Match Report
Bangladesh went into the game 4th in the table on 1 points; Palestine sat 2nd on 8 — a 7-point gap. Bangladesh ranked just 61st in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Bangladesh 0.17 scored and 3.33 conceded per game, Palestine 1 and 1, with the league averaging 1.4.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 1 Bangladesh win, 3 for Palestine, 0 draws, at 2.5 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 75% of the meetings. These meetings skew tight — only 25% saw more than two goals.
N. Kabirov took charge of the match — our records show 21 games refereed with an average of 2.1 yellow cards per game. The venue was Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.