The Thailand U-23 national football team will face Malaysia U-23 in Week 1 of the 2021 Sea Games on Saturday, 07 May 2022. The match will be broadcast live on Astro Go / Astro Arena, Malaysia local time.
It’s a team of young Thai players who have done well in the current Thai League campaign and have been selected for the Thai National Team for the SEA Games in 2021 under the leadership of Mano Polking. Including also getting 3 players over the age of 23 involved in the team, such as Worachit Kanitsribamphen, Weerathep Pompan and Kawin Thammasatchanan, they are becoming the core.
The latest work for the U23 squad is that they are going to attend the UAE Cup in Dubai, which will begin in March. They finished last in the competition after losing three matches consecutively before the tournament finished.
Game Info & Live Streaming Links
| Match | Thailand U23 vs Malaysia U23 |
| Competition | Southeast Asian Games 2021 |
| Match week | 1st |
| Venue | Sân vận động Thiên Trường |
| Date | Saturday, May 7, 2022 |
| Kickoff | 13:00 BST |
| Official TV | Astro Arena (Malaysia), RCTI+ (Indonesia) |
| Streaming TV | RCTI+ |
Preview
For the performance of the team in this game, Samba head coach There will be a full-fledged squad, with all 20 players fit and ready to make their debuts, but the four players who joined the squad on Thursday are Methee Sarakham, Nakin Wiset and Trimathie Work. Most of them, like Chat, Kornwit Thasa and Irrfan Dolo, should have rested a little first. There is also the possibility for the main players such as Anusak Jaipetch, Jonathan Khemdee, Chaturapat Sattham and Ekanit Panya to start with three of their senior colleagues in this game.
For the “yellow tigers” of the Malaysian national team, the battle suit from the 2021 SEA Games had previously been worn in the warm-up area. With the opening home defeat to Timor-Leste, there was a large gap between expectations and outcomes with a score of 1-2 at the end of April and coming back to slash the Philippines 2-0 at the beginning of May to turn the tide.
However, Australian coach Brad Maloney, 50, said he wasn’t too worried about the results of the warm-up matches. There are plans for the national teams to prepare themselves as best they can for the 2022 AFC U23 Championships to take place in Thailand next month. This team will be led by Lukeman Hakim, a striker from KV Cortigh in Belgium who has met with Thai national teams in the past. At the end of October last year, the team was already in the qualifying round of the Asian Championships 2022.
Both teams recently participated in the qualifying competition for the 2022 American Football Conference U23 Championship in Mongolia. After the game ended in a 0-0 draw at the end of October last year, the Yellow Tigers officially won the group. While this is true, the war elephant army must be very excited than to follow through to the finals as well, in which, in the final competition, Thailand and Malaysia also orbited in the same group again as well. Within the next month, there will be a queue of people to fight each other.
However, there was a significant change in the Thai national team’s team members from the previous meeting. This includes the manager, who has been replaced by Mano Polking. In terms of player quality, the war elephant army is more complete. But this can be disadvantageous for the team, given that they have almost no time to practice again. Although the first match of the tournament is not expected to be easy. But in the end, I still believe that the Thai national team should have better tax because of the experience of the main players. To begin successfully securing three points.
Line-Up Forecast
| Thailand U23 (4-2-3-1) | Malaysia U23 (3-5-2) |
| Kawin Thammasatchanan | Muhamed Asiri Ghani |
| Nakin Wisetchat | Sikri Khalili |
| Anusak Jaipetch | Harik Haikal |
| Jonathan Khemdee | Azrin Afik |
| Chaturaphat Sattham | Asam Azimi Murad |
| William Gabriel Vaderje | Nick Akif Seyahiran |
| Weerathep Pomphan | Mukhairi Ajamal |
| Benjamin Davis | Hairay Hakim |
| Worachit Kanitsribampen | Azfar Fikri |
| Ekanit Panya | Assad Harraz |
| Patrick Gustavsson | Lukman Hakim |
H2H Results Last 5 Matches Thailand U23 – Malaysia U23
- Oct 31, 2021 – Thailand U23 [0-0] Malaysia U23 (AFC U23 Qualification)
- Aug 29, 2017 – Malaysia U23 [0-1] Thailand U23 (Southeast Asian Games)
- Jul 21, 2017 – Malaysia U23 [0-3] Thailand U23 (AFC U23 Qualification)
- Jun 04, 2015 – Malaysia U23 [0-1] Thailand U23 (Southeast Asian Games)
Last 5 Match Results
Thailand U23
- Feb 22, 2022 – Vietnam U23 [1-0] Thailand U23 (AFF U23 Championship)
- Feb 24, 2022 – Laos U23 [0-2] Thailand U23 (AFF U23 Championship)
- Feb 26, 2022 – Thailand U23 [0-1] Vietnam U23 (AFF U23 Championship)
- Mar 23, 2022 – Thailand U23 [0-1] Qatar U23 (U23 National Team Friendlies)
- Mar 26, 2022 – China PR U23 [4-2] Thailand U23 (U23 National Team Friendlies)
Malaysia U23
- Oct 31, 2021 – Thailand U23 [0-0] Malaysia U23 (AFC U23 Qualification)
- Feb 15, 2022 – Malaysia U23 [BATAL] Myanmar U23 (AFF U23 Championship)
- Feb 18, 2022 – Laos U23 [2-1] Malaysia U23 (AFF U23 Championship)
- Feb 21, 2022 – Malaysia U23 [0-2] Laos U23 (AFF U23 Championship)
- Feb 21, 2022 – Indonesia U23 [BATAL] Malaysia U23 (AFF U23 Championship)
Thailand U23 vs Malaysia U23 Video Highlights
That’s the info regarding the Thailand U23 vs Malaysia U23 match in Week 1 of the 2021 Sea Games, complete with a preview, team news and predictions for the line-up, as well as TV streaming, and how to watch online, tonight.
