ISL Live | Mumbai City FC v Kerala Blasters Live | Live Score, Commentary, Updates and Result

FULL TIME : Mumbai City FC 6-1 Kerala Blasters

A team effort spear-headed by Modou Sougou crippled a 10-men clueless Kerala Blasters side rounds up our Indian Super League LIVE coverage for this year as the league goes into the Winter-Break.

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90+3' GOAAAAAAAAAL! It's 6-1 now. Paulo Machado with a defence-splitting ball towards Issoko which ricochets off Lakic-Pesic and falls to Modou Sougou who scores his 4 of the night by just pushing the ball into the empty net as Dheeraj Singh was way out his line.

Additional Minutes : 4 Minutes.

89' GOAAAAAAAAAL! Matias Mirabje fires one in from distance and it flows past a stranded Dheeraj Singh and the Andheri is roaring!

86' Courage Pekuson goes for goal from distance but is blocked on it's way.

83' Mumbai City FC going strong till the final whistle. Series of moves up the pitch and they are keeping Dheeraj and his defenders busy.

77' Comedy of Errors as a Issoko cross comes of Jhingan and almost ends up in the back of his own net but Dheeraj somehow bails the Blasters out. The save from Dheeraj falls to Jhingan who was unsure about who was around him, decided to lay himself on the ball risking a hand ball.

74' Substitution for Mumbai City FC :

OUT - Rafael Bastos (16)
IN - Matias Mirabje (10)

69' GOAAAAAAAAAAL! Arnold Issoko is brought down but the referee plays on as Rafael Bastos dispatches a belter of a shot from distance to make it 4-1. Dheeraj Singh's dive to his right was just not enough thanks to the venom and power in that shot.

67' Substitution for Mumbai City FC :

OUT - Raynier Fernandes (11)
IN - Mohammed Rafique (8)

62' Raynier Fernandes finds Issoko on the right who sets up Sougou who skies it.

58' Lack of communication between Lalruatthara and Lakic-Pesic which results in the ball falling to Sougou with just the keeper to beat with acres of space. The Senegalese manages to round up Dheeraj Singh but hits the side-netting.

56' Kerala Blasters giving it all here with as many men as possible upfront but the Mumbai City defence is sitting back relaxed and resilient.

53' Couple of corners for Kerala Blasters but nothing effective comes out of it as Mumbai City recover and try to play some football of their own.

51' Substitution for Mumbai City FC :

OUT - Joyner Lourenco (14)
IN - Anwar Ali (5)

48' Modou Sougou makes a mighty jump to head it in again from a brilliant cross but the timings lets him down and Dheeraj Singh collects.

46' Holicharan Narzary goes past few defenders, creates space for himself and blasts the ball over the target.

Substitution for Kerala Blasters :

OUT - Sahal Abdul Samad (18)
IN - Keziron Kizito (17)

Second-Half kicks off.

HALF TIME : Mumbai City FC 3-1 Kerala Blasters

A brilliant Sougou show sees the home side lead comfortably with a 3-1 scoreline. Kerala will have to redraw strategies and tactics if they want to come back into the game with 10 men. Second half after 10 minutes!

45+2' And he is off! Kerala are down to ten men as Zakeer Mundampara is sent off for a Second Yellow courtesy a poor challenge on Machado.

2 Minutes Added on.

40' Abdul Samad goes into the referee's book for a high boot.

39' Kerala Blasters not able to find their passes among each other in the midfield courtesy an immense bit of pressing from the Mumbai City midfielders.

35' Zakeer Mundampara booked.

29' GOAAAAAAAL! What a game it it turning it out to be. Subhaish Bose swings in a cross from left which is dispatched into the back of the net by a powerful header by Modou Sougou to complete his hat-trick.

26' GOAAAAAAL! Abdul Samad goes past two defenders and a tackle from Goian results in the ball falling to Len Doungel who curves it in from outside the box to reduce the deficit. Game on!

22' Good build-up from Kerala Blasters as Pekuson finds Lakic-Pesic who crosses in. The ball falls to Holicharan Narzary who can't find the back of the net.

19' Paulo Machado with a brilliant lobbed ball over the Kerala midfield to Issoko who flicks on the incoming ball just over the target. Dheeraj was left stranded and it could well have been 3-0 already. The Kerala Blasters defence is struggling big time today.

17' Stojanovic goes for goal from distance but it is easy picking for Amrinder Singh.

