Abahani Chittagong and Abahani spectators can't wait for Premier League clash at Bangabandhu National Stadium

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Competition: Bangladesh Premier League
Competition: Sat 26.June
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bangabandhu National Stadium

Action is to be expected at Bangabandhu National Stadium when Abahani Chittagong face Abahani in what should be a great game. Here's all you need to know!

Insights:
  • Abahani Chittagong have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Premier League
  • Abahani have not yet lost a game away.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Abahani Chittagong form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Abahani Chittagong have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games.

Chittagong are returning here after visiting Sheikh Russel in a Premier League game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Nixon Guylherme and R. Hossain scored the goal(s).

Ahead of that match, Chittagong won a home game hosting Saif (5-2).

Chittagong are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Chittagong have conceded 10 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Abahani form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses in the Premier League.

It's the second away game in a row for Abahani, but there's smiles all around after the 6-0 victory versus Rahmatgonj MFS (placed 9th) in the Premier League last time out. As mentioned above, Abahani was the only team on the pitch versus Rahmatgonj MFS in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention K. Belfort's lethal finishing against Rahmatgonj MFS. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

Prior to that match, a home win 5-2 against Brothers Union.

The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Abahani alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (21 from 7 played). Abahani are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Abahani - Chittagong 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - five - four (Chittagong wins - draws - Abahani wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ChittagongN. Rocha Brizolara
N. Rocha Brizolara
9 goals
AbahaniK. Belfort
K. Belfort
9 goals
AbahaniF. Rodrigues de Sousa Filho
F. Rodrigues de Sousa Filho
7 goals

Abahani Chittagong missing players

Abahani missing players

Abahani Chittagong Abahani
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 0 7 15
8 3 0 Won W 0 4 9
4 2 0 Drew D 0 3 5
4 3 2 Lost L 0 0 1
23 11 1 Scored S 0 21 36
16 10 4 Conceded C 0 6 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
56% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 87%
31% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 71% 60%
25% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 71% 53%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 27%
44% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 60%
44% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 40%
12% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6.1 6.2 7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7.7 7.4
3.9 4.2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.7 3.8
1.3 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 0.8
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.2 8.6 7 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.7 11.1
4.1 3.6 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6 5.5
35% 38% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 43%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Abahani Chittagong have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Abahani Chittagong have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Premier League
  • Abahani Chittagong haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Abahani have not yet lost a game away.
  • Abahani have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Abahani have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Abahani have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Abahani have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Abahani haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Abahani's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

  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 15 14 1 0 45 6 7 7 0 0 22 2 8 7 1 0 23 4 39 43
2 Abahani 15 9 5 1 36 16 8 5 2 1 15 10 7 4 3 0 21 6 20 32
3 Sheikh Jamal 15 9 5 1 37 21 7 5 2 0 19 7 8 4 3 1 18 14 16 32
4 Abahani Chittagong 16 8 4 4 23 16 8 3 2 3 11 10 8 5 2 1 12 6 7 28
5 Mohammedan Dhaka 15 8 4 3 22 16 7 5 1 1 11 5 8 3 3 2 11 11 6 28
6 Saif 16 8 2 6 30 24 9 4 1 4 17 12 7 4 1 2 13 12 6 26
7 Sheikh Russel 16 8 2 6 24 18 8 5 2 1 17 5 8 3 0 5 7 13 6 26
8 Bangladesh Police 15 4 4 7 18 27 7 1 4 2 11 14 8 3 0 5 7 13 -9 16
9 Rahmatgonj MFS 15 3 5 7 12 23 8 2 2 4 6 14 7 1 3 3 6 9 -11 14
10 Baridhara 15 2 6 7 23 33 7 1 4 2 12 18 8 1 2 5 11 15 -10 12
11 Muktijoddha SKC 15 2 4 9 9 23 7 1 2 4 5 10 8 1 2 5 4 13 -14 10
12 Brothers Union 16 1 2 13 15 39 9 1 1 7 9 21 7 0 1 6 6 18 -24 5
13 Arambagh 16 1 2 13 15 47 8 1 0 7 7 19 8 0 2 6 8 28 -32 5

Read more about Premier League

The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is the top level of football in this South Asian country. It was founded in 2007 as the B League, renamed Bangladesh League and then got its current name in 2012. It has 13 teams playing a season where each team play 26 fixtures to decide the final league table.