Nepal will take on Bangladesh in their last Group ‘A’ match of the SAFF U-15 Championship football tournament at the ANFA Complex in Satdobato on Monday.

Both the teams registered resounding wins over Maldives and are already assured of semi-final berths in the three-team group. Nepal beat Maldives 4-0 and Bangladesh drubbed the same team to 9-0. The result of the last match between Nepal and Bangladesh with determine their semi-final opponent.

The Group ‘A’ winners will take on the runners-up of Group ‘B’ that will be decided after the outcome of the day’s early fixture between India and Bhutan. The Group ‘A’ runners-up will play against Group ‘B’ winners Pakistan,  progressed to the last-four a 2-1 victory over India and 4-0 drubbing of Bhutan.

Both Nepal and Bangladesh look to keep their winning momentum going into semi-final apart from avoiding Pakistan. “We will fight for the title,” Nepal head coach Sanoj Shrestha had said on the eve of the tournament. For that to happen however Nepal first need to morale-boosting win over Bangladesh.

Shrestha’s Bangladeshi counterpart Mostofa Anowar Parvez has already achieved the primary goal of reaching the semi-final stage and would be gunning to go at least one step further if not the title itself. A victory over the hosts would surely give Bangladesh a real chance of even fighting for the title.