National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Abahani Chittagong or Muktijoddha SKC that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Abahani Chittagong form and stats
Last season their Federation Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.When playing at home in the Premier League, Abahani Chittagong have managed 0 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 1 games.
The Abahani Chittagong crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-4 to Sheikh Russel here at Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium. A goal frenzy last time out for Chittagong, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Sheikh Russel. Fun stuff to watch!
Ahead of that match, Abahani Chittagong won a home game hosting Bangladesh Police (3-2).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Chittagong as they are travelling to their away game against Mohammedan Dhaka in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Abahani Chittagong's 1 home game: {2 goals}, 4 conceded.
Muktijoddha SKC form and stats
They also participated in Federation Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.Muktijoddha SKC might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Sheikh Jamal proved too strong as Muktijoddha SKC slumped to a 2-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium. Late heartbreak for Muktijoddha SKC in the Sheikh Jamal match, as the deciding 2-3 goal came deep into overtime.
A 0-2 defeat away at Mohammedan Dhaka before that.Muktijoddha have another match that requires travelling in just three days, a Premier League match against Abahani. A rough schedule for them!
Head 2 Head
Abahani Chittagong have pulled off a streak of 6 consecutive games without losing (5-1-0) when facing Muktijoddha SKC.Top Goalscorers
  S. Otani 1 goals |
Abahani Chittagong missing players
Muktijoddha SKC missing players
| Abahani Chittagong | Muktijoddha SKC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Lost | L | 8 | 16 | ||
| 43 | 24 | Scored | S | 12 | 29 | ||
| 50 | 27 | Conceded | C | 21 | 50 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 84% | 85% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.2 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9.8 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 9.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 43% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 30% | ||
| 12.2 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.1 | 13.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 6.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Abahani Chittagong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Muktijoddha SKC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bashundhara Kings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Fortis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 Russel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Bashundhara Kings | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Mohammedan Dhaka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Bangladesh Police | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Sheikh Jamal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Muktijoddha SKC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 5 | Abahani Chittagong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 5 | Rahmatgonj MFS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Fortis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 7 | Abahani | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | AFC Uttara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
