It's game two of the A Division season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Manang Marshyangdi-Sankata!
This is a match between two teams close to each other, usually meaning increased mental strain and importance.
It's no vacation for neither Manang Marshyangdi nor Sankata 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.
Manang Marshyangdi form and stats
Last season, Manang Marshyangdi's league results were 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, providing 5th spot in the A Division. Over these 13 matches they scored {19 goals} and gave away 12. Appearing as the host team in the previous season Manang Marshyangdi delivered 4-1-3 (win-draw-lost) with {13 goals} and 6 conceded. The first A Division game here at Dashrath Rangasala resulted in a draw. Last season Manang Marshyangdi's home game statistics were 4 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats from 8 games.
Marshyangdi drew their last game, also a home match. Himalayan Sherpa (placed 2nd) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
Before that, Manang Marshyangdi played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Nepal Army.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Manang Marshyangdi, as the A Division home game vs Machhindra is only four days away.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Manang Marshyangdi at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Sankata form and stats
Let's have a look at how Sankata performed last season in the A Division: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 7 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 12 and conceded {11 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 3 and lost 3 with 3/7 goals scored/conceded. The visitors settled for one point in their first A Division away game of the season. During their previous season 6 away games resulted in 0 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Nepal Army (placed 5th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Jawalakhel.The schedule is very tough for Sankata now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A A Division game at Nepal Police is waiting in only three days.
Sankata have the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Marshyangdi have put together a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when facing Sankata.Manang Marshyangdi missing players
Sankata missing players
| Manang Marshyangdi | Sankata | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 11 | 11 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Manang Marshyangdi | Last season | Sankata | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 13 | 8 | Played | P | 6 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 19 | 13 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 11 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 77% | ||
| 62% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 54% | ||
| 38% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 31% | ||
| 31% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 15% | ||
| 8% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 46% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 46% | ||
| 38% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 38% | ||
| 15% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.5 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.3 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 44% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 30% | ||
| 8.9 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 9.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Armed Police Force | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Himalayan Sherpa | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Nepal Police | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Manang Marshyangdi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Nepal Army | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Sankata | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Three Star | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 8 | Church Boys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Khumaltar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Jawalakhel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | New Road Team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Machhindra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Friends Club | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Satdobato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Machhindra | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 35 |
| 2 | Nepal Army | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | New Road Team | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | Satdobato | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Manang Marshyangdi | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Three Star | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 7 | Sankata | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Armed Police Force | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Jawalakhel | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 14 |
| 10 | Himalayan Sherpa | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Nepal Police | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 12 | Friends Club | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 11 |
| 13 | Brigade Boys | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -14 | 8 |
| 14 | Chyasal Youth Club | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -17 | 6 |