Bombolim (Goa), 2 February (IANS). Kerala Blasters have an extremely poor record against Mumbai City FC in the Hero Indian Super League (ISL). The Blasters have not won a single victory in the last five matches against Mumbai, identified as Icelanders.
The Blasters have lost three of those five matches while two have been drawn. Kerala Blasters will now face table-toppers Mumbai City at the GMC Stadium in Bombolim here on Wednesday. Kerala coach Kibu Vikuna is optimistic about the match.
Vikuna said he (Mumbai City) is the tournament leader. They are a very good team, they have good players and good coaches. It is a big challenge for us to come back and win. But we are ready to face Mumbai City. They are a good team and we will try to take three points.
Kerala Blasters have been struggling against Sergio Lobera's team since time immemorial. Former FC Goa coach Lobera has a great record against Kerala. He has won six matches against Kerala while only one has been drawn.
Vikuna's team was leading by two goals in their last match next ATK Mohun Bagan. But some controversial decisions were against him and the team missed 2-3.
He said we have to concentrate on the match because that is the single thing we can do. We can do better and play excellently.
On the other hand, Mumbai City would like to get out of their recent poor form. The team had been unbeaten for 13 matches after losing their first match of the season to Northeast United. But he suffered his second defeat of the season in his last match at the hands of NorthEast. The Icelanders have recorded only one win in their end four matches.
"We knew that such a situation was possible because it was impossible not to lose any match during the season," Lobera said. We lost our first match to the Northeast. Before that, no team was invincible from 12 matches.
"We are ready to compete because we know that this league is competitive and such a situation was possible," he said. We need to keep improving. We need to learn from our mistakes and I am not worried about it
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