14' GOAAAAAAAL! Two goals in no time at all. Dheeraj Singh gives away the ball to Raynier Fernandes who sets up Modou Sougou for a shot from distance and the Senegalese dispatches a belter of a shot to double the lead. Huge mountain for the Blasters to climb now.

11' GOAAAAAAAAAL! Paulo Machado gets a brilliant ball from Rafael Bastos from middle of the park, delivers in a perfect ball to Modou Sougou who finishes it off with a simple tap-in to give Mumbai City the lead.

7' Sahal Abdul Samad gives away the ball way too cheaply which allows Arnold Issoko to go for goal, but Dheeraj Singh collects.

4' Arnold Issoko goes away from his marker, gets in a low cross from the right towards Sougou but the Senegalese falls short and the ball goes away to the opposite touch line for safety.

2' Early free-kick for Kerala Blasters at the middle of the pitch but nothing effective comes out of it.

0' Kick-off. The Home side in their Blue outfit get us underway. The Blasters have donned their traditional Yellow.

Pre-Match Greetings and Rituals done and dusted. Kick-off moments away.

The teams are out in the middle and are set for the National Anthem.

Hello and Welcome to Sportskeeda's LIVE Coverage of the Indian Super League game between Mumbai City FC and Kerala Blasters from the Andheri Sports Complex in Mumba after a fine Kolkata Derby game in the I-League. This is your host Sayak Dipta. (@sayak_dd) I will keep you company for the next two hours or so to bring in all the action.

Kerala Blasters XI : Dheeraj Singh (GK), Nemanja Lakic-Pesic, Anas Edathodika, Sandesh Jhingan (C), Lalruatthara, Seiminlen Doungel, Sahal Abdul Samad, Halicharan Narzary, Zakeer Mundampara, Courage Pekuson, Slavisa Stojanovic.

Substitutes : Naveen Kumar (GK), Cyril Kali, Nikola Krcmarevic, Keziron Kizito, Suraj Rawat, Prashanth K, Matej Poplatnik

Mumbai City FC XI : Amrinder Singh (GK/C), Arnold Issoko, Sauvik Chakrabarti, Lucian Goian, Subhasish Bose, Joyner Lourenco,Milan Singh, Raynier Fernandes, Modou Sougou, Paulo Machado, Rafael Bastos.

Substitutes : Ravi Kumar (GK), Matias Mirabje, Anwar Ali, Bipin Singh, Sanju Pradhan, Mohammed Rafique, Pranjal Bhumij

Mumbai City vs Kerala Blasters preview:

Mumbai City FC will look to cut the gap between them and leaders Bengaluru FC with a win over Kerala Blasters in the last match of the Indian Super League (ISL) for the year 2018.

The ISL will break for a month because of the Indian national football team's participation in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in January. The next set of ISL fixtures have not been released yet but Mumbai City will be concerned about making most of the struggling Blasters on Sunday.

Kerala Blasters have not won since that opening day victory over ATK and that was 10 matches ago. Blasters even lost 0-1 to Pune City and are currently placed eighth with just nine points.

Another defeat could spell the end for Blasters' hopes of making it to the top four.

On the other hand, Mumbai have firmly placed a footing in the top four and will look to continue their fine form under coach Jorge Costa.

The Islanders are unbeaten in seven matches and come off a 1-1 draw with Bengaluru FC, playing with 10 men.

Mumbai have turned their season around in sensational style after a 0-5 drubbing at the hands of Mumbai City FC. After that defeat, they managed five victories and a draw to surge into the top four on the ISL table.

Yet coach Costa feels the team can do more. "I'm not 100% happy still, we are far from being perfect but we must continue to work on improving our game," he said during the pre-match press conference.

Modou Sougou is turning out to be a great Fox in the Box for Mumbai City. With five goals, he is third on the goalscoring charts and will look to add more to his tally against the Blasters.

Arnold Issoko of Mumbai has been among the goals as well as the assist charts this season. His combination with Sougou is hard for opposition defenders to contain.

Meanwhile, James will hope that Slavisa Stojanovic and Matej Poplatnik are more accurate in front of the goal.

When and where to watch: The Live Streaming of the Mumbai City vs Kerala Blasters match is available on Hotstar and Jio TV. The game is live on Star Sports Network. The match kicks off at 7.30 pm IST

ISL Live | Mumbai City FC v Kerala Blasters Live | Live Score, Commentary, Updates and Result

1st Half : Mumbai City FC 2-0 Kerala Blasters