It's match week two of the Premier League season and important points to play for. Read our complete preview of Bangladesh Police-Abahani!
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.
Bangladesh Police form and stats
In the previous season, Bangladesh Police's league stats were 6 wins, 7 draws and 11 losses, results that produced 9th position in the Premier League. In these 24 matches they scored 26 goals and gave away 39. Appearing at home in the former season Bangladesh Police delivered 3-6-3 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 17 conceded.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 270 minutes without scoring a league goal. Jewel was the last player to find the net.
Bangladesh Police are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Saif.
The manager Cioabă will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sheikh Jamal in only four days.
Abahani form and stats
Let's have a look at how Abahani performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 8 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 65 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 1 with 36/12 goals scored/conceded.
Abahani go into this game after a win, the home game against Muktijoddha SKC that ended 1-0.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the former four meetings): Bangladesh won zero games, one match ended with a tie and Abahani have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / twoTop Goalscorers
  D. Gomes Nascimento 1 goals |
Bangladesh Police missing players
Abahani missing players
| Bangladesh Police | Abahani | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bangladesh Police | Last season | Abahani | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 24 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 24 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 26 | 16 | Scored | S | 36 | 65 | ||
| 39 | 17 | Conceded | C | 12 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 67% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 62% | ||
| 33% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 58% | ||
| 21% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 38% | ||
| 54% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 67% | ||
| 17% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 33% | ||
| 38% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 7 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 1 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.1 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 11.6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.9 | ||
| 37% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 42% | ||
| 9.1 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 8.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 Chittagong | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Sheikh Jamal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Swadhinata KS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Abahani | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Saif | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Bashundhara Kings | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Mohammedan Dhaka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Sheikh Russel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Rahmatgonj MFS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Bangladesh Police | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Muktijoddha SKC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Baridhara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -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 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 50 | 65 |
| 2 | Sheikh Jamal | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 53 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 25 | 52 |
| 3 | Abahani | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 65 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 36 | 47 |
| 4 | Saif | 24 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 48 | 37 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 44 |
| 5 | Abahani Chittagong | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 44 |
| 6 | Mohammedan Dhaka | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 43 |
| 7 | Sheikh Russel | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 36 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 36 |
| 8 | Rahmatgonj MFS | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | -8 | 25 |
| 9 | Bangladesh Police | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 25 |
| 10 | Muktijoddha SKC | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -16 | 19 |
| 11 | Baridhara | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -30 | 19 |
| 12 | Arambagh | 24 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 66 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 42 | -46 | 8 |
| 13 | Brothers Union | 24 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 25 | -35 | 7 |
