Mumbai City FC exceeded expectations in the 2018/19 edition of the Indian Super League (ISL), making the play-offs ahead of teams such as Chennaiyin FC, Jamshedpur FC and Kerala Blasters who were tipped to put on a better show.
Coach Jorge Costa and his brigade of overseas players played a key role in turning the season around after a humiliating 5-0 defeat against FC Goa in the initial rounds of the season.
This stirred a response from the Islanders, as they kept a clean-sheet in each of their next four games and avoided defeat in nine games before they locked horns with Goa yet again.