Bengaluru FC vs Mumbai City FC First Leg of ISL Playoffs 2024-25 | Match Preview, Head-to-head Stats, Predicted Line-up, and Fantasy XI Prediction

Bengaluru FC will be kicking off their play-offs campaign against defending champions Mumbai City FC at the Shree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday. The game will be a battle of two teams who have achieved the title previously and will be impatient to win it again. 

Read the full match preview, head-to-head stats, predicted lineup and fantasy XI prediction of the Bengaluru FC vs Mumbai City FC match in the Indian Super League 2024-25 season at Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.

Team News: 

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— Mumbai City FC (@MumbaiCityFC) March 27, 2025

Bengaluru FC:

Bengaluru FC finished third in the Indian Super League 2024-25 standings following the end of the regular season. With three wins from their last five games, their campaign was relatively successful having secured a place in Play-offs. Under Gerard Zaragoza, they have secured victories in challenging venues like Kolkata, Kochi, and Shillong this season. 

Mumbai City FC:

The Islanders are in a good position they finished sixth in the Indian Super League 2024-25 standings under their head coach Petr Kratky. However, Mumbai won one of their last five matches, but they will eagerly be awaiting to replicate their last match performance against the home side.

Kick Off:

Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru

Time: 7:30 pm IST

Date: 29 March 2025

Match info: ISL 2024-25 Playoffs

Head-to-head Stats:

Matches Played: 19

Bengaluru won: 8

Mumbai won: 9

Draw: 2

Recent Forms:

Bengaluru FC:

• Bengaluru 0-2 Mumbai (Home, League Stage)
• East Bengal 1-1 Bengaluru (Away, League Stage)
• Bengaluru 1-0 Chennaiyin (Home, League Stage)
• NorthEast United 0-2 Bengaluru (Away, League Stage)
• Bengaluru 3-0 Jamshedpur (Home, League Stage)

Mumbai City FC:

• Bengaluru 0-2 Mumbai (Away, League Stage)
• Kerala Blaster 1-0 Mumbai (Away, League Stage)
• Mumbai City 2-2 Mohun Bagan (Home, League Stage)
• Hyderabad 0-0 Mumbai (Away, League Stage)
• Mumbai City 1-3 GOA (Home, League Stage)

Injury Update:

Bengaluru FC:

Bengaluru FC is expected to have a fully fit and available side for the upcoming game.

Mumbai City:

Mumbai is going to miss Lallianzualla Chhangte for the upcoming game, and Ayush Chikkara and Akash Mishra both were ruled out due to ACL injury.

Predicted Lineup:

Bengaluru:

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (GK), Mohamed Salah, Rahul Bheke, Chinglensana, Roshan Singh, Alberto Noguera, Pedro Capo, Suresh Wangjam, Ryan Williams, Edgar Mendez, Sunil Chhetri.

Manager: Gerard Zaragoza

Mumbai:

TP Rehenesh (GK), Hmingthanmawia Ralte, Mehtab Singh, Tiri, Nathan Rodriguez, Yoell van Nieff, Jayesh Rane, Brandon Fernandez, Vikram Pratap Singh, Bipin Singh, Jorge Ortiz.

Manager: Petr Kratky

Fantasy Xi:

TP Rehenesh (GK), Mohamed Salah, Rahul Bheke, Tiri, Nathan Rodriguez, Yoell van Nieff, Pedro Capo, Brandon Fernandez, Ryan Williams, Jorge Ortiz, Sunil Chhetri.

Scoreline Prediction:

Bengaluru 1-2 Mumbai

Broadcasting Details:

Football fans in India can watch the game in ISL 2024-25 on Star Sports Network, Sports18 3 TV Channel, the JioHotstar App, and the JioHotstar website.

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