It's early days in the Premier League and both Sheikh Russel and Mohammedan Dhaka are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
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.
Sheikh Russel form and stats
The hosts won their first Premier League game here at Sylhet District Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Sheikh Russel last season were 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss from 3 games.
Sheikh enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Rahmatgonj MFS's place. The match ended 1-0 with M. Abdullah scoring. Ahead of that match, Sheikh won a home game hosting Brothers Union (2-1).
The manager S. Bari Titu will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Abahani Chittagong in only four days.
Sheikh Russel has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Mohammedan Dhaka form and stats
Only one away game in the Premier League so far for Mohammedan Dhaka and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 victories, 0 draws and 2 losses from 5 travels.
A new game in only four days for Mohammedan, the Premier League home match versus Abahani. Busy days.
Mohammedan Dhaka have the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Sheikh victories, two draws and one Mohammedan Dhaka win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Abdullah 2 goals |  U. Nagata 1 goals | A. Sajib 1 goals |
Sheikh Russel missing players
Mohammedan Dhaka missing players
| Sheikh Russel | Mohammedan Dhaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 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% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 12.5 |
| 6.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 8.5 |
| 23% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 24% |
| Sheikh Russel | Last season | Mohammedan Dhaka | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 6 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 7 | ||
| 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 50% | ||
| 17% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 50% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 33% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 17% | ||
| 33% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 33% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 33% | ||
| 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 33% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.5 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 7.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.2 | ||
| 18% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 42% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Abahani | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Sheikh Jamal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Sheikh Russel | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Saif | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Mohammedan Dhaka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Abahani Chittagong | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Rahmatgonj MFS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Muktijoddha SKC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Bangladesh Police | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Baridhara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Brothers Union | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 13 | Arambagh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 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 | Abahani | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Abahani Chittagong | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Sheikh Jamal | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Mohammedan Dhaka | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 5 | Saif | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Bashundhara Kings | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Rahmatgonj MFS | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Arambagh | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 9 | Bangladesh Police | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 10 | Sheikh Russel | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 11 | Brothers Union | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Baridhara | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 1 |
| 13 | Muktijoddha SKC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 1 |