Bhutan vs Lebanon: SAFF Championship 2023 Match Preview, Head to Head and Telecast details

Bhutan vs Lebanon will play a match as part of the SAFF Championship. The game will be played at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore.

Telecast:

Bhutan vs Bangladesh will be telecasted on Doordarshan and streamed on Fancode app.

Bhutan vs Lebanon: Match Preview

Bhutan began their campaign with a 2-0 loss at the hands of the Maldives. Hamza Mohamed put the Dragon Boys in front from the penalty spot just six minutes after the kick-off. In the 90th minute, Naiz Hassan added a second to consolidate their victory.

Changes are expected from head coach Pema Dorji, who could reinstate key player Chencho Gyeltshen. He's Bhutan's most capped player of all time with 39 appearances alongside his record as the team's top scorer with 11 goals.

Dawa Tshering is gunning for a place in midfield while Phuntsho Jigme could get a chance in defense.

Meanwhile, Lebanon, the highest-ranked team involved in the SAFF tournament, emerged 2-0 victorious in their first match of the competition, against Bangladesh.

Hassan Maatouk broke the deadlock for the Cedars in the 79th minute before Khalil Bader doubled their advantage in the sixth minute of stoppage time.

After the first round of games, Lebanon sit at the top of Group B with three points while Bangladesh are at the bottom.

Performance in last 5 matches:

Bhutan last matches info:

• Maldives - Bhutan (22.06.2023 | 22 Jun 2023 | 22/06/2023) 2:0 SAFF Championship
• Laos - Bhutan (25.03.2023 | 25 Mar 2023 | 25/03/2023) 2:1 International Friendly Games
• Bhutan - India + (12.10.2020 | 12 Oct 2020 | 12/10/2020) 9:8 Short Football 2x2 L2
• Guam - Bhutan (11.06.2019 | 11 Jun 2019 | 11/06/2019) 5:0 World Cup Qualification, AFC
• Bhutan - Guam (06.06.2019 | 06 Jun 2019 | 06/06/2019) 1:0 World Cup Qualification, AFC

Lebanon last matches info:

• Lebanon - Bangladesh (22.06.2023 | 22 Jun 2023 | 22/06/2023) 2:0 SAFF Championship
• India - Lebanon (18.06.2023 | 18 Jun 2023 | 18/06/2023) 2:0 Intercontinental Cup
• India - Lebanon (15.06.2023 | 15 Jun 2023 | 15/06/2023) 0:0 Intercontinental Cup
• Mongolia - Lebanon (12.06.2023 | 12 Jun 2023 | 12/06/2023) 0:0 Intercontinental Cup
• Lebanon - Vanuatu (09.06.2023 | 09 Jun 2023 | 09/06/2023) 3:1 Intercontinental Cup

Head to Head:

• Bhutan and Lebanon meet for the first time in history.
• Lebanon have won just one of their last four games, although that victory came in their last outing (2-0 vs Bangladesh in the 2023 SAFF Championship).
• Lebanon have kept three clean sheets in their last four games, although two of them came as part of goalless draws with Mongolia and India (both coming at the Intercontinental Cup in March this year).
• Bhutan are winless in 2023, losing twice and drawing once.
• Lebanon are ranked 99th in the world whereas Bhutan are in 185th place.