Premier League preview with statistics: Brothers Union welcomes Sheikh Russel

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Competition: Bangladesh Premier League
Competition: Fri 30.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Brothers Union languishing in the 12th position so far. The guesting Sheikh Russel will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Brothers Union have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Sheikh Russel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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Brothers Union form and stats

Brothers Union's struggle is real here with only 4 points collected from 6 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-4.

The fans are hoping that Brothers Union will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the Premier League game against Saif (placed 4th).

Brothers were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Brothers are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Abahani awaits in four days.

Brothers Union has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Brothers Union have conceded 12 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Sheikh Russel form and stats

Sheikh Russel have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-0-4 (6 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Sheikh, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Sheikh had fun at their own home last time out, beating Bangladesh Police 5-0. Giancarlo, S. Asrorov, M. Abdullah (2) and U. Moneke scored. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Baridhara wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

As mentioned above, Sheikh was the only team on the pitch versus Bangladesh Police in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.

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

Sheikh Russel have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 6 goals have been scored. Sheikh Russel have conceded 12 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Sheikh Russel - Brothers Union 2-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Brothers won two, Sheikh Russel won five and three draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sheikh RusselM. Abdullah
M. Abdullah
6 goals
Sheikh RusselU. Moneke
U. Moneke
5 goals

Brothers Union missing players

Sheikh Russel missing players

Brothers Union Sheikh Russel
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 1 6 12
1 1 0 Won W 0 2 6
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
9 4 1 Lost L 1 4 4
12 8 1 Scored S 1 6 20
25 12 2 Conceded C 2 12 15
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 75%
58% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 58%
42% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 33%
17% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 17%
50% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 50%
8% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 42%
50% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 8%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.8 1.1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5.3 6.8 3 Shots (avg) S ( 4 8.2 10
2 2.4 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 4.4
32% 25% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 32% 38%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • 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.
  • Sheikh Russel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sheikh Russel 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 12 11 1 0 32 5 6 6 0 0 20 2 6 5 1 0 12 3 27 34
2 Sheikh Jamal 12 7 5 0 31 16 6 4 2 0 17 6 6 3 3 0 14 10 15 26
3 Abahani 12 7 4 1 23 12 7 4 2 1 10 8 5 3 2 0 13 4 11 25
4 Saif 12 7 1 4 23 16 7 3 1 3 12 9 5 4 0 1 11 7 7 22
5 Sheikh Russel 12 6 2 4 20 15 6 4 2 0 14 3 6 2 0 4 6 12 5 20
6 Mohammedan Dhaka 12 5 4 3 17 14 5 3 1 1 8 4 7 2 3 2 9 10 3 19
7 Abahani Chittagong 12 5 4 3 14 11 6 2 2 2 5 5 6 3 2 1 9 6 3 19
8 Rahmatgonj MFS 12 3 4 5 12 14 6 2 1 3 6 8 6 1 3 2 6 6 -2 13
9 Bangladesh Police 12 3 3 6 14 22 6 1 3 2 9 12 6 2 0 4 5 10 -8 12
10 Baridhara 12 1 6 5 19 25 5 1 4 0 11 10 7 0 2 5 8 15 -6 9
11 Muktijoddha SKC 12 2 3 7 7 17 6 1 1 4 5 10 6 1 2 3 2 7 -10 9
12 Brothers Union 12 1 2 9 12 25 6 1 1 4 8 12 6 0 1 5 4 13 -13 5
13 Arambagh 12 0 1 11 11 43 6 0 0 6 4 17 6 0 1 5 7 26 -32 1

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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.