East Bengal vs Mumbai City betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Indian Super League match on January 06th, 2025

East Bengal and Mumbai City will on Monday, January 06th, 2025 at 14:00h (UTC), play in a Indian Super League football game in India, check the East Bengal vs Mumbai City betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where East Bengal vs Mumbai City will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium stadium, in the city of Kolkata, with a capacity for 26000 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

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Introduction to the East Bengal vs Mumbai City betting tip 2024/2025

In the current edition of the Indian Super League, we can see a growth in the average goals. While last season the tournament had an average of 2.76 goals per match, now the competition has an average of 3 goals per match.

East Bengal last match

East Bengal come from a draw in the last match. The game against Hyderabad, valid for the Indian Super League, ended with a 1-1. The team coached by Ó. Bruzón Barreras lined up in the last match with a 4-4-2 formation.

The game had all the elements to be an even game between both teams, for that reason it was logical that the draw was one of the most expected results, with odds around 3.70.

A performance well below expectations for East Bengal. However, a footballer who gave a positive impression was Dimitris Diamantakos, who with his valuable plays was crucial to the team to avoid defeat.

Mumbai City last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for Indian Super League, Mumbai City, who used a 4-3-3 formation, faced the NorthEast United team with a final score of 0-3.

This defeat was not expected at all. They were favorites and were still beaten, in a scenario that counted with odds of 3.60.

East Bengal vs Mumbai City h2h

When these teams last met at Indian Super League, East Bengal was 10th place while Mumbai City was in 5th place. East Bengal deployed in a 5-4-1 formation while Mumbai City set up a 4-1-4-1 alignment.

The last face-to-face between these two clubs was on 13-02-2024 in a Indian Super League match of the 2023/2024 season. On that occasion, the match ended with a 0-1 win for Mumbai City.

The previous match between these teams was a cliffhanger.

East Bengal

Indian Super League leaderboard now

The East Bengal team has 14 points being in the 11th place in the Indian Super League competition in India. The overall balance is not favorable, with 7 losses, 4 wins wins and 2 draws.

With the same score that the Kerala Blasters who occupies position 10, the team starts the 15th round.

With no great ambitions or relegation concerns, East Bengal, mid-table of the league table in the India Indian Super League, will try to use the home factor to get a win.

East Bengal analysis

At the end of round 14 of Indian Super League, East Bengal collected 14 goals scored and 17 goals conceded.

his average possession rate in the league is 47%, which means that the team usually can't take the initiative in the game and has a more reactive style of play. Therefore, for this match East Bengal vs Mumbai City 2024/2025, the team should make an effort to keep the possession and be able to attack the opponent.

Best goalscorer from East Bengal

Individually, the team's main offensive standout in the competition so far is Dimitrios Diamantakos. He has already scored 3 times this season and has helped East Bengal come away with the positive result on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Mumbai City

Indian Super League leaderboard now

Mumbai City arrives in this game with 20 points, and in 7th place in the Indian Super League, having won 5 games in total and lost 3 times, making a total of 5 draws.

Odisha FC ranks just above, occupying 6th place in the 15th round, the team has the same number of points.

Mumbai City analysis

After round 14 of Indian Super League we count 15 goals scored by Mumbai City and 16 conceded.

One factor to consider is Mumbai City average number of shots on goal, only 4.46 per match. So the team tends not to score many goals or be dangerous in goal.

Teams typically have some control over the opponents if they achieve ball possession above 50%. This is the reason why the Mumbai City team usually guns for an average ball possession of 56.46% to control the game.

Away Mumbai City does not usually give much chance to opponents, with a balance of 2 wins, 1 loss, and 3 draws in the Indian Super League.

Mumbai City is a more offensive team than East Bengal, having 1139 attacks vs. 1043 from East Bengal, having scored 15 times, in comparison, East Bengal converted into goal 14 times.

Best goalscorer from Mumbai City

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Nikolaos Karelis is the player to highlight. Helping Mumbai City with 6 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of East Bengal is Dimitrios Diamantakos, who has already scored 3 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Mumbai City is Nikolaos Karelis, he has scored in 6 opportunities.

A good time to bet for those watching the live game is in the 75-90 minute period where most goals happen.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by East Bengal 1.29 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Mumbai City 1.33 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.08.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Good betting results could be obtained if one notes that there is an average of 5.15 corners per game.

Mumbai City is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.15 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Mumbai City in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 4.71 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

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