This fixture has been long awaited by supporters of both contenders, as it's the first Premier League fixture of the season. Both Mohammedan Dhaka and Sheikh Russel are looking for a good start to their league season.
It's no vacation for neither Mohammedan Dhaka nor Sheikh Russel as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Mohammedan Dhaka form and stats
Last season, Mohammedan Dhaka's league stats were 12 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses, ending with 6th spot in the Premier League. In these 24 matches they scored 36 goals and conceded 25. Playing at home in the last season Mohammedan Dhaka produced 7-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 11 conceded.
This is expected to be a close game, with Mohammedan Dhaka perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Mohammedan Dhaka as a small favourite), we find five games. Mohammedan Dhaka has won two of these, drawn two and lost one.
Sheikh Russel form and stats
Let's have a look at how Sheikh Russel performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 3 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 36 and conceded 31 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 1 and lost 6 with 12/18 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Mohammedan victories, four draws and four Sheikh Russel wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() S. Diabate 13 goals | ![]() U. Moneke 10 goals | ![]() M. Abdullah 6 goals |
Mohammedan Dhaka missing players
Sheikh Russel missing players
| Mohammedan Dhaka | Sheikh Russel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 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% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | 19 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Mohammedan Dhaka | Last season | Sheikh Russel | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 24 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 24 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 36 | 19 | Scored | S | 12 | 36 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 18 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | ||
| 42% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | ||
| 17% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 29% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 21% | ||
| 58% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | ||
| 29% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 42% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | ||
| 7.5 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.8 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 9.9 | ||
| 5 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 29% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 27% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheikh Jamal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Swadhinata KS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Abahani | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Saif | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Abahani Chittagong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Mohammedan Dhaka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Rahmatgonj MFS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Sheikh Russel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Baridhara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Bashundhara Kings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Bangladesh Police | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Muktijoddha SKC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 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 |