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The Nepali national women's team is facing well-known rival Bangladesh on Thursday as part of the preparation for the 19th Asian women's football tournament, which will start from September this year in the city of Hongzhou,China.
After reaching Dhaka for two friendly matches, the women's team will play its first match on Thursday at 5:15 PM according to Nepali time. Here, you can easily watch the live broadcast of the match played at the Shri Veer Shrestha Mustafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh, through the website www.sajhakhel.com from any mobile phone or laptop.
Nepal vs Bangladesh Women football head to head
This will be the 9th meeting since 2014 between Nepal, ranked 101st in FIFA rankings, and Bangladesh, ranked 140th.
Last 8 matches (since 2014):
Nepal won: 5
Draw: 2
Bangladesh won: 1
Nepal women eying for the SAFF revenge
In the last 8 matches between these two, Bangladesh managed to get only one win against Nepal, lifted the first title with a 3-1 victory in the last SAFF final held in Nepal. That was the last meeting between Nepal and Bangladesh.
This time after almost 10 months of that heart break defeat in the SAFF Women's Championship 2022 Infront of 16,000 Nepalese home crowd, Nepal women have a chance to take revenge over the very same Bangladesh tigress.
The negligence of BFF over women football
Ever since SAFF won, the Bangladesh Football Federation has not prioritized its women's team. They have not played any international friendly match since 2022 SAFF final. Bangladesh could not even send its women's football team to the Olympic qualifiers due to financial and managerial problems and withdrew its name from the competition.
The busy & inform Nepalese women football
The Indian women's league experience in Nepalese women football
Most of the players from the Nepali team, who have gained experience playing with high-level footballing nations, have also played in the Hero Women's League of India's top division. Goal machine Sabitra Bhandari Samba gave her team Gokulam Kerala the second title as the highest goal scorer in the league. Midfielders duo Saru Limbu and Renuka Nagarkote also took Kick Start to the finals for the first time.
Emerging forward Rekha Paudel, who has succeeded in establishing herself as an important forward for Sports Odisha in the league, is also in a very good form. Similarly, another forward, Anita Basnet also has the experience of playing with Lord's FC in the Indian women League.
Nepal vs Bangladesh women football 2023 live details
The match between Nepal and Bangladesh will kick off at 5:15 PM NST on 13th July Thursday at the Bir Shrestha Shid Mustafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalpur Dhaka.