Mumbai City vs East Bengal betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Indian Super League match on January 31st, 2025

Mumbai City and East Bengal will face each other in a Indian Super League game in India on Friday, January 31st, 2025, at 14:00h (UTC), check the Mumbai City vs East Bengal betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Mumbai City vs East Bengal will occur

The game will be played in the small Mumbai Football Arena stadium, in the city of Mumbai, with a capacity for 9000 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live at Betarena, with access to all the information to help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Mumbai City vs East Bengal 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 2.88 goals per match.

Mumbai City last match

Mumbai City comes from a win in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Mohammedan, in a match valid for Indian Super League, and the match ended 3-0. Coach P. Kratky's team lined up with this formation: 4-3-3.

The team's favoritism prior to the match was confirmed thanks to the positive result, a victory that had odds of 1.42.

If the team managed to leave the field with a victory, much is due to Vikram Partap Singh. He was the team's highlight amid a lackluster performance and was instrumental in the victory for Mumbai City.

East Bengal last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Indian Super League, East Bengal, who used a 4-4-2 formation, faced the Kerala Blasters team with a final score of 2-1.

The odds for the home team to win before the match were 2.70, so it was logical to expect a fairly even match.

Mumbai City vs East Bengal h2h

The last time these teams played against each other was in Indian Super League, where East Bengal was at 11th place while Mumbai City occupied 7th place. East Bengal went in with a 4-4-2 formation while Mumbai City opened their game with a 4-3-3 tactic.

The last time these teams met was less than a month ago, on 06-01-2025. In a Indian Super League 2024/2025 match, Mumbai City came out on top and beat their rivals by 2-3.

The previous encounter between these teams saw them fighting hard to stay ahead.

Mumbai City

Indian Super League leaderboard now

The Mumbai City team with 27 points currently occupies the 5th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Play-off, with a campaign of 7 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses.

In the 19th round, the team has a small disadvantage of 1 point as opposed to Jamshedpur who places just above in 4th place.

Mumbai City analysis

After round number 18 in Indian Super League, Mumbai City has 22 goals scored and 22 conceded.

Mumbai City average number of shots on net is 4.35 per game. This is a good indicator of the fact that the team does not score much, nor does it impose too much of a burden on opposing defenses.

The Mumbai City team often seeks control of the game with an average ball possession of 56.35%. This is because teams with ball possession above 50% usually have some control over their opponents.

While having won 3 games playing away from home, this team knows how to take advantage of their home court with 4 wins, 3 losses, and 2 draws.

While East Bengal has only managed to convert 18 of their 1361 attacks into goals, Mumbai City has been much more successful with 1479 attacks and 22 goals.

Best goalscorer from Mumbai City

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Nikolaos Karelis. The Attacker has scored 9 times in this competition and helped Mumbai City avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

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

East Bengal

Indian Super League leaderboard now

East Bengal arrives in this game with 17 points, and in 11th place in the Indian Super League, having won 5 games in total and lost 10 times, making a total of 2 draws.

The team has a slight disadvantage of 1 point over Chennaiyin who holds the 10th place in the 19th round.

East Bengal analysis

We have reached matchday 18 in Indian Super League and at the moment East Bengal has made 18 goals and conceded 23.

Best goalscorer from East Bengal

Vishnu PV has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 4 goals scored in the competition, the Midfielder has been instrumental in leading East Bengal to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

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 Mumbai City is Nikolaos Karelis, who has already scored 9 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of East Bengal is Vishnu PV, he has scored in 4 opportunities.

75-90 minutes into the game is a good time to bet with most goals being made in this period.

Taking into consideration that East Bengal scores an average of 0.63 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.1.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Something to explore in order to get favorable betting results is noting the average of 5.53 corners per game which one can get by combining the number of corners of both teams.

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 6.24 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 4.89 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

On the East Bengal side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 7 time this season, very different from Mumbai City who only saw the red card once. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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