SAFF Championship 2023 Final India v Kuwait: Live Stream, Where and How to watch
India will be facing Kuwait for the second time in the 2023 SAFF Championship on Tuesday.
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India will face Kuwait in the 2023 SAFF Championship final. (Credit: Google)
India will face Kuwait in the finals of the South Asian football federation championship (SAFF) 2023 on Tuesday, July 4. It will be hosted by Sri Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru and the estimated kick-off time for the match is kept at 7:30 pm IST.
India recently rose up to the 100th spot in the FIFA rankings which was released recently. They are coming out in strong form after beating Lebanon in the semi-finals of the tournament on penalties.
Kuwait is way behind in the rankings as they are 141st. In the semi-finals, they defeated Bangladesh 1-0 and will be hoping to clinch their 1st SAFF title. They have won all their games in the competition except the group-stage match against India which ended in a 1-1 draw.
They also finished at the top of Group A edging India through goal difference. Kuwait leads them head-to-head 2-1 with one of the matches ending in a draw. Thus, it won’t be a simple task for the Blue Tigers to defeat them.
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India commenced the tournament thrashing arch-rivals Pakistan 4-0 in a tense match which resulted in head coach Igor Stimac getting sent off. They then faced Nepal and defeated them 2-0 in an outing that did not cause too many issues. In the last group stage game, they faced Kuwait whom they drew 1-1 due to an unfortunate late own goal by Anwar Ali.
They finished second behind Kuwait in Group A making it to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, they faced Lebanon. The match finished 0-0 even after extra time and had to be decided on penalties. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu’s heroics led them to a 4-2 victory in penalties, thus reaching the final.
Kuwait started the tournament by beating Nepal 3-1. They then defeated Pakistan 4-0 and looked heavily dominant while doing so. After this, they faced India which ended in a 1-1 draw. They finished at the top of Group A on Goals Scored as both points and the goal difference matched with India. In the semi-finals, they met Bangladesh which they defeated 1-0, thus reaching the finals.
India v Kuwait: Predicted Line Up
Some great news for India will be the return of Sandesh Jhingan to the team after completing his suspension. They missed the center-back dearly in the semis and having him in the finals will be a huge boost. They will, however, be without their coach Igor Stimac as he is still serving a suspension.
Kuwait who have been in great form, will look to field the same side. They won’t be making too many changes to the team.
Predicted lineup of India
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Nikhil Poojary, Anwar Ali, Sandesh Jhingan, Akash Mishra; Jeakson Singh, Anirudh Thapa, Sahal Abdul Samad; Naorem Mahesh Singh, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Sunil Chhetri.
Predicted lineup of Kuwait
Abdulrahman Kameel; Abdullah Al Baloushi, Khalid El Ebrahim, Hasan Al Enezi, Hamad Al Qallaf; Fawaz Al Otaibi, Hamad Al Harbi, Ali Khalaf; Eid Naser Al Rashedi, Shabib Al Khaldi, Mubarak Al Faneni.
India v Kuwait: Live Stream, When and Where to Watch
India will face Kuwait in Sri Kanteerava stadium in Bengaluru. The match will be on Tuesday, June 4th, and kick-off at 7:30 pm local time.
Here are the places where to watch the match:
- DD Sports
- Fancode App
- Fancode Website
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