Match Report
In the standings it was India U23 3rd on 4 points, Bangladesh U23 4th on 1 — separated by 3. Bangladesh U23 had been under-performing their position — 17th on five-round form against 4th in the table. Per game in the league, India U23 were scoring 1 and conceding 2, Bangladesh U23 0 and 0.67, against a competition average of 1.33 goals per team per game.
India U23 had lost three in a row.
Stade René Gaillard in Niort, capacity 10,406, hosted the game. C. Daypuyat took charge of the match — our records show 11 games refereed with an average of 0.7 yellow cards per game. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-0 full-time score.