Malaysia vs India Match Analysis and Prediction

Malaysia vs India Match Analysis & Prediction

Malaysia

13/10/2023 4:00 pm

India

by Vincent

7 months ago 0 74

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Battling it out in their only fixtures of October’s international break, Asian rivals Malaysia and India meet at Bukit Jalil National Stadium on Friday in a friendly game.

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The hosts have played non-competitive matches exclusively since January as they prepare for World Cup qualification and the Asian Cup, while India enter this match after collecting silerware in the summer.

With their World Cup qualification campaign beginning with the visit of Kyrgyzstan on November 16, Malaysia are coming towards the end of a flury of friendlies since the exit of the AFF Championship in January.

Kim Pan-gon’s side showed their ruthless touch in the summer, beating Solomon Islands 4-1 before thrashing Papua New Guinea 10-0 on June 20; the country’s biggest victory since they defeated the Philippines by the same scoreline in 1980.

Possesing the World’s second-largest population, India are on a mission to finally grace football’s greatest occasion, with their World Cup qualificationn campaign commencing with games against Kuwait and Qatar next month.

The nine-time SAFF Championship winners picked up their latest title in that particular competition in the summer during a home tournament, defeating Kuwait on penalties after Lallianzula Chhangte’s second-half goal forced the match to be decided from 12 yards out.

September’s international break saw India suffer penalty-shootout defeat in a friendly game with Iraq, before a trip to Lebanon ended in a 1-0 defeat through a late Mahdi Al Zain goal.

India are currently sitting 102nd in the FIFA World Rankings, with Friday’s hosts Malaysia 134th despite the Blue Tigers being unbeaten in the last two encounters, although the most recent was in 2011.

Malaysia vs. India Head to head

India have won once and the nations have drawn once in the previous two meetings between these two teams.

13/11/2011

India

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Malaysia

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Friendlies
16/11/2011

India

3

Malaysia

2

Friendlies
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Malaysia Team News

Malaysia are expected to hand another start to Faisal Halim on Friday, with the 25-year-old producing a stellar display and a sixth goal for his nation in the draw against China last month.

Dion Cools should form a central-defensive patnership with Dominic Tan; the Buriram United defender has enjoyed an unbeaten start in the top division of Thailand so far in 2023-24.

Malaysia's Last 5 Matches

28/03/2023

Malaysia

2

Hong Kong, China

0

Friendlies
14/06/2023

Malaysia

4

Solomon Islands

1

Friendlies
20/06/2023

Malaysia

10

Papua New Guinea

0

Friendlies
06/09/2023

Malaysia

2

Syria

2

Friendlies
09/09/2023

China PR

1

Malaysia

1

Friendlies

India Team News

With only two strikers named in India’s squad for the international break, it is highly likely that Sunil Chhetri will lead the line for the visitors on Friday.

Since breaking through at Kerala Blasters in 2014, Sandesh Jhingan has been a regular player for the Blue Tigers, and he should earn his 54th cap for his country in this game.