2021 ISL Cup final

The 2021 Indian Super League Cup Final was the final match of the 2020–21 Indian Super League, the seventh season of the Indian Super League. It was played on 13 March 2021 at the Fatorda Stadium, Goa, between Mumbai City and ATK Mohun Bagan, who finished first and second in the league table during the regular season respectively.^[2]

2021 ISL Cup final

Event	2020–21 Indian Super League
Mumbai City ATK Mohun Bagan 2 1
Date	13 March 2021
Venue	Fatorda Stadium, Margao, Goa
Man of the Match	Bipin Singh[1]
Attendance	0
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Owing to COVID-19 pandemic in India the final was played behind closed doors as well as the every match of the regular season and play-offs.

Background

Mumbai City entered the final as the premiers of the regular season, having edged out Mohun Bagan on head-to-head record with a 2–0 win on the final matchday after the teams finished level on points.^[2] It was Mumbai City's first final, having previously lost in the semi-finals in the 2016 and 2018–19 seasons.^[3] Mumbai City defeated FC Goa in the semi-finals in a penalty-shootout after the two finished 2–2 over aggregate.^[3]

Mohun Bagan also competed in the final for the first time, they reached the final, having seen off third-place NorthEast United, by an aggregate score of 3–2 in their semi-final clash.^[4]

Match

13 March 2021

19:30 IST

Mumbai City	2–1	Mohun Bagan
Tiri 29' (o.g.) Singh 90'	Report	Williams 18'

Fatorda Stadium, Margao

Attendance: 0

Referee: Tejas Nagavenkar

Mumbai City

Mohun Bagan

GK 1 Amrinder Singh RB 4 Amey Ranawade  46' CB 25 Mourtada Fall CB 6 Hernán Santana  20' LB 23 Vignesh Dakshinamurthy  60' DM 5 Ahmed Jahouh MF 11 Raynier Fernandes MF 7 Hugo Boumous  84' FW 29 Bipin Singh  90+1' FW 9 Adam Le Fondre  71' Substitutes: GK 34 Phurba Lachenpa DF 2 Mohammad Rakip  46' DF 3 Tondonba Singh FW 10 Bartholomew Ogbeche  71' DF 15 Mehtab Singh ST 19 Pranjal Bhumij MF 20 Jackichand Singh MF 21 Cy Goddard  86' FW 22 Vikram Pratap Singh Manager: Sergio Lobera

GK 29 Arindam Bhattacharya CB 5 Sandesh Jhingan CB 44 Tiri  85' CB 20 Pritam Kotal  55' LB Subhasish Bose Javi Hernández  90+1' Carl McHugh  49' Lenny Rodrigues  85' Manvir Singh David Williams  23' Roy Krishna Substitutes: Sumit Rathi Komal Thatal Avilash Paul Jayesh Rane  85' Pronay Halder Salam Ranjan Singh Michael Regin Prabir Das Marcelinho  90+1' Manager: Antonio López

Man of the Match: Bipin Singh (Mumbai City) Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. nine named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions.