The Premier League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Abahani Chittagong and Sheikh Russel are placed 4th and 10th respectively.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Abahani Chittagong form and stats
Abahani Chittagong's first Premier League home game here at M.A. Aziz Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat from 6 matches.
An away draw last time out for Abahani Chittagong, facing Saif in a game that ended 2-2. Ahead of that match, Abahani Chittagong lost 1-2 at home to Arambagh.
Opportunity lost for Abahani Chittagong in the Saif match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
At M.A. Aziz Stadium, Abahani Chittagong has the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Sheikh Russel form and stats
One match played away so far in the Premier League for Sheikh Russel and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss from 7 games.
Sheikh Russel might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Mohammedan Dhaka proved too strong as Sheikh Russel slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Sylhet District Stadium. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Rahmatgonj MFS that ended 0-0.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sheikh Russel has managed 0 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Abahani Chittagong six wins, two draws and Sheikh Russel two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 R. Onwrebe 19 goals |  M. Bah 6 goals |
Abahani Chittagong missing players
Sheikh Russel missing players
| Abahani Chittagong | Sheikh Russel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 6.3 | 12 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 4.3 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | 15 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 10 | 30 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| 45% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 12% |
- Abahani Chittagong has the most scored goals (5)
| Abahani Chittagong | Last season | Sheikh Russel | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 24 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 24 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Scored | S | 22 | 43 | ||
| 26 | 10 | Conceded | C | 11 | 20 | ||
| 83% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 67% | ||
| 29% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 50% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | ||
| 38% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | ||
| 29% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 46% | ||
| 50% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | ||
| 3.1 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.4 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 131 | 74 | Total Shots | T S | 121 | 235 | ||
| 48 | 29 | Shots on Target | S O | 65 | 115 | ||
| 29% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Saif | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Mohammedan Dhaka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Abahani | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Abahani Chittagong | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Bashundhara Kings | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Arambagh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Bangladesh Police | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Sheikh Jamal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Brothers Union | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Sheikh Russel | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 11 | Muktijoddha SKC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Rahmatgonj MFS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Baridhara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 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 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 25 | 43 |
| 2 | Abahani | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 23 | 39 |
| 3 | Sheikh Russel | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 33 |
| 4 | Saif | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Arambagh | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Abahani Chittagong | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 7 | Sheikh Jamal | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Muktijoddha SKC | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 9 | Rahmatgonj MFS | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -13 | 15 |
| 10 | Mohammedan Dhaka | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -13 | 13 |
| 11 | NoFeL Sporting Club | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -13 | 9 |
| 12 | Brothers Union | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -15 | 9 |
| 13 | Team BJMC | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -13 | 8 |