Nepal vs India in the SAFF Championships match on Saturday night at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore, Karnataka.
Telecast:
The SAFF Championship match between Nepal and India will take place on Saturday, June 24 at 7:30 pm IST at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
The SAFF Championship match between Nepal and India will be telecast live on DD Bharti, Fancode app and Disney Hotstar in India.
Nepal vs India: Match Preview
Nepal lost their opening match against Kuwait in the tournament on Wednesday. Despite Anjan Bista's stunner in the 68th minute, they lost the game 3-1.
With still two games to go in the tournament, against India and Pakistan respectively, Nepal can certainly hope to make a comeback and finish in the top 2.
Talking about host nation India, they had a great outing against arch-rivals Pakistan in the opener.
The Indians obliterated Pakistan as the scoreline read 4-0 by the end of the match. A hat-trick of the highest class from skipper Sunil Chhetri made sure that India were always in the driver's seat.
The 38-year-old Chhetri scored his 90th international goal in 138 games and became the fourth leading goal-scorer in international football, just below Cristiano Ronaldo (123), Ali Daei (109) and Lionel Messi (103).
Head to Head:
The two teams have squared off against each other 15 times and India have emerged on top in 10 of them, while Nepal have managed to win one game with four games ending in a draw.
Predicted Line-ups:
Nepal:
Kiran Chemjong, Sanish Shrestha, Ananta Tamang, Rohit Chand, Bimal Pandey, Arik Bista, Pujan Uperkoti, Laken Limbu, Anjan Bista, Nawayug Shrestha, Manish Dangi
India:
Amrinder Singh, Pritam Kotal, Sandesh Jhingan, Anwar Ali, Subhasish Bose, Anirudh Thapa, Jeakson Singh, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Sahal Samad, Ashique Kuruniyan, Sunil Chhetri