Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Abahani welcomes Arambagh

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Competition: Bangladesh Premier League
Date: Fri 05.July
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bangabandhu National Stadium (36000 seats)

Abahani have performed better than Arambagh so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

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.

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Abahani form and stats

Abahani, who have the most scored goals (39) in Premier League, have been outstanding at home so far with 7 wins, 0 draws and only 1 loss. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Abahani has won six games in a row. The Bashundhara Kings match was the last time out without a victory. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Abahani, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

The Abahani supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Arambagh in Premier League and win 3-0. In the game before, an away victory match versus Team BJMC with a 2-1 scoreline.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Abahani home games with this odds we find five games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.

Goals decide football matches and Abahani are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 8 matches. Abahani have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.

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Arambagh form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Arambagh so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose).

Arambagh play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Abahani. A 0-1 loss hosting Sheikh Jamal before that.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Arambagh played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 2 times.

The attacking power of Arambagh when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored in 6 matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Arambagh have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Abahani - Arambagh 3-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 9 wins for Abahani, 1 draw and 0 wins for Arambagh. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.

Top Goalscorers

S. Nwadialu
14 goals / 3 assists
N. Newaj Jibon
11 goals / 6 assists

Abahani missing players

Arambagh missing players

Abahani Arambagh
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played 3 8 18
15 8 2 Won 1 2 7
0 0 0 Drew 0 1 2
3 1 0 Lost 2 5 9
44 22 4 Scored 4 6 19
17 4 0 Conceded 5 12 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 78% 100% Over 1.5 67% 62% 61%
67% 56% 0% Over 2.5 67% 38% 39%
33% 22% 0% Over 3.5 33% 12% 11%
22% 11% 0% Over 4.5 33% 12% 11%
44% 22% 0% BTTS 67% 38% 44%
39% 67% 100% Clean Sheets 33% 25% 22%
17% 11% 0% Failed To Score 0% 38% 33%
 
6.1 5.3 5 Corners For (avg) 0 3.7 4
2.9 2.8 2 Corners Against (avg) 0 3.7 3.9
1.3 1.8 3 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1.3 1.4
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Abahani have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Abahani have scored more than double the goals of Arambagh.
  • Abahani have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Abahani haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Arambagh haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Abahani
15-06-19 PL Abahani 5 - 2 Rahmatgonj MFS
19-06-19 AFC Abahani 5 - 0 Manang Marshyangdi
26-06-19 AFC Minerva Punjab 0 - 1 Abahani
01-07-19 PL Team BJMC 1 - 2 Abahani
05-07-19 PL Abahani 3 - 0 Arambagh
08-07-19 PL Brothers Union 13:00 Abahani
11-07-19 PL Abahani 13:00 Sheikh Russel
15-07-19 PL Mohammedan Dhaka 13:00 Abahani
19-07-19 PL Abahani 13:00 Saif
23-07-19 PL Abahani Chittagong 13:00 Abahani
Arambagh
18-05-19 PL Mohammedan Dhaka 1 - 0 Arambagh
22-05-19 PL Arambagh 1 - 1 Saif
16-06-19 PL Abahani Chittagong 0 - 1 Arambagh
27-06-19 PL Arambagh 0 - 1 Sheikh Jamal
05-07-19 PL Abahani 3 - 0 Arambagh
08-07-19 PL NoFeL Sporting Club 10:00 Arambagh
11-07-19 PL Arambagh 10:00 Bashundhara Kings
15-07-19 PL Muktijoddha SKC 10:00 Arambagh
19-07-19 PL Arambagh 10:00 Rahmatgonj MFS
23-07-19 PL Team BJMC 10:00 Arambagh

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Bashundhara Kings 15 14 1 0 33 8 8 8 0 0 19 5 7 6 1 0 14 3 25 43
2 Abahani 16 13 0 3 39 16 8 7 0 1 19 4 8 6 0 2 20 12 23 39
3 Sheikh Russel 14 10 3 1 21 6 7 6 1 0 13 2 7 4 2 1 8 4 15 33
4 Saif 15 9 3 3 23 13 7 3 2 2 8 6 8 6 1 1 15 7 10 30
5 Arambagh 15 6 2 7 18 17 9 5 1 3 13 8 6 1 1 4 5 9 1 20
6 Abahani Chittagong 15 4 6 5 14 15 6 2 3 1 5 4 9 2 3 4 9 11 -1 18
7 Sheikh Jamal 16 4 6 6 18 20 8 1 3 4 9 13 8 3 3 2 9 7 -2 18
8 Muktijoddha SKC 15 4 4 7 18 22 8 3 1 4 12 14 7 1 3 3 6 8 -4 16
9 Rahmatgonj MFS 16 3 6 7 18 31 9 1 4 4 10 20 7 2 2 3 8 11 -13 15
10 Mohammedan Dhaka 15 3 4 8 14 27 6 2 1 3 6 9 9 1 3 5 8 18 -13 13
11 NoFeL Sporting Club 14 2 3 9 7 20 8 2 2 4 4 10 6 0 1 5 3 10 -13 9
12 Brothers Union 14 2 3 9 11 26 6 0 2 4 6 11 8 2 1 5 5 15 -15 9
13 Team BJMC 16 1 5 10 6 19 8 0 3 5 2 8 8 1 2 5 4 11 -13 8