There are few teams in the national football league as strong as NRT, at least on paper. But playing their tenth match in the competition, NRT was able to field almost the first choice team for the first time . This team also could not play its best and had to settle for a 1-1 draw with the Laligurans Association team . In the match held at the ANFA Complex in Satdobato, NRT took the lead in the first half, that too through Anjan Bista's goal . 

NRT's performance remained weak in the second half and Laligurans kept it under full pressure . The equalizer came in the 90th minute, when Ashish Gurung equalized for the Pokhareli team . Playing the fourth match in the competition, Anjan scored in the 26th minute . He was not in NRT's first 6 matches . Anjan was not the only one on the field against Laligurans, from Kritish Chunju to Manish Dangi and Aditya Shakya were also in the team.

‘But the team could not play its best,’ said NRT coach Jeevan Sikneman, ‘In the second half, we played under complete pressure. This should not have happened. Only after playing the tenth game in the competition, we have almost got the first-choice team. So there are not many complaints about the team’s performance in the competition. There is no need for much change in the team in the remaining games of the competition.’ Adding Anjan’s name to the list of goal scorers will be good for both the club and the players.

Even with the draw, Pokharel team Laligurans coach Kiran Shrestha was happy. He said, ‘Our team is completely new, except for one player, no one had experience playing in the ‘A’ division. So, we are proud of the way the team has been playing so far. Our performance so far has proven that even the Mofasal team can compete in Kathmandu, and we are happy about that.'' According to coach Shrestha, Laligurans will play more aggressively in the upcoming match, because this team is not under pressure like others. He also said that Laligurans will also play for the title. Coach Shrestha's further analysis was that Laligurans is capable of such a performance. The most encouraging achievement for the club is to remain undefeated after ten matches. Laligurans is the only other undefeated team after APF at the top. However, it may be a problem if many matches end in a draw. This is Laligurans' third consecutive draw. So far, the team has played 6 draws, which has brought the team's account to 20 points. NRT has 19 points from 10 games. This is the fourth draw in the team's last 5 games. In this case, a draw will be a concern for NRT and they will have to improve their performance in the upcoming games.

The result of the second game at the ANFA Complex was also the same as the first. Jawalakhel and Satdobato Youth Club played a 1-1 draw. In this too, Jawalakhel took the lead in the 22nd minute through a goal by Bubakar Sisikho and it was expected that the victory would be theirs. Jawalakhel had not been able to score a goal in the previous two games. But the script of the game changed when Jagjit Shrestha scored in the fifth minute of injury time of the second half.

Satdobato had also not been able to score a goal in its last two games. After this result, Jawalakhel has 10 points from 9 games. Jawalakhel's performance has not been the same since defeating Police. The team has managed to collect only one point in the last three matches. Satdobato Yuva also managed a disappointing 7 points from 9 matches. Satdobato has only one win to its credit so far and that was against Manang Marsyangdi.