Bashundhara Kings vs Abahani Chittagong: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Bangladesh Premier League
Competition: Sun 18.July
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bangabandhu National Stadium

The home side Bashundhara Kings should be the favourites in this game, but Abahani Chittagong have shown both skill and courage. Read more about the game!

Insights:
  • Bashundhara Kings have the most scored goals (48) in Premier League
  • Abahani Chittagong have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Premier League

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Bashundhara Kings form and stats

Bashundhara Kings have been very solid at home in the Premier League so far, with 24 points collected from 8 matches (8-0-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Bashundhara has won nine games in a row. The Sheikh Jamal match was the last time out without a victory.

Bashundhara enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Mohammedan Dhaka's place. The match ended 1-0 with R. Becerra scoring. Bashundhara Kings made it very difficult for themselves, when Y. Khan got a red card in the 76th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Bashundhara Kings won the match 1-0! Some amazing scenes last match, when R. Becerra scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time.

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

Bashundhara are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (24 goals in 8 games). As for guarding their own goal, Bashundhara Kings have only let in 3 goals at home.

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Abahani Chittagong form and stats

Abahani Chittagong's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Abahani Chittagong collect 17 points from their 8 away matches in the Premier League. 5 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Sheikh Jamal game have they lost an away game, meaning Chittagong has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

The manager M. Haque was unhappy after their last game, a Premier League match played at their home ground Bangabandhu National Stadium. Chittagong suffered a 0-2 loss to Abahani (placed 2nd).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sheikh Russel at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Chittagong are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 8 away games so far. Chittagong are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Abahani Chittagong - Bashundhara 0-1 entered in the official records. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Bashundhara victories, one draw and one Abahani Chittagong win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BashundharaR. Azevedo da Silva
R. Azevedo da Silva
16 goals
Bashundhara KingsR. Becerra
R. Becerra
15 goals
Abahani ChittagongN. Rocha Brizolara
N. Rocha Brizolara
9 goals

Bashundhara Kings missing players

Abahani Chittagong missing players

Bashundhara Kings Abahani Chittagong
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 8 17
16 8 2 Won W 0 5 8
1 0 0 Drew D 1 2 4
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 5
48 24 6 Scored S 2 12 23
7 3 0 Conceded C 3 6 18
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 59%
65% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 25% 29%
35% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 24%
29% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
41% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 38% 41%
59% 62% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 62% 41%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 18%
 
4.9 5.8 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 6 6.1
3.9 3 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.5 4.1
1.4 1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.6 10.9 12 Shots (avg) S ( 10 7.8 8.3
5.6 5.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.5 4.1
51% 52% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 33% 33%
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 (10) in Premier League
  • Abahani Chittagong haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Bashundhara Kings have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Bashundhara Kings have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Bashundhara Kings have scored more than double the goals of Abahani Chittagong.
  • Bashundhara Kings have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Premier League
  • Bashundhara Kings have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Premier League
  • Bashundhara Kings have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Premier League
  • Bashundhara Kings have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Premier League
  • Bashundhara Kings have the most clean sheets (10) in Premier League
  • Bashundhara Kings have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Premier League
  • Bashundhara Kings have the most points (24) at home in Premier League
  • Bashundhara Kings have the most scored goals (24) at home in Premier League
  • Bashundhara Kings have the most scored goals (48) in Premier League
  • Bashundhara Kings have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Premier League
  • Bashundhara Kings have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in Premier League
  • Bashundhara Kings have the the best goal difference (+21) at home in Premier League
  • Bashundhara Kings have the the best goal difference (+41) in Premier League
  • Bashundhara Kings have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Bashundhara Kings haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Bashundhara Kings is in the best form (6-0-0)

  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 17 16 1 0 48 7 8 8 0 0 24 3 9 8 1 0 24 4 41 49
2 Abahani 17 10 6 1 39 17 9 5 3 1 16 11 8 5 3 0 23 6 22 36
3 Sheikh Jamal 16 10 5 1 39 22 8 6 2 0 21 8 8 4 3 1 18 14 17 35
4 Mohammedan Dhaka 17 8 5 4 23 18 8 5 1 2 11 6 9 3 4 2 12 12 5 29
5 Abahani Chittagong 17 8 4 5 23 18 9 3 2 4 11 12 8 5 2 1 12 6 5 28
6 Sheikh Russel 17 8 3 6 24 18 8 5 2 1 17 5 9 3 1 5 7 13 6 27
7 Saif 17 8 2 7 31 26 9 4 1 4 17 12 8 4 1 3 14 14 5 26
8 Bangladesh Police 16 4 5 7 18 27 8 1 5 2 11 14 8 3 0 5 7 13 -9 17
9 Baridhara 16 3 6 7 25 34 8 2 4 2 14 19 8 1 2 5 11 15 -9 15
10 Rahmatgonj MFS 17 3 5 9 14 27 8 2 2 4 6 14 9 1 3 5 8 13 -13 14
11 Muktijoddha SKC 16 2 5 9 9 23 8 1 3 4 5 10 8 1 2 5 4 13 -14 11
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 16 1 2 13 15 47 8 1 0 7 7 19 8 0 2 6 8 28 -32 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.