Sports Mole previews Thursday’s friendly match between Cambodia and Bangladesh, including predictions, team news, expected lineups and more.
bangladesh They will move to the National Olympic Stadium for a friendly match for the South Asian Football Confederation Championship and will step up preparations. Cambodia on Thursday evening.
The visitors have competitive commitments to consider this month, while the hosts only have one exhibition match scheduled in the wake of their short-lived AFF Championship appearance.
match preview
The less said about Cambodia’s 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign, the better. The 176th-ranked country in the world earned just one point in eight games in AFC Group C, ending their unfortunate 10-0 defeat to group champions Iran.
Since another unforgettable qualifying bid, Cambodia’s Co-Praises also failed in their bid for the 2023 Asian Cup with a third round qualification exit, and finally made it even further in front of their home fans at the recent AFF Championship. Recorded 2 wins.
However, Cambodia failed to advance to the group stage for the ninth time out of nine tournaments. Victories against the Philippines and Brunei were canceled out by losses to Thailand and Indonesia. Thailand and Indonesia sacrificed their chances to advance to the finals. Ryu Hirose3rd place team.
Cambodia, heading into their first friendly of 2023, may be encouraged by the fact that both of their AFF Championship wins came at home and they have scored an impressive eight goals in those two games, but the close Since then, he has not kept a clean sheet in 11 games. Departing for Laos in December 2021.
While Cambodia have consistently tried and failed to advance through the group stages of the AFF Championship, Bangladesh will look to end their streak of early eliminations in the SAFF Championship, which is played every two years by South Asian teams. Will try soon.
As in the case of Cambodia, Bangladesh reached the third qualifying round of the 2023 Asian Cup, but were eliminated with consecutive losses to Bahrain, Turkmenistan and Malaysia. Javier CabreraThe team held their own in three friendlies in March.
Bengal Tigers drew 1-1 with Malawi and won 1-0 against Seychelles before suffering the same defeat to Seychelles in the rematch just three days later. Their Cambodia tour actually began with an unofficial friendly match against hosts Armed. If you put effort into Monday, Mohamed Sohel Rana This goal sealed a 1-0 victory for Cabrera’s team.
Bangladesh also have very good memories of their previous encounter with Cambodia, having avoided defeat in their previous five encounters and losing in any of their last three friendly matches, including a hard-fought victory in September 2022. They also won with a scoreline of 1-0.
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team news
Since the 2022 AFF Championship, Cambodia has lost one of its respected citizens. Keo Sokpheng The third-highest scorer with 15 goals and the fourth-most capped player with 62 caps has now retired from international duty.
However, fellow attackers Chan Vatanaka He is still active and will be making his 50th appearance for the Cambodian national team, but one more goal will mark his 20th with the national team and tie the score. Hoku Sochetra He is at the top of his country’s all-time charts.
Texas-born winger nick taylor Another option for the final third is Sos Souhana With 72 appearances under his belt, he is the most capped player in history and is sure to start in midfield.
Bangladesh’s defense Rimon Hossein and Tutul Hossain Badshah Already out of camp due to injury, Cabrera would otherwise be in action with the entire squad for Thursday’s warm-up game.
The visiting manager will have to strike a balance between testing his best eleven and ensuring there are no further fitness concerns ahead of the SAFF Championship, but the 70-cap captain has It should take a start Jamal BhuyanHe needs one more game to become the most capped player in Bengal Tigers history.
Cambodia’s expected starting lineup:
Soxela; Sambas, Visal, Chanchaf. Muslim, Champorin, Souhana, Barain.chantea, vatanaka, rimu
Bangladeshi starting candidates:
Zico. Kazi, Burman, Ghosh, Mia. Sohel Rana, Bhuyan, Hasan.Ibrahim, Reza, Hossain
We say: Cambodia 2 – 2 Bangladesh
In addition to head-to-head competition, Cambodia have lacked defensive resilience over the past 12 months, but they have compensated for such weaknesses with a plethora of goals in front of their home fans.
Bangladesh, who are 16 places lower than Cambodia in the world rankings, will also want to avoid injury before competitive action begins, but the two countries have struggled to separate in this match, so it could be an interesting draw. unknown. card.
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