Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Bashundhara Kings & Abahani Chittagong face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Federation Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Bashundhara Kings nor Abahani Chittagong as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Bashundhara Kings form and stats
Bashundhara Kings was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Federation Cup.When playing at home in the Premier League, Bashundhara Kings have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games.
Bashundhara Kings enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Mohammedan Dhaka's place. The match ended 1-0. A late climax in the match against Mohammedan Dhaka as the winning goal came six minutes into overtime; scored by Nascimento.
Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Sheikh Russel in a game that was won 3-1.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Sheikh Jamal in only four days. This game is also played here at Comilla Stadium.
Bashundhara can score goals in their home matches. After 4 league matches they have found the net 9 times. Bashundhara Kings have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.
Abahani Chittagong form and stats
They also participated in Federation Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.The Premier League season is young and Abahani Chittagong have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far.
Chittagong delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Fortis in their previous match.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to AFC Uttara.The schedule is very tough for Abahani Chittagong now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Rahmatgonj MFS is waiting in only four days.
Abahani Chittagong have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Abahani Chittagong's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 8 goals in 3 travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Bashundhara won six games, one match ended with a draw and Abahani Chittagong have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Gomes Nascimento 6 goals |  I. Ojukwu 4 goals | R. Azevedo da Silva 3 goals |
Bashundhara Kings missing players
Abahani Chittagong missing players
| Bashundhara Kings | Abahani Chittagong | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 7 | 9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | ||
| 57 | 27 | Scored | S | 13 | 35 | ||
| 22 | 8 | Conceded | C | 22 | 49 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 3 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.2 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 43% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 36% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.5 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 | Bashundhara Kings | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 24 |
| 2 | Abahani | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | Bangladesh Police | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Sheikh Jamal | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Sheikh Russel | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Fortis | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 8 |
| 7 | Muktijoddha SKC | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 8 | Mohammedan Dhaka | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 9 | Rahmatgonj MFS | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 5 |
| 10 | Abahani Chittagong | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 4 |
| 11 | AFC Uttara | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | -11 | 1 |
