Goa FC win goal-fest to go top
Mumbai, Nov. 7: FC Goa returned to winning ways and climbed to the top of the Hero Indian Super League table with a 4-2 win against Mumbai City FC here on Thursday.
The goal-fest began with Lenny Rodrigues giving Goa the lead in the 27th minute. The visitors doubled their lead with a Ferran Corominas (45’) strike just before half-time.
The second half saw three goals in the space of ten minutes, with Mumbai City equalising in quick session through Sarthak Golui (49’), Souvik Chakrabarti (55’) and later Hugo Boumous (59’) putting the visitors back in lead. Carlos Pena (89’) scored another late in the game to rub further salt into Mumbai’s wounds.
Sergio Lobera’s team picked up their second win of the season and are atop with eight points after four rounds. Mumbai are fifth with four points in their kitty.
Mumbai refused to sit back and let Goa pass the ball around in the opening minutes but the hosts, however, failed to test Mohammed Nawaz’s goal during that period. This allowed the visitors to get back into the game and draw first blood.
BLASTERS ON EDGE
In Kochi, Kerala Blasters FC will look to arrest their slide when they play hosts to Odisha FC on Friday.
After the glorious victory against their arch rivals ATK on the opening night of the season, the Kochibased team have lost their way and suffered back-toback defeats against Mumbai City and Hyderabad FC.
The onus will be on coach Eelco Schattorie to come up with a robust plan to ensure the team returns to winning ways on home soil.
Meanwhile, Odisha FC’s form graph has been in stark contrast to that of Kerala Blasters. After starting with two defeats, Odisha thumped Mumbai City 4-2 in their previous match and come into this game on a high.