India vs Afghanistan match stats & report

1–2 Full time

World Cup - Qualification Asia · 2nd Round - Group A - 4 · Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati · Ref Mohammed Khled Hoish, Saudi Arabia

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India lost to Afghanistan 1–2 in the World Cup - Qualification Asia (2nd Round - Group A - 4) on 26 March 2024.

Goals and cards

25' Yellow card Brandon Fernandes India
36' Yellow card Afghanistan
38' Penalty scored Sunil Chhetri India
39' Yellow card Subhasish Bose India
43' Yellow card Rahul Bheke India
70' Goal Rahmat Akbari Afghanistan
87' Yellow card Gurpreet Singh Sandhu India
88' Penalty scored M. Sharif Afghanistan
90+2' Yellow card Mahboob Hanifi Afghanistan
90+6' Yellow card Vikram Partap Singh India

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

India

Confirmed

1 Gurpreet Singh Sandhu Goalkeeper
3 Subhasish Bose Defender
2 Rahul Bheke Defender
4 Anwar Ali Defender
21 N. Poojari —
19 Apuia Ralte Midfielder
5 Jeakson Singh Midfielder
12 Liston Colaco Midfielder
10 Brandon Fernandes Midfielder
9 Manvir Singh Midfielder
11 Sunil Chhetri Attacker

Bench Vishal Kaith , Amrinder Singh , Akash Mishra , Mehtab Singh , Jay Gupta , Anirudh Thapa , Suresh Singh , Naorem Mahesh Singh , D. Tangri , I. Khan , Lallianzuala Chhangte , Vikram Partap Singh

Afghanistan

Confirmed 4-4-2 Abdullah Mejeid Farea Matar Sahl Al Mutairi

1 Ovays Azizi

3 M. Hanifi 4 H. Amiri 21 M. Sharif 6 H. Askar

7 Mosawer Ahadi 14 Zelfy Nazary 8 Rahmat Akbari 11 T. Skandari

19 Omid Popalzay 10 Jabar Sharza

Bench G. Rahimi , F. Saeed Khil , A. Arezou , S. Sadat , S. Fatemi , J. Asekzai , B. Arezou , S. R. Hussaini , O. Musawi , F. Sadat

Form guide

India at home

2–1–4 in 7 matches

Scored: 1.6 per game
Conceded: 2.3 per game
Clean sheets: 0 / 7
Corners: 6.0 per game
Shots on target: 4.5 per game

0% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Based on 7 matches — treat these numbers lightly.

Afghanistan away

1–1–2 in 4 matches

Scored: 0.5 per game
Conceded: 1.8 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 4
Corners: not available
Shots on target: not available

Based on 4 matches — treat these numbers lightly.

India vs Afghanistan head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
21 Mar 24	Afghanistan v India	0–0
11 Jun 22	Afghanistan v India	1–2
15 Jun 21	India v Afghanistan	1–1
14 Nov 19	Afghanistan v India	1–1

Only 4 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full India vs Afghanistan head-to-head record