Can Baridhara beat Abahani Chittagong in Bir Shrestha Shaheed Mustafa Kamal Stadium clash?

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Competition: Bangladesh Premier League
Competition: Tue 03.August
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bir Shrestha Shaheed Mustafa Kamal Stadium

9th- against 5th place might not sound all that sexy. Here's the information that makes Baridhara - Abahani Chittagong (even) more interesting!

Insights:
  • Baridhara have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Premier League
  • Abahani Chittagong have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Premier League

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

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Baridhara form and stats

2-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Baridhara so far this season.

No payout for Baridhara in their previous match, an away game at Mohammedan Dhaka that ended in defeat 1-4. The penalty miss from S. Fozilov in the defeat against Mohammedan Dhaka was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.

Before that, Baridhara had a home game versus Rahmatgonj MFS which ended with a victory 2-1.

The manager M. Ali Manik will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Arambagh in only one day.

A decent goal production from Baridhara in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. Baridhara have conceded 19 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Abahani Chittagong form and stats

Abahani Chittagong have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 6-2-1 from 9 games. Abahani Chittagong are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.

It's the second away game in a row for Chittagong, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Bashundhara Kings (placed 1st) in the Premier League last time out.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Abahani.

After this away game Chittagong return home for a Premier League game against Rahmatgonj MFS. That game is only two sleeps after this.

Chittagong has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 9 games. It's not easy to score on Chittagong as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Abahani Chittagong - Baridhara 2-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Baridhara zero wins, three draws and Abahani Chittagong three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Abahani ChittagongN. Rocha Brizolara
N. Rocha Brizolara
9 goals
BaridharaS. Reza
S. Reza
6 goals
Abahani ChittagongR. Hossain
R. Hossain
6 goals

Baridhara missing players

Abahani Chittagong missing players

Baridhara Abahani Chittagong
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 3 9 18
3 2 1 Won W 3 6 9
6 4 0 Drew D 0 2 4
8 2 1 Lost L 0 1 5
26 14 3 Scored S 4 14 25
38 19 3 Conceded C 0 7 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
94% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 67% 61%
76% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 33%
41% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 22%
29% 38% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
76% 88% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 44%
6% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 56% 39%
18% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 17%
 
5.1 5.2 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 5.8 5.9
4.9 3.9 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 4.4 4.5
1.5 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.2 7 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.6 8.2
4.8 4.9 8.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4.4 4.1
27% 26% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 35% 34%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Abahani Chittagong have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Abahani Chittagong have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Premier League
  • Abahani Chittagong haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Baridhara's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Baridhara have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Baridhara have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Premier League
  • Baridhara haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 18 16 1 1 49 9 9 8 0 1 25 5 9 8 1 0 24 4 40 49
2 Sheikh Jamal 17 11 5 1 41 22 8 6 2 0 21 8 9 5 3 1 20 14 19 38
3 Abahani 18 10 6 2 41 21 10 5 3 2 18 15 8 5 3 0 23 6 20 36
4 Mohammedan Dhaka 18 9 5 4 27 19 9 6 1 2 15 7 9 3 4 2 12 12 8 32
5 Abahani Chittagong 18 9 4 5 25 19 9 3 2 4 11 12 9 6 2 1 14 7 6 31
6 Saif 18 9 2 7 35 29 10 5 1 4 21 15 8 4 1 3 14 14 6 29
7 Sheikh Russel 18 8 3 7 24 20 9 5 2 2 17 7 9 3 1 5 7 13 4 27
8 Bangladesh Police 17 4 6 7 19 28 8 1 5 2 11 14 9 3 1 5 8 14 -9 18
9 Baridhara 17 3 6 8 26 38 8 2 4 2 14 19 9 1 2 6 12 19 -12 15
10 Rahmatgonj MFS 18 3 6 9 15 28 9 2 3 4 7 15 9 1 3 5 8 13 -13 15
11 Muktijoddha SKC 17 3 5 9 13 25 8 1 3 4 5 10 9 2 2 5 8 15 -12 14
12 Brothers Union 17 1 3 13 15 39 9 1 1 7 9 21 8 0 2 6 6 18 -24 6
13 Arambagh 17 1 2 14 18 51 8 1 0 7 7 19 9 0 2 7 11 32 -33 5

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The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is the top level of football in this South Asian country. It was founded in 2007 as the B League, renamed Bangladesh League and then got its current name in 2012. It has 13 teams playing a season where each team play 26 fixtures to decide the final league table.