Preview: 11 points split the contenders ahead of this match, Nepal Army the superior team. Can Friends Club upset the odds?
- Friends Club have yet to win a game.
- Nepal Army have not yet lost a game.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Friends Club and Nepal Army should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Friends Club form and stats
Friends Club have played 4 A Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Friends Club are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Dashrath Rangasala, having lost their two previous games here.
In their previous game, led his Friends Club to a defeat in the A Division match away at Machhindra. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Dashrath Rangasala.
Preceding that match was a defeat to New Road Team (2-3).The Friends fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 4 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.
Nepal Army form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 3 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses in the A Division.
Two travels in a row for Nepal, whose manager Neupane could celebrate last time after the A Division win against New Road Team.
A 1-1 draw at Armed Police Force's stadium before that.The visiting Nepal have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 6 games. Nepal's manager Neupane has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Friends two wins, zero draws and Nepal Army one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Friends Club missing players
Nepal Army missing players
| Friends Club | Nepal Army | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 75% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 62% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 38% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 67% | 62% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 4.2 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| 5.1 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
| 1.6 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.4 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.7 | 13.3 | 12 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 22% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 29% | 26% |
| 10.5 | 10.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
- Friends Club have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Friends Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Friends Club have yet to win a game.
- Nepal Army have not yet lost a game.
- Nepal Army have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Nepal Army have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Machhindra | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 20 |
| 2 | Manang Marshyangdi | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 19 |
| 3 | Sankata | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Nepal Army | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Three Star | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Himalayan Sherpa | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 11 |
| 7 | New Road Team | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Satdobato | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Jawalakhel | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 8 |
| 10 | Armed Police Force | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 7 |
| 11 | Nepal Police | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Brigade Boys | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 13 | Chyasal Youth Club | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -12 | 5 |
| 14 | Friends Club | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 3 |
