This promises to be another interesting encounter at Bangabandhu National Stadium in the Premier League. Abahani is in 2nd position and welcome Rahmatgonj MFS in 6th place. Read all about the match here!
It's no vacation for neither Abahani 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 local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Abahani form and stats
Abahani have only played one Premier League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat from 5 matches.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Mohammad Shahidul Alam not having conceded a league goal in 207 minutes.
Abahani enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Brothers Union's place. The match ended 2-0 with K. Belfort and Torres scoring. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Bangladesh Police in a game that was won 1-0.
Early season league goal statistics from Abahani's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.
Rahmatgonj MFS form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Premier League away game of the season. During their previous season 3 away games resulted in 1 win, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
There were no winners in Rahmatgonj MFS's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 0-0 vs Sheikh Russel (placed 5th). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Saif that ended 1-1.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Bashundhara Kings in just four days.
It's early days yet, but Rahmatgonj MFS has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Let's have a look at how Rahmatgonj MFS performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 2 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. In total they scored 6 and conceded 5 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 0 and lost 2 with 2/2 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Abahani victories, three draws and zero Rahmatgonj MFS wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Belfort 2 goals |  F. Rodrigues de Sousa Filho 1 goals |  L. Remi 1 goals |
Abahani missing players
Rahmatgonj MFS missing players
| Abahani | Rahmatgonj MFS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| Abahani | Last season | Rahmatgonj MFS | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 6 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 11 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | ||
| 83% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | ||
| 33% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | ||
| 33% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | ||
| 17% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 33% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | ||
| 50% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | ||
| 17% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.3 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 6.3 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 34% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 46% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Abahani | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Mohammedan Dhaka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Sheikh Jamal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Sheikh Russel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Rahmatgonj MFS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Saif | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Abahani Chittagong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Bangladesh Police | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Baridhara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Brothers Union | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 13 | Arambagh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 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 | Abahani | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Abahani Chittagong | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Sheikh Jamal | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Mohammedan Dhaka | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 5 | Saif | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Bashundhara Kings | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Rahmatgonj MFS | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Arambagh | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 9 | Bangladesh Police | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 10 | Sheikh Russel | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 11 | Brothers Union | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Baridhara | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 1 |
| 13 | Muktijoddha SKC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 1 |