Nepal vs Kuwait Football - Match Preview and Details

Almost a months ago Nepal faced Kuwait in an away match and faced a huge loss by 7 goals to zero. It broke the hearts of Nepalese fans and today after a month Nepal is facing Kuwait in a so called 'Home' match but the match is being played in Bhutan.

Nepali National Football Team

Nepal vs Kuwait's second leg is scheduled to be played today in Changlimithang Stadium in Bhutan. This is Nepal's fifth match of the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers 2022 Asia. Till now Nepal is in the fourth rank among 5 countries in Group B.

Points Table of Group B of FIFA WCQ 2022 Asia

Nepal has played 4 matches and has 3 points with 1 win and 3 losses. Other teams have only played 3 games each. Australia is at the top with 3 wins from 3 matches. Jordan is at the second position with 7 points from 3 matches and Kuwait is at the third place with 4 points from 3 matches. And Chinese Taipei is at the bottom of the table with 3 games played and all games lost having zero points. Nepal defeated Chinese Taipei by a margin of 2 goals to zero. Anjan Bista scored both the goals for Nepal and helped Nepal, at least, register a win.

Anjan Bista celebrating after a goal against Chinese Taipei

Nepal vs Kuwait Match Preview

Nepal is playing against Kuwait today (November 19) at Chanlimithang Stadium, Bhutan. The match is scheduled to start at 2:45 PM according to Nepali Time. Nepali Team will be missing 4 of Nepali Players who were present in the first leg of Nepal vs Kuwait as they were penalized for their bad action. Kuwait is surely in the heavier side due to their physique.

Taking about their FIFA Rankings, Nepali Nation Football Team is at 167th rank whereas Kuwait is 11 rank higher than Nepal and is at 156th rank. Let's see what this match has to give us. Let's hope that Nepal will hopefully win this match and climb up in the points table. We can surely defeat Kuwait as weather conditions will change drastically for Kuwait. Who knows ?