Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Standings: BAN Win 4-0, SL Out of SAFF
Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka 4-0 at the National Stadium in Dhaka on November 11, 2026, ending Sri Lanka's chances of reaching the SAFF Championship knockouts. Shome, Choudhury, Wahid and Hossain scored in the final Group A match.
Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka 4-0 in the final Group A match of the SAFF Championship at the National Stadium in Dhaka on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, ending Sri Lanka's hopes of reaching the knockout stage.
In the Bangladesh national football team vs Sri Lanka national football team standings picture, the result leaves Sri Lanka out. Their semifinal dream was "well and truly over" by full time, as Sportstar's live coverage put it.
Goals in Dhaka
Shome put the hosts ahead in the 8th minute. Choudhury doubled the lead in the 44th, so Bangladesh went into the break 2-0.
Bangladesh did not play especially well between those two goals, but the scoreline was what counted. Sri Lanka needed a big second half to stay alive in the tournament.
They did not get it. Wahid made it 3-0 in the 53rd minute after an attack down the left. He danced past a defender, cut inside onto his right foot and found the net off the defender's back.
Hossain added the fourth in the 87th. Bangladesh had been threatening on the counter for some time, and Hossain found himself one-on-one with the keeper. He dinked the ball over Sujan Perera.
Sri Lanka struggle for chances
Perera kept the score from growing earlier. In the 56th minute he got down low to his right to punch away a long-range effort from Qazim.
Nine minutes later he came off his line to challenge Ibrahim, who was bearing down on goal. He just got to the ball first. Faheem also ran down the left in the 71st and tried to shoot through the keeper's legs, but Perera blocked it for a corner.
Sri Lanka created little. Their first real attack of the second half came around the 60th minute, but the final pass to de Silva on the right wing was slightly short.
Shuki Itofusa had two chances. In the 69th he could have found the bottom corner or a teammate running to the far post, and the ball split both options. In the 84th he broke on the counter but failed to hit the target.
Zidane Yousuff made an important clearance for Sri Lanka in the 62nd minute after a dangerous ball into the box. Jamal Bhuyan came on for Bangladesh in the 80th.
Six minutes of stoppage time were played. Sportstar's report said the Sri Lanka coach would be disappointed by the lack of fight in the second half.
Elsewhere in the tournament on Wednesday, India beat Maldives in the SAFF Championship.
