ISL 2020-21 LIVE, Mumbai City FC vs SC East Bengal Live Score: MCFC takes on SCEB

Hello and welcome to Sportstar's ISL LIVE blog of the Mumbai City FC vs SC East Bengal match.

6.15 pm: Team news coming up in a few minutes. Expect Ahmed Jahouh to come back into the starting XI after serving his one-game ban. Will Jeje make his first start in over 350 days?

6 pm: Both head coaches Sergio Lobera and Robbie Fowler will not compromise on the style in which their teams should play. In the early days of their seasons, we have seen that both teams like to dominate possession and dictate play. MCFC is coming into it on the back of a win, while East Bengal got off to its ISL debut campaign with a 0-2 defeat to arch-rival ATK Mohun Bagan. Here's Dominic Richard with the match preview. READ

5.45 pm: Here's Sportstar's predicted XIs for the game

Mumbai City FC predicted XI (4-2-3-1)

Amrinder Singh; Mohammad Rakip, Mourtada Fall, Sarthak Golui, Mandar Rao Dessai; Ahmed Jahouh, Rowllin Borges; Cy Goddard, Hugo Boumous, Farukh Choudhary; Adam Le Fondre

SC East Bengal predicted XI (3-4-3)

Debjit Majumder; Scott Neville, Daniel Fox, Rana Gharami; Surchandra Singh, Matti Steinman, Lokon Meiti, Abhishek Ambekar; Jacques Maghoma, Balwant Singh, Anthony Pilkington

We have got you covered for your fantasy Mumbai City FC-SC East Bengal-ATK Mohun Bagan XI. Captaincy pick: Adam le Fondre

Combined MCFC-SCEB XI

Amrinder Singh (MCFC); Mohammad Rakip (MCFC), Mourtada Fall (MCFC), Daniel Fox (SCEB), Mandar Rao Dessai (MCFC), Abhishek Ambekar (SCEB), Rowllin Borges (MCFC), Farukh Choudhary (MCFC), Anthony Pilkington (SCEB), Hugo Boumous (MCFC), Adam le Fondre (MCFC)

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The Indian Super League (ISL 2020-21) will mark the return of major league competition in India after the nationwide lockdown to prevent the COVID-19 outbreak was first imposed in March.

The seventh edition of the ISL got underway inside a bio-bubble in Goa on November 20.

The tournament, spanning over four months, will see 11 teams play each other in a league and playoff format across three venues. Following SC East Bengal's inclusion, this season will feature 115 games, up from 95 last season.