New Road Team perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Friends Club can look both up and down from their 9th position.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
New Road Team form and stats
New Road Team have played 6 A Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
New Road Team's previous game was a A Division match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Brigade Boys (placed 11th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that, New Road Team drew at home versus Nepal Army.
New Road Team are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 6 games. As for guarding their own goal, New Road Team have only let in 3 goals at home.
Friends Club form and stats
It's not happening yet for Friends Club on their A Division travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different? A depressing four defeats in a row for Friends Club in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus RCT.
The supporters enjoyed Friends Club's previous game versus Chyasal Youth Club (placed 10th), a A Division 1-0 win played at home. A loss against Sankata was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Goals are few and far between in Friends Club's away league games. Only 1 goal from 3 travels. The Friends Club manager has some worries about the defense as 7 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): New Road Team one win, one draw and Friends Club zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.New Road Team missing players
Friends Club missing players
| New Road Team | Friends Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| 78% | 67% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 44% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 56% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 22% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 11% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 22% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 56% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 67% | 44% |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4.2 |
| 4 | 4 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 7.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | 38 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| 20 | 20 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 30% | 30% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 23% |
- All of Friends Club's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Friends Club have lost all their away matches so far.
- Friends Club have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- New Road Team have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- New Road Team have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Friends Club have scored away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nepal Army | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 2 | Machhindra | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | Manang Marshyangdi | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | New Road Team | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | Nepal Police | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Three Star | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Jawalakhel | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Sankata | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 12 |
| 9 | Friends Club | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Chyasal Youth Club | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -4 | 9 |
| 11 | Brigade Boys | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 8 |
| 12 | Himalayan Sherpa | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 13 | Armed Police Force | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 5 |
| 14 | Saraswoti Youth | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -12 | 4 |