Struggling Brothers Union will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Abahani Chittagong in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Brothers Union is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Abahani Chittagong have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Premier League
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.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Brothers Union form and stats
With 1 Premier League win, 1 draw and 8 defeats from their home games, Brothers Union are certainly not brimming with confidence. It's been an uphill battle for Brothers Union in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Arambagh game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.
Brothers haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 414 minutes ago. F. Hasanboev scored that one.
Brothers lost their last game at Mohammedan Dhaka (placed 5th) after a 0-2 scoreline.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Rahmatgonj MFS (0-2).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Brothers Union as they are travelling to their away game against Muktijoddha SKC in the Premier League. That match is three days after this one.
Brothers Union aren't scoring a lot here at Bangabandhu National Stadium in the league, with only 9 goals from 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Brothers with 23 goals conceded in these matches.
Abahani Chittagong form and stats
Abahani Chittagong have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 7-2-1 from 10 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Sheikh Jamal game have they lost an away game, meaning Chittagong has taken points from nine away matches in a row.
Chittagong had fun at their own home (Bangabandhu National Stadium) last time out, beating Bangladesh Police 4-1. Nixon Guylherme, M. Chinedu, Rakib Hossain and J. Brossou scored.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Baridhara at their stadium, the result 4-3.After this away game Abahani Chittagong return home for a Premier League game against Rahmatgonj MFS. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Chittagong's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 10 league matches away. Chittagong have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Abahani Chittagong - Brothers Union 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - one - eight (Brothers wins - draws - Abahani Chittagong wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Rocha Brizolara 12 goals | R. Hossain 8 goals | M. Chinedu 5 goals |
Brothers Union missing players
Abahani Chittagong missing players
| Brothers Union | Abahani Chittagong | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 18 | 33 |
| 43 | 23 | 10 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| 89% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 70% | 65% |
| 53% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 40% | 40% |
| 37% | 40% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 30% |
| 21% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | 20% |
| 42% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 50% |
| 11% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 50% | 35% |
| 58% | 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
| 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4.9 | 5.4 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.6 | 8.2 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| 32% | 25% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 35% | 34% |
- Abahani Chittagong have created more than twice as many corners as Brothers Union.
- Abahani Chittagong have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Abahani Chittagong have scored more than double the goals of Brothers Union.
- Abahani Chittagong have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Premier League
- Abahani Chittagong haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Brothers Union have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Brothers Union have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Brothers Union have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Brothers Union have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League
- Brothers Union have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Premier League
- Brothers Union have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Brothers Union is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 45 | 55 |
| 2 | Abahani | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 49 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 25 | 40 |
| 3 | Sheikh Jamal | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 39 |
| 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 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 39 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 32 |
| 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 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -12 | 19 |
| 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 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -13 | 16 |
| 11 | Muktijoddha SKC | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -15 | 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 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 19 | 60 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 38 | -41 | 5 |