Both teams are in good shape, Abahani enjoying a 8 point advantage on Saif in the tables. Let's go!
- Saif have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Abahani have not yet lost a game away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Saif and Abahani.
Saif form and stats
5 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Saif have to build on here at Bangabandhu National Stadium in the Premier League. Two home wins in a row for Saif bring valid hopes of a third.
A strong away win for Saif against Sheikh Russel the last match, as K. Ikechukwu (2) and J. Okoli were on target. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Arambagh in a game that was won 4-3.Goals decide football matches and Saif are scoring many of them at home; 21 on target from 10 league matches. Saif have conceded 15 from these games.
Abahani form and stats
Abahani's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Abahani collect 19 points from their 9 away matches in the Premier League. 5 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats).
Abahani won their last game, 6-1 versus Arambagh played at home. As mentioned above, Abahani was the only team on the pitch versus Arambagh in their previous game, winning 6-1. This could be a tougher task. M. Rana certainly enjoyed Abahani's last game versus Arambagh, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 6-1 victory.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Sheikh Jamal.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sheikh Russel in just four days.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 25 goals in 9 league games away this season. Abahani are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Abahani - Saif 2-0. Statistics for the prior five meetings featuring these two parties are: one win for Saif, zero draws and four wins for Abahani. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  J. Okoli 15 goals |   K. Belfort 11 goals | K. Ikechukwu Ngwoke 7 goals |
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| Saif | Abahani | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 39 | 21 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 25 | 49 |
| 31 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 90% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 79% | 80% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 60% |
| 42% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 67% | 55% |
| 37% | 30% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 30% |
| 79% | 80% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 65% |
| 11% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 44% | 35% |
| 16% | 10% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.8 | 6.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 7.6 | 7.2 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.2 | 9 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 11.2 | 11.7 |
| 3.7 | 4.4 | 1.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| 51% | 48% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 49% | 42% |
- Abahani have not yet lost a game away.
- Abahani have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Abahani have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Abahani have scored in all their matches so far.
- Abahani haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Abahani's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Saif have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Saif haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 46 | 58 |
| 2 | Sheikh Jamal | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 48 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 42 |
| 3 | Abahani | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 49 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 25 | 40 |
| 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 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -17 | 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 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 61 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 38 | -42 | 5 |