Premier League: Abahani welcome Sheikh Russel in what should be an entertaining football match. Here's all the pre-match info you need!
- Abahani have scored in all their matches so far.
- Abahani have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sheikh Russel have scored away.
Abahani have less rest than Sheikh Russel in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Saif, so at least Abahani are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Abahani form and stats
Overall Premier League results playing at home this season for Abahani are 6-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager M. Guerreiro Lemos led his Abahani to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Saif. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Bangabandhu National Stadium.
Ahead of that match, Abahani won a home game hosting Arambagh (6-1).With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (24 in 11 games), Abahani's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Abahani have conceded 16 goals.
Sheikh Russel form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
Home advantage was not enough for Sheikh in their previous game, as they lost their Premier League-match, hosting Saif, 2-4. As you can tell from the result, the match against Saif was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Prior to that result Sheikh won their away game at Arambagh. The scoreline was 3-0.Sheikh have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 10 goals have been scored. 13 goals have been conceded by Sheikh in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These sides faced each other earlier on this match year: Sheikh Russel - Abahani 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Abahani five wins, three draws and Sheikh Russel two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Belfort 12 goals |  M. Rana 8 goals |  U. Moneke 8 goals |
Abahani missing players
Sheikh Russel missing players
| Abahani | Sheikh Russel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 51 | 24 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 29 |
| 27 | 16 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 13 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 90% | 82% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 70% |
| 62% | 55% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 57% | 45% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 20% | 25% |
| 33% | 36% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 10% | 15% |
| 67% | 73% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 30% | 35% |
| 33% | 27% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 45% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 25% |
| 7.3 | 7 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6.4 | 4.9 |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.8 | 12 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9.7 | 10.2 |
| 6 | 6.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 40% | 36% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 18% | 29% |
- Abahani have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sheikh Russel have scored away.
- Abahani have scored in all their matches so far.
- Abahani haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sheikh Russel have won significantly more corners away than at home.
| 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 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 37 |
| 5 | Mohammedan Dhaka | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 36 |
| 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 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -11 | 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 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -28 | 6 |
| 13 | Arambagh | 20 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 61 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 38 | -42 | 5 |