National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sheikh Russel or Baridhara that keep their silverware dream alive.
Sheikh Russel form and stats
Last season their Federation Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Sheikh Russel have collected 20 points from their Premier League home games so far after 6-2-4.
Sheikh's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Bashundhara Kings.
In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus Bangladesh Police with a 1-0 scoreline.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sheikh Russel as they are travelling to their away game against Abahani in the Federation Cup. That match is two days after this one.
Sheikh can score goals in their home matches. After 12 league matches they have found the net 24 times. 13 goals have been conceded.
Baridhara form and stats
Baridhara was sent out of Federation Cup in the quarter-finals last season.There's been little loot from Baridhara's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 12 away games in the Premier League. Baridhara only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws.
Home advantage was not enough for Baridhara in their previous game, as they lost their Premier League-match, hosting Abahani, 0-8. Baridhara lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-8 beating and focus on this one.
It was a Premier League defeat before that one as the away game against Sheikh Russel wasn't a success with a 1-5 loss.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Baridhara have scored 14 goals in 12 league games away. The Baridhara manager Ali Manik has some worries about the defense as 24 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: five - zero - three (Sheikh Russel wins - draws - Baridhara wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  U. Moneke 10 goals |  S. Reza 8 goals | M. Abdullah 6 goals |
Sheikh Russel missing players
Baridhara missing players
| Sheikh Russel | Baridhara | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 36 | 24 | Scored | S | 14 | 33 | ||
| 33 | 15 | Conceded | C | 25 | 64 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 72% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 12% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 5.1 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 0.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.8 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 25% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | ||
| 9.7 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Abahani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Baridhara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Sheikh Russel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
