Match Report
In the standings it was Nepal 3rd on 3 points, India 2nd on 7 — separated by 4. Scoring rates set the scale: Nepal 0.67 scored and 1.67 conceded per game, India 2.33 and 0.33, with the league averaging 1.46.
India were unbeaten in 5. The five-game form split read 7/15 points for Nepal against 13/15 for India.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 0 Nepal wins, 3 for India, 2 draws, at 1.8 goals per meeting. Only 40% of these meetings ended in a home win. Historically tight: 20% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore, capacity 24,000, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 0-2 full-time score.