Football betting preview: Abahani Chittagong vs Saif

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Competition: Bangladesh Premier League
Competition: Sat 08.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bangabandhu National Stadium

Abahani Chittagong and Saif have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Premier League.

Insights:
  • Abahani Chittagong haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Abahani Chittagong form and stats

2-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Abahani Chittagong so far this season.

A good away victory last time out for Chittagong, who won 1-0 against Arambagh (placed 13th). Before that game, the home loss against Sheikh Jamal with the scoreline 1-3.

There will be little rest for Chittagong after this match as they are travelling to Sheikh Russel for a Premier League game in only three days.

Chittagong have scored 6 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Chittagong's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Saif form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Premier League.

The manager P. Put was unhappy after their last game, a Premier League match played at their home ground Mymensingh Stadium. Saif suffered a 1-2 loss to Mohammedan Dhaka (placed 5th). Before that, Saif travelled to Rahmatgonj MFS and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

A quick return to home after this game, as Saif are hosting Muktijoddha SKC in the Premier League only three days away.

The travelling fans enjoy Saif's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 league matches away. As opposed to that, Saif have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Abahani Chittagong and Saif have met before this season: Saif - Chittagong 0-1. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's one Chittagong victory, four draws and one Saif win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SaifJ. Okoli
J. Okoli
9 goals
Abahani ChittagongN. Rocha Brizolara
N. Rocha Brizolara
7 goals
SaifK. Ikechukwu Ngwoke
K. Ikechukwu Ngwoke
4 goals

Abahani Chittagong missing players

Saif missing players

Abahani Chittagong Saif
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 2 6 14
6 2 0 Won W 1 4 7
4 2 1 Drew D 1 1 2
4 3 0 Lost L 0 1 5
16 6 1 Scored S 2 11 24
14 8 1 Conceded C 1 7 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 83% 93%
50% 43% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 83% 86%
29% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 71%
21% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 29%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 21%
43% 43% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 71%
43% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 17% 14%
14% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.9 8.1 7 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6.8 8.1
4 3.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.8 3.3
29% 26% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 57% 49%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Abahani Chittagong haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 14 13 1 0 40 5 7 7 0 0 22 2 7 6 1 0 18 3 35 40
2 Sheikh Jamal 14 9 5 0 36 18 7 5 2 0 19 7 7 4 3 0 17 11 18 32
3 Abahani 14 8 5 1 30 16 8 5 2 1 15 10 6 3 3 0 15 6 14 29
4 Sheikh Russel 14 8 2 4 24 15 7 5 2 0 17 3 7 3 0 4 7 12 9 26
5 Mohammedan Dhaka 14 7 4 3 21 16 6 4 1 1 10 5 8 3 3 2 11 11 5 25
6 Saif 14 7 2 5 24 18 8 3 1 4 13 11 6 4 1 1 11 7 6 23
7 Abahani Chittagong 14 6 4 4 16 14 7 2 2 3 6 8 7 4 2 1 10 6 2 22
8 Rahmatgonj MFS 14 3 5 6 12 17 7 2 2 3 6 8 7 1 3 3 6 9 -5 14
9 Bangladesh Police 14 3 4 7 16 26 7 1 4 2 11 14 7 2 0 5 5 12 -10 13
10 Muktijoddha SKC 13 2 3 8 8 19 6 1 1 4 5 10 7 1 2 4 3 9 -11 9
11 Baridhara 13 1 6 6 19 31 6 1 4 1 11 16 7 0 2 5 8 15 -12 9
12 Brothers Union 14 1 2 11 14 31 7 1 1 5 8 13 7 0 1 6 6 18 -17 5
13 Arambagh 14 0 1 13 12 46 7 0 0 7 4 18 7 0 1 6 8 28 -34 1

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.