Premier League preview and statistics: Abahani - Sheikh Jamal at Bangabandhu National Stadium

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Competition: Bangladesh Premier League
Date: Mon 29.July
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bangabandhu National Stadium (36000 seats)

2nd position in the Premier League table for Abahani so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 7th-placed Sheikh Jamal visits Bangabandhu National Stadium.

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 and Sheikh Jamal.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Abahani form and stats

Abahani, who have the most scored goals (39) in Premier League, have been very solid at home so far, with 21 points collected from 8 matches (7-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the league table. Ever since the Bashundhara Kings game Abahani has been unbeatable here at Bangabandhu National Stadium producing six straight wins.

Abahani's last game was hosting Sheikh Jamal and winning 4-1. Before that, Abahani played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Abahani Chittagong.

Abahani are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found seven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W5-D1-L1.

Goals decide football matches and Abahani are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 8 matches. Defensively Abahani have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game (4 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sheikh Jamal form and stats

3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Sheikh Jamal playing as the away team this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Sheikh Jamal's last three away games as they have all been lost.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Sheikh Jamal, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-4 versus Abahani. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Abahani Chittagong.

You'll want to know how Sheikh Jamal managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in 0 away wins, 0 draws and 1 home win.

Sheikh Jamal are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games. Sheikh Jamal are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Abahani and Sheikh Jamal have met before this season: Abahani - Sheikh Jamal 4-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Abahani 5 wins, 2 draws and Sheikh Jamal 3 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Nwadialu
19 goals / 4 assists
N. Newaj Jibon
15 goals / 6 assists
S. Kanform
8 goals / 3 assists

Abahani missing players

Sheikh Jamal missing players

Abahani Sheikh Jamal
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
24 12 3 Played 3 12 23
19 11 3 Won 0 4 7
1 0 0 Drew 0 3 6
4 1 0 Lost 3 5 10
60 31 7 Scored 4 14 29
28 6 0 Conceded 8 16 35
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 83% 87%
88% 75% 100% Over 1.5 100% 67% 74%
71% 58% 33% Over 2.5 100% 50% 52%
46% 33% 0% Over 3.5 67% 33% 30%
29% 25% 0% Over 4.5 33% 17% 17%
50% 33% 0% BTTS 100% 42% 48%
33% 58% 100% Clean Sheets 0% 50% 39%
17% 8% 0% Failed To Score 0% 25% 26%
 
5.7 4.9 5.5 Corners For (avg) 3 3.8 4.4
3.2 3.2 2 Corners Against (avg) 3.5 4.9 4.5
1.1 1.6 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 0.8 1.1
1 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Abahani have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Abahani have scored more than double the goals of Sheikh Jamal.
  • Abahani haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Abahani
01-07-19 PL Team BJMC 1 - 2 Abahani
05-07-19 PL Abahani 3 - 0 Arambagh
08-07-19 PL Brothers Union 3 - 5 Abahani
11-07-19 PL Abahani 1 - 0 Sheikh Russel
16-07-19 PL Mohammedan Dhaka 4 - 0 Abahani
20-07-19 PL Abahani 4 - 1 Saif
24-07-19 PL Abahani Chittagong 2 - 2 Abahani
29-07-19 PL Abahani 4 - 1 Sheikh Jamal
21-08-19 AFC Abahani 12:45 April 25
28-08-19 AFC April 25 09:00 Abahani
Sheikh Jamal
22-05-19 PL Rahmatgonj MFS 0 - 4 Sheikh Jamal
15-06-19 PL Sheikh Jamal 1 - 2 Team BJMC
27-06-19 PL Arambagh 0 - 1 Sheikh Jamal
02-07-19 PL Sheikh Jamal 2 - 5 Brothers Union
06-07-19 PL Sheikh Russel 2 - 1 Sheikh Jamal
10-07-19 PL Sheikh Jamal 2 - 1 Mohammedan Dhaka
15-07-19 PL Saif 3 - 2 Sheikh Jamal
20-07-19 PL Sheikh Jamal 2 - 0 Abahani Chittagong
29-07-19 PL Abahani 4 - 1 Sheikh Jamal
01-08-19 PL Sheikh Jamal 10:00 NoFeL Sporting Club

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D 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