa Down to 10 Men Against Mumbai

74' Mandar fails to score

65' Yellow for Ranawade

Amey Ranawade is in the referee's book for tackle on Alberto Noguera. The subsequent free-kick from a good position was hit over the bar by Jorge Mendoza.

60' Nawaz makes a good save

It's taken 150 minutes for Mumbai to hit a shot on target when playmaker Hugo Boumous unleashed a shot but FC Goa gaolkeeper made a decent save.

56' Amrinder with brilliant save

Another fantastic save from Amrinder Singh from the close counters and the Mumbai skipper has denied the Gaurs a very good chance to take the lead.

55' Amrinder parries away a powerful Edu Bedia shot

FC Goa skipper Edu Bedia lets one fly from distance and tests his Mumbai counterpart and keeper Amrinder Singh to his limits.

47' FC Goa with a chance

Igor almost finds Seiminlen Doungel player with his through ball accross the goal 

46' Match resumes at the Fatorda stadium

Second half resumes at the Fatorda Stadium, the scores are level but FC Goa are down to 10 men after Redeem Tlang was shown a straight red for a hight boot on Mumbai City FC's Hernan Santana. 

Goalless at the break

HALF-TIME | #FCGMCFC

Goalless at the break but @FCGoaOfficial are down to 🔟 men after Redeem Tlang's sending off!#HeroISL #LetsFootball pic.twitter.com/7nV0DoXXzy

— Indian Super League (@IndSuperLeague) November 25, 2020

Goalless at the break

The scores are level at the break but FC Goa are down to 10 men after Redeem Tlang was shown a straight red for a hight boot on Mumbai City FC's Hernan Santana. Prior to that, FC Goa were the better team of the two, having created the better chances. As expected, both teams are playing passing football with occasional long balls. However, both teams are missing that killer pass in the final third.

45' Three minutes added

40'  Straight red for Redeem Tlang 

Redeem is sent off for FC Goa for a rash tackle on Hernan Santana. The tackle from Tlang was right between the calf and knee.

35' Chance for FC Goa

Edu Bedia takes another set-piece for FCG. A decent ball was floated in but no one could reach that, MCF goalkeeper Amrinder Singh lets it go out to win a goalkick.

34' Mandar is booked

Mandar Rao Dessai makes his way into the referee's book following a tackle on Seriton

30' Seriton shown a yellow

Seriton was booked for a rash challenge on Hugo Boumous

24' Sarthak's fouls results in a freekick

FC Goa captain took the responsibility of the freekick. He takes a shot but this is straight into the safe hands of Amrinder Singh.

24' Mumbai City FC's Sarthak shown a yellow

A rash tackle and the referee dishes out a yellow card to Sarthak Golui.

13' Farukh wins Mumbai City FC a corner

A good run from Farukh Choudhary who does well to dribble past a couple of defenders and shoots but his shot is blocked by another defender. Win a corner, the corner did not turn out to be dangerous at all. 

8' Angulo Should have scored

8' Mumbai City FC are focusing down their left plank to attack. So far, it has been an end to end match where we saw some good one-touch passing and good trackbacks. FC Goa has had the better chance in the match so far, however, their star forward Igor Angulo takes a heavy touch which sees the ball go away from him and allows MCFC defender to close the gap. Igor still shoots but his effort is blocked off by Sarthak Golui and the ball goes out for a corner. the corner was successfully defended by MCFC

Kick-off at the Fatorda Stadium

Match number 6 of the Indian Super League season 7 is underway. FC Goa take on Mumbai City FC at the Fatorda Stadium. The Gaurs has had a good record against the Islanders in the ISL but at that time the team from Goa was under the tutelage of Sergio Lobera. This time around, Lobera has taken over the reins of the Mumbai City FC, it'll be interesting to see who has the upper hand now. One thing is for sure. There will be a lot of passes! Let's Football!

The players and officials are out

Mumbai City FC lost their opening fixture of the season 1-0 to NorthEast United FC. They had a slow approach in the game, however, despite losing their maiden ISL fixture, the reduced 10-man Mumbai City FC had more than 60 percent possession and kept passing the ball around without showing any intent of attack.

