Premier League fixture tips and preview for the Abahani vs Sheikh Jamal meet

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Competition: Bangladesh Premier League
Competition: Tue 19.July
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Comilla Stadium

Tension and suspense is likely at Comilla Stadium when Abahani face Sheikh Jamal in what looks to be a brilliant game. Check our preview!

Insights:
  • Abahani have the most points from losing position (14) in Premier League
  • Sheikh Jamal have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premier League

This is a local derby, usually meaning increased stress and importance.

This looks to be an entertaining match with lots of fun and bustle as both sides are well revitalized since they last played a game. Get ready!

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Abahani form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Comilla Stadium as Abahani have scored 23 goals to get 23 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 7-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Abahani's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-1 versus Swadhinata KS (placed 12th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Dