National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bashundhara Kings or Mohammedan Dhaka that keep their silverware dream alive.
There have been limited time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Federation Cup match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Swadhinata KS, was also a home game here at Bir Shrestha Shaheed Mustafa Kamal Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Bashundhara Kings form and stats
Bashundhara Kings have been outstanding at home so far in the Premier League with 10 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss.
The Bashundhara fans got no joy from their last match, a Federation Cup game also here at Bir Shrestha Shaheed Mustafa Kamal Stadium: A 0-3 defeat against Swadhinata KS.
In the match before that, Bashundhara Kings hosted Abahani and drew the Premier League game 1-1.Bashundhara Kings are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Bir Shrestha Shaheed Mustafa Kamal Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 31 goals in 12 matches. Defensively Bashundhara have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (6 in 12 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Mohammedan Dhaka form and stats
They also participated in Federation Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.Home advantage was not enough for Mohammedan in their previous game, as they lost their Premier League-match, hosting Sheikh Jamal, 0-2.
Prior to that result Mohammedan Dhaka won their away game at Muktijoddha SKC in the Premier League. The scoreline was 2-0.Mohammedan have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. Mohammedan Dhaka have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Bashundhara-Mohammedan Dhaka H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Bashundhara Kings three wins, Mohammedan Dhaka one win, one draw. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Azevedo da Silva 21 goals | R. Becerra 16 goals |  S. Diabate 13 goals |
Bashundhara Kings missing players
Mohammedan Dhaka missing players
| Bashundhara Kings | Mohammedan Dhaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 58 | 30 | Scored | S | 19 | 38 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Conceded | C | 16 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.8 | 7.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.7 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 8.9 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.9 | ||
| 48% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 30% | ||
| 6.9 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.4 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Swadhinata KS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Mohammedan Dhaka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bashundhara Kings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bashundhara Kings | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 50 | 65 |
| 2 | Sheikh Jamal | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 53 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 25 | 52 |
| 3 | Abahani | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 65 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 36 | 47 |
| 4 | Saif | 24 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 48 | 37 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 44 |
| 5 | Abahani Chittagong | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 44 |
| 6 | Mohammedan Dhaka | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 43 |
| 7 | Sheikh Russel | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 36 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 36 |
| 8 | Rahmatgonj MFS | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | -8 | 25 |
| 9 | Bangladesh Police | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 25 |
| 10 | Muktijoddha SKC | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -16 | 19 |
| 11 | Baridhara | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -30 | 19 |
| 12 | Arambagh | 24 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 66 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 42 | -46 | 8 |
| 13 | Brothers Union | 24 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 25 | -35 | 7 |
