It's still early in the A Division season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Machhindra - Saraswoti Youth preview!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Machhindra form and stats
As mentioned below, Machhindra are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 A Division games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at ANFA Complex Satdobato.
Ahead of that match, Machhindra won a home game hosting Brigade Boys (2-0).
As mentioned above, Machhindra "killed" Saraswoti Youth in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
At ANFA Complex Satdobato, Machhindra has the goal stats of 8-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Saraswoti Youth form and stats
Saraswoti Youth have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the A Division were 0 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats from 0 fixtures.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Saraswoti Youth, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-6 versus Machhindra (placed 3rd). A 0-4 loss hosting New Road Team before that.
Saraswoti Youth lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-6 beating and focus on this one.
It's early days yet, but Saraswoti Youth has scored 1 and conceded 6 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Machhindra and Saraswoti Youth have met before this season: Machhindra - Saraswoti Youth 6-1.Machhindra missing players
Saraswoti Youth missing players
| Machhindra | Saraswoti Youth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 19 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| Machhindra | Last season | Saraswoti Youth | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chyasal Youth Club | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Nepal Army | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Machhindra | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 4 | Jawalakhel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Friends Club | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Manang Marshyangdi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Sankata | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | New Road Team | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | Three Star | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Himalayan Sherpa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Nepal Police | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Armed Police Force | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | Brigade Boys | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Saraswoti Youth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Himalayan Sherpa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Armed Police Force | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | RCT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Swayambhu Club | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Manang Marshyangdi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Three Star | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Nepal Police | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Saraswoti Youth | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Bansbari | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | New Road Team | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Jawalakhel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Machhindra | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Nepal Army | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Boudha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Brigade Boys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Friends Club | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Koilapani Polstar Club | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | United Youth Club | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 0 |