Premier League: Top level against subpar, at least according to the table. Abahani Chittagong - Rahmatgonj MFS. Home win as expected or a surprise result?
- Abahani Chittagong have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Premier League
- Rahmatgonj MFS have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
It's no vacation for neither Chittagong nor Rahmatgonj MFS as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Abahani Chittagong form and stats
4 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Abahani Chittagong have to build on here at Bangabandhu National Stadium in the Premier League. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.
Happy days for Chittagong in their previous game, a Premier League match away at Brothers Union (placed 12th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. The victory against Brothers Union came after K. Rabbi's winning goal. The Chittagong manager M. Haque was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 84th minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when K. Rabbi scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time.
Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Bangladesh Police.The manager M. Haque will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Mohammedan Dhaka in only three days.
A decent goal production from Chittagong in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 10 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Chittagong have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Rahmatgonj MFS form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Rahmatgonj MFS so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-5 (win-draw-lose).
The manager S. Golam Jilani was unhappy after their last game, a Premier League match played at their home ground Bangabandhu National Stadium. Rahmatgonj MFS suffered a 1-2 loss to Mohammedan Dhaka (placed 5th).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Brothers Union at their stadium, the result 2-0.After this away game Rahmatgonj MFS return home for a Premier League game against Muktijoddha SKC. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Rahmatgonj MFS have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Rahmatgonj have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Rahmatgonj MFS - Abahani Chittagong 0-2 was the product when these parties last played each other, also in this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Chittagong victories, one draw and three Rahmatgonj MFS wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Rocha Brizolara 12 goals | R. Hossain 8 goals |  L. Remi 8 goals |
Abahani Chittagong missing players
Rahmatgonj MFS missing players
| Abahani Chittagong | Rahmatgonj MFS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 35 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 18 |
| 24 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 67% | 60% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 80% |
| 43% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 40% |
| 29% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 19% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 52% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 45% |
| 33% | 20% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 14% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 45% |
| 5.9 | 6.1 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.2 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.1 | 6.7 |
| 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.2 | 8.8 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 5.5 | 6.1 |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 34% | 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 18% | 24% |
- Abahani Chittagong have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Premier League
- Abahani Chittagong haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rahmatgonj MFS have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
| 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 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 46 | 58 |
| 2 | Sheikh Jamal | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 48 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 42 |
| 3 | Abahani | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 51 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 24 | 40 |
| 4 | Abahani Chittagong | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 40 |
| 5 | Mohammedan Dhaka | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 39 |
| 6 | Saif | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 35 |
| 7 | Sheikh Russel | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | Bangladesh Police | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -10 | 22 |
| 9 | Rahmatgonj MFS | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -12 | 18 |
| 10 | Baridhara | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -17 | 16 |
| 11 | Muktijoddha SKC | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -17 | 15 |
| 12 | Brothers Union | 20 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -29 | 6 |
| 13 | Arambagh | 20 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 61 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 38 | -42 | 5 |