Friends Club will hope that their home support is enough to get a good result from this difficult dispute, vs high-flying Machhindra.
- Friends Club have the most points from losing position (4) in A Division
- Machhindra have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in A Division
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
It's no vacation for neither Friends Club nor Machhindra as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Friends Club form and stats
When playing at home in the A Division, Friends Club have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 10 games.
The home team returns to Dashrath Rangasala after drawing with New Road Team (placed 9th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2.
Ahead of that match, Friends Club lost 1-4 at home to Jawalakhel.Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 12 most recent league games highlights that 10 of them had at least one goal from each team.
Friends Club are traveling soon after this match as the A Division match at Nepal Army awaits in four days.
The Friends fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 10 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Friends Club defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When Friends Club hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Himalayan Sherpa, Sankata, Nepal Police and Khumaltar), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Machhindra form and stats
As the visiting team in A Division matches, Machhindra have produced an overall stat of 2-3-2 so far.
Machhindra play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Khumaltar (placed 14th).
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Three Star.The schedule is very tough for Machhindra now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A A Division game at New Road Team is waiting in only three days.
The attacking power of Machhindra when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Machhindra have been victorious in every one of the 5 latest fixtures versus this team. Can they do it again?This isn't the first time these sides meet this season, as the fixture list show this recent game: Machhindra - Friends Club 2-1.
Friends Club missing players
Machhindra missing players
| Friends Club | Machhindra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 29 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 5 | 26 |
| 28 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 57% | 78% |
| 83% | 90% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 43% | 67% |
| 67% | 80% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 29% | 50% |
| 44% | 60% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 72% | 90% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 14% | 56% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 57% | 33% |
| 22% | 10% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 71% | 33% |
| 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 1.6 | 2.4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 0.4 | 0.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 3.4 | 1.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.5 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| 121% | 113% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 83% | 50% | 96% |
| 2.9 | 4.1 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.5 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
| 0.8 | 1.1 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 0.6 | 1 |
- Friends Club have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Friends Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Friends Club have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Machhindra have scored away.
- Friends Club have the most conceded goals (19) at home in A Division
- Friends Club have the most points from losing position (4) in A Division
- Friends Club have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Friends Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Machhindra have created more than twice as many corners as Friends Club.
- Machhindra have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in A Division
- Machhindra have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in A Division
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Church Boys | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 33 |
| 2 | Jawalakhel | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 31 |
| 3 | Machhindra | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Satdobato | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 26 |
| 5 | Three Star | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Nepal Army | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 25 |
| 7 | Armed Police Force | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
| 8 | Manang Marshyangdi | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 22 |
| 9 | New Road Team | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 22 |
| 10 | Himalayan Sherpa | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | -5 | 22 |
| 11 | Sankata | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | Friends Club | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 13 | Nepal Police | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -8 | 19 |
| 14 | Khumaltar | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -16 | 17 |
