Bangladesh face Nepal in final today

KATHMANDU, Sept 18 (BSS): Upbeat Bangladesh take on Nepal in the final of the 6th edition of SAFF Women's Championship scheduled to be held at Dasharath Rangasala Stadium tomorrow (Monday).
The match will kick off at 5.15pm (BST).
The tournament's sixth edition will see a new champion in the history of SAFF as both the teams have expressed their high optimism to win the title and look confident for their respective title charges.
Nepal beat India 1-0 in the semi-final while Bangladesh blanked India 3-0 in the group stage.
Both, Bangladesh and Nepal, who will face each other in the final, have not conceded any goal so far. Bangladesh scored 20 goals from four matches while Nepal scored 11 goals from three encounters.
The way the two teams have reached the finals, it will not be wise to tag any team as favourite in the final because those who will play well in the final will win the title.
Nepal, however, takes to the field with an upper hand because they will get the home ground advantage and one of the strengths will be their supporters. It can be assumed that the host crowds will fill the gallery to support their team.
The record of past meetings between the two teams will go in favor of Nepal. Bangladesh and Nepal have met three times in the previous five SAFF championships. Nepalese have won all three occasions. Bangladesh and Nepal first met in the first SAFF Championship in Cox's Bazar back in 2010 with Nepal winning the match 3-0 against Bangladesh.
Bangladesh lost 1-0 to Nepal in the 2014 semi-final of the championship and in the third meeting in 2019 in the group stage, Nepal won the match 3-0 against Bangladesh.
Earlier, Bangladesh beat the Maldives by 3-0 in their group opening match, thrashed Pakistan 6-0 in their second match and defeated defending champions India by 3-0 goals to book their spot of semifinal as the group A champions. The girls in red and green confirmed their spot of semifinal after crushing Bhutan by 8-0 goals in the first semifinal.
While Nepal beat Bhutan 4-0 in their group opening match and thrashed Sri Lanka 6-0 to secure semifinal as group B champions.
After that, Nepal edged past holders India by 1-0 goal in the second semifinal to confirm their spot of final in the tournament.