Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Preview & Tips – Bangladesh to make it consecutive victories in the SAFF Championship

Bangladesh got off to a winning start at the SAFF Championship as they beat Bhutan 1-0 and ensured they arrive for their clash with Sri Lanka on the back of a very positive win.

Across their last 10 meetings, Bangladesh have won six times, Sri Lanka have secured three victories and one game has ended as a draw.

Bangladesh began the SAFF Championship in the perfect way as they beat Bhutan 1-0, with this seeing them take all three points and keep a clean sheet.

Both wins and clean sheets have been in short supply for Bangladesh of late. Their three prior to their clash with Bhutan had ended in defeats, while they had lost five of their previous six. A 2-1 win over San Marino back in June helped to break this run up, but they could not really afford to see three defeats turn into four in their SAFF Championship opener.

Now, with a win behind them, Bangladesh will be confident. Omitting a 2-1 friendly defeat to Sri Lanka back in 2021, Bangladesh have won their last two against their opponents. They have also won six of their last 10 against Sri Lanka.

While no game in the competition will likely be easy, I back Bangladesh to storm to another win as they take a maximum six points from their opening two.

Sri Lanka will feel they let themselves down against Bhutan in their opening match as they allowed a 2-1 lead to slip through their fingers in a 2-2 draw.

To their credit, Sri Lanka did incredibly well to bounce back from conceding in the 34th minute by netting immediately after, with their 35th minute goal bringing the scores level. However, their 43rd minute goal did not turn out to be the winner as Bhutan scored in the 76th minute to ensure the points were shared.

A point in this one would be enough to send them through, but they will need to be aware of losing this game, with this potentially seeing Sri Lanka slip below Bhutan in the standings. Despite their need to ensure they do not lose, I am backing against Sri Lanka in this one as their poor run against Bangladesh continues.