Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Bangladesh Police & Abahani face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Federation Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Bangladesh and Abahani.
Bangladesh Police form and stats
Last season their Federation Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Bangladesh Police have collected 1 point from their Premier League home games so far after 0-1-0.
Bangladesh Police are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 231 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Morillo).
In their previous game, the manager Cioabă led his Bangladesh to a defeat away at Sheikh Jamal. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Bir Shrestha Shaheed Mustafa Kamal Stadium.
Before that, Bangladesh Police drew at home versus Mohammedan Dhaka.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Abahani are coming to town in four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Bangladesh Police's 1 home game: {0 goals}, 0 conceded.
Abahani form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Abahani, as they won the Federation Cup.As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Abahani have produced an overall stat of 1-0-0 so far.
Abahani go into this game after a win, the home game against Muktijoddha SKC that ended 3-2. Late drama in the previous game, when Jibon scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Muktijoddha SKC.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Rahmatgonj MFS.Abahani have another match away from home in just four days, a Premier League fixture versus Bangladesh Police. A difficult calendar for the visiting team!
Abahani have the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Abahani have avoided a loss in the last 6 games (4-2-0) facing Bangladesh Police.Top Goalscorers
  D. Colindres Solera 2 goals |  J. Hernandez 1 goals | E. Morillo Jimenéz 1 goals |
Bangladesh Police missing players
Abahani missing players
| Bangladesh Police | Abahani | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Scored | S | 30 | 61 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Conceded | C | 24 | 38 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 92% | 84% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.6 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9.6 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 11.9 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 25% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 45% | ||
| 11.2 | 13.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 8.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3 | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Sheikh Russel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bangladesh Police | 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 | Abahani | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Sheikh Jamal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Bashundhara Kings | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Mohammedan Dhaka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Bangladesh Police | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Sheikh Russel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Rahmatgonj MFS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Fortis | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Abahani Chittagong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | AFC Uttara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 11 | Muktijoddha SKC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
