It's only round two of the Premier League for these sides. and fresh bodies and minds here at Shahid Ahsan Ullah Master Stadium as Muktijoddha SKC receive Sheikh Jamal. Get smart with this preview!
The hosts Muktijoddha SKC saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier League. That game was an away game at Abahani, so at least Muktijoddha SKC are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Muktijoddha SKC form and stats
The previous season, Muktijoddha SKC's league stats were 4 wins, 7 draws and 13 losses, providing 10th spot in the Premier League. During these 24 matches they scored 18 goals and gave away 34. Playing as the home team in the former season Muktijoddha SKC delivered 2-4-6 (win-draw-lost) with 9 goals and 15 conceded.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 372 minutes without scoring a league goal. Kato was the last player to find the net.
No payout for Muktijoddha SKC in their previous match, an away game at Abahani that ended in defeat 0-1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Muktijoddha SKC as they are travelling to their away game against Bashundhara Kings in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.
Sheikh Jamal form and stats
Let's have a look at how Sheikh Jamal performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 7 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 53 and conceded 28 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 3 and lost 2 with 27/17 goals scored/conceded.
Sheikh are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the fixture against Baridhara (placed 12th).
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Bangladesh Police in just four days.
Head 2 Head
Muktijoddha SKC-Sheikh Jamal H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Muktijoddha SKC two wins, Sheikh Jamal seven wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Chinedu 1 goals | S. Sillah 1 goals |
Muktijoddha SKC missing players
Sheikh Jamal missing players
| Muktijoddha SKC | Sheikh Jamal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 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% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Muktijoddha SKC | Last season | Sheikh Jamal | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 24 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 24 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Scored | S | 27 | 53 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Conceded | C | 17 | 28 | ||
| 79% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 58% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 42% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | ||
| 21% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 46% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 25% | ||
| 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 67% | ||
| 33% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 29% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 6.1 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 7.9 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 6.5 | ||
| 31% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 38% | ||
| 7.6 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 9.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Abahani Chittagong | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Sheikh Jamal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Swadhinata KS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Abahani | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Saif | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Bashundhara Kings | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Mohammedan Dhaka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Sheikh Russel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Rahmatgonj MFS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Bangladesh Police | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Muktijoddha SKC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Baridhara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 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 |