चला पोहोचलो! 🚎

Moments away from kickoff as we reach the Fatorda Stadium! 🏟#FCGMCFC #AamchiCity 🔵 pic.twitter.com/dBGqJQxDuf

— Mumbai City FC (@MumbaiCityFC) November 25, 2020

Juan Ferrando’s men will head into the fixture after a spectacular comeback with an interesting 2-2 draw against Bengaluru FC in the previous outing at the same venue. 

The boys are out at Fatorda as we edge closer to kick-off! 💪🏻#RiseAgain #FCGMCFC #HeroISL pic.twitter.com/bjdC1WExe3

— FC Goa (@FCGoaOfficial) November 25, 2020

This is Mumbai City FC starting XI, and looks like they are going with a 4-2-3-1 formation tonight against FC Goa

TEAM NEWS IS IN! 📢

Here's your XI to face @FCGoaOfficial tonight at the Fatorda!

मग मुंबईकरांनो, तयार आहात?! 😤#FCGMCFC #AamchiCity 🔵 pic.twitter.com/tsKEanFqir

— Mumbai City FC (@MumbaiCityFC) November 25, 2020

FC Goa will come out to the field with these 11 players. Saviour Gama is back in the starting XI

Saviour returns to the starting XI while Noguera and Redeem get their first start for FC Goa. 🙌🏻

Have a look at the line-up for our second game of the campaign. 📋#RiseAgain #FCGMCFC #HeroISL pic.twitter.com/SbVDv1Q1SF

— FC Goa (@FCGoaOfficial) November 25, 2020

FC Goa Squad

Goalkeepers: Mohammad Nawaz, Shubham Das, Dylan D'Silva, Naveen Kumar

Defenders: Sanson Pereira, Seriton Fernandes, Leander D'Cunha, Ivan Gonzalez, Mohamed Ali, James Donachie, Sarineo Fernandes, Aibanbha Dohling, Saviour Gama

Midfielders: Lenny Rodriguez, Nestor Dias, Edu Bedia, Princeton Rebello, Alberto Noguera, Brandon Fernandes, Phrangki Buam, Redeem Tlang, Jorge Ortiz, Makan Winkle Chothe, Alexander Romario Jesuraj, Seiminlen Doungel, Flan Gomes

Forwards: Igor Angulo, Aaren D'Silva, Ishan Pandita, Devendra Murgaonkar

Coach: Juan Ferrando

Mumbai City FC Squad

Goalkeepers: Amrinder Singh, Nishit Shetty, Phurba Lachenpa, Vikram Singh

Defenders: Amey Ranawade, Valpuia, Mandar Rao Dessai, Mehtab Singh, Mohamad Rakip, Tondonba Singh, Sarthak Golui, Mourtada Fall

Midfielders: Ahmed Jahouh, Bidyananda Singh, Bipin Singh, Cy Goddard, Farukh Choudhary, Hernan Santana, Hugo Boumous, Asif Khan, Pranjal Bhumij, Raynier Fernandes, Rowllin Borges, Sourav Das, Vignesh Dakshinamurthy, Vikram Partap Singh

Forwards: Bartholomew Ogbeche, Adam le Fondre

Coach: Sergio Lobera

Last 5 games:

FCG 5-2 MCFC

MCFC 2-4 FCG

FCG 0-1 MCFC

MCFC 1-5 FCG

MCFC 0-2 FCG

Overall head-to-head record

Matches Played: 14
Matches Won by Goa: 7
Matches Drawn: 3
Matches Won by Mumbai: 4

One team has come close though — Juan Ferrando's FC Goa. In the 2-2 draw against Bengaluru FC, they completed 448 passes, more than twice what their opponents had managed.

For Mumbai City head coach Sergio Lobera, it will be the first time he will be up against his former club which he guided to League Winners Shield last season and to the group stage of AFC Champions League. The match is expected to see a lot of passes. Lobera has long been known for getting his players to spray the ball all around the pitch. Despite losing 0-1 to NorthEast United, 10-men Mumbai City had more than 60 per cent possession and completed 451 passes to their opponents' 217. No team has passed more in the league so far.