With their 3 point advantage in the league table, Nepal Police fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Friends Club.
It's no vacation for neither Nepal Police nor Friends Club 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.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Nepal Police form and stats
Nepal Police have collected 7 points from their A Division home games so far after 2-1-3.
The Nepal Police crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Manang Marshyangdi here at ANFA Complex Satdobato in a A Division match. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Brigade Boys.
Nepal Police aren't scoring a lot here at ANFA Complex Satdobato in the league, with only 4 goals from 6 games. Nepal Police have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Friends Club form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Friends Club so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-5 (win-draw-lose). Friends Club has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Two away games in a row for Friends Club, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-5 versus Armed Police Force in the A Division. Prior to that match, the Friends Club manager faced defeat when travelling to Jawalakhel and losing 0-1.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Friends Club, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Friends Club playing away and similar expectations, we found two relevant matches. Results were zero Friends Club wins, zero draws and two defeats.
The attacking power of Friends Club when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Friends Club have conceded 13 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Nepal Police won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Friends Club has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zeroNepal Police missing players
Friends Club missing players
| Nepal Police | Friends Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 16 |
| 92% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 58% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 42% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 33% |
| 42% | 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 42% |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 5 | 5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 4 | 4 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | 21 | 4 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 34 | 34 |
| 8 | 8 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 15 | 15 |
| 38% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 27% | 27% |
- Friends Club have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Friends Club have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Friends Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Friends Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Nepal Police have created more than twice as many corners as Friends Club.
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 2 | Machhindra | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 28 |
| 3 | Manang Marshyangdi | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 25 |
| 4 | Three Star | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Jawalakhel | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | Nepal Police | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | New Road Team | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Chyasal Youth Club | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | -2 | 15 |
| 9 | Sankata | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 15 |
| 10 | Friends Club | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 11 | Himalayan Sherpa | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Armed Police Force | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Brigade Boys | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 8 |
| 14 | Saraswoti Youth | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -22 | 4 |