Home advantage could prove decisive in Abahani Chittagong - Rahmatgonj MFS battle

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Competition: Bangladesh Premier League
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Shahid Ahsan Ullah Master Stadium

It's a brand new Premier League campaign and Abahani Chittagong are yearning to get started here at Shahid Ahsan Ullah Master Stadium. Rahmatgonj MFS are guesting and this should be a fascinating season premiere.

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

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Abahani Chittagong and Rahmatgonj MFS.

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Abahani Chittagong form and stats

The season before, Abahani Chittagong's league statistics were 13 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses, leading to 5th spot in the Premier League. During these 24 matches they scored 38 goals and gave away 28. Appearing at their own stadium in the former season Abahani Chittagong managed 5-2-5 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 15 conceded.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Abahani Chittagong handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, zero draws and two defeats.

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Rahmatgonj MFS form and stats

Let's have a look at how Rahmatgonj MFS performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 7 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 23 and conceded 31 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 6 with 12/14 goals scored/conceded.

Rahmatgonj are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, three draws and one defeat. From a total of seven matches.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the previous ten meetings involving these two contenders are: six wins for Abahani Chittagong, one draw and three wins for Rahmatgonj MFS. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: nine games.

Top Goalscorers

Abahani ChittagongN. Rocha Brizolara
N. Rocha Brizolara
12 goals

Abahani Chittagong missing players

Rahmatgonj MFS missing players

Abahani Chittagong Rahmatgonj MFS
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 1
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
2 2 0 Scored S 0 1 1
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 2 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 2
2 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4 4 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 9
2 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3
100% 100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 33%
 
9 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 4 4
3 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 2
Abahani Chittagong Last season Rahmatgonj MFS
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
24 12   Played P   12 24
13 5   Won W   3 6
5 2   Drew D   3 7
6 5   Lost L   6 11
38 16   Scored S   12 23
28 15   Conceded C   14 31
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 88%
67% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 75%
42% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 38%
29% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   8% 12%
17% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 8%
50% 42%   BTTS BTTS   42% 38%
33% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 29%
17% 33%   Failed to Score F T   42% 46%
 
5.6 5.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 3.4
4.9 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 6.6
1.2 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.7 1
2 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
8 7.8   Shots (avg) S (   5.2 5.9
3.9 3.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 2.7
34% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 27%
 
7.5 7.5   Shots against (avg) S A   9.4 10.2
3.2 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 4.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sheikh Jamal 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Swadhinata KS 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
3 Abahani 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Saif 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Abahani Chittagong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Mohammedan Dhaka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Rahmatgonj MFS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sheikh Russel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Baridhara 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
10 Bashundhara Kings 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
11 Bangladesh Police 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 Muktijoddha SKC 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
Last season 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

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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.