Soccer match preview: Sheikh Russel confident before travelling to Abahani Chittagong

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Competition: Bangladesh Premier League
Date: Tue 02.July
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bangabandhu National Stadium (36000 seats)

Abahani Chittagong will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 15 points behind Sheikh Russel.

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 Abahani Chittagong and Sheikh Russel.

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Abahani Chittagong form and stats

When playing at home, Abahani Chittagong have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games.

Abahani Chittagong's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Sheikh Russel. The home side are looking to build on that result. Preceding that game was the away draw at Brothers Union that finished 1-1.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Abahani Chittagong here at Bangabandhu National Stadium, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). From these home matches, Abahani Chittagong have conceded only 4 goals.

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Sheikh Russel form and stats

Sheikh Russel's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Sheikh Russel, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Premier League, collect 14 points from their 7 away matches. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

Two away games in a row for Sheikh Russel, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Abahani Chittagong in the Premier League. Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Saif.

Sheikh Russel find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures. It's not easy to score on Sheikh Russel as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Abahani Chittagong - Sheikh Russel 3-0 earlier this season. Abahani Chittagong-Sheikh Russel H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Abahani Chittagong 6 wins, Sheikh Russel 2 wins, 2 draws. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Abahani Chittagong missing players

Sheikh Russel missing players

Abahani Chittagong Sheikh Russel
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
18 8 0 Played 2 9 17
5 3 0 Won 1 5 11
7 3 0 Drew 1 2 3
6 2 0 Lost 0 2 3
18 8 0 Scored 1 12 25
17 5 0 Conceded 0 9 14
78% 62% 0% Over 0.5 50% 89% 88%
61% 38% 0% Over 1.5 0% 56% 65%
33% 38% 0% Over 2.5 0% 33% 41%
11% 12% 0% Over 3.5 0% 22% 18%
11% 12% 0% Over 4.5 0% 22% 12%
33% 25% 0% BTTS 0% 33% 29%
39% 62% 0% Clean Sheets 100% 44% 53%
50% 50% 0% Failed To Score 50% 33% 29%
 
3.2 3.3 0 Corners For (avg) 5 3.8 4.4
4.9 4.7 0 Corners Against (avg) 1 3.2 3.7
1 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0.7 1
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Abahani Chittagong have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Abahani Chittagong
All Premier League
All Home Away
16-05-19 PL Abahani Chittagong 1 - 2 Rahmatgonj MFS
21-05-19 PL Team BJMC 1 - 1 Abahani Chittagong
16-06-19 PL Abahani Chittagong 0 - 1 Arambagh
27-06-19 PL Brothers Union 1 - 1 Abahani Chittagong
02-07-19 PL Abahani Chittagong 3 - 0 Sheikh Russel
06-07-19 PL Mohammedan Dhaka 13:00 Abahani Chittagong
10-07-19 PL Abahani Chittagong 10:00 Saif
19-07-19 PL Sheikh Jamal 10:00 Abahani Chittagong
23-07-19 PL Abahani Chittagong 13:00 Abahani
26-07-19 PL Abahani Chittagong 10:00 NoFeL Sporting Club
Sheikh Russel
All AFC Cup Premier League
All Home Away
09-05-19 PL Sheikh Russel 2 - 1 Arambagh
16-05-19 PL Sheikh Russel 3 - 1 Brothers Union
16-06-19 PL Mohammedan Dhaka 2 - 4 Sheikh Russel
28-06-19 PL Sheikh Russel 0 - 3 Saif
02-07-19 PL Abahani Chittagong 3 - 0 Sheikh Russel
06-07-19 PL Sheikh Russel 13:00 Sheikh Jamal
11-07-19 PL Abahani 13:00 Sheikh Russel
15-07-19 PL NoFeL Sporting Club 10:00 Sheikh Russel
19-07-19 PL Sheikh Russel 13:00 Bashundhara Kings
22-07-19 PL Muktijoddha SKC 10:00 Sheikh Russel

  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

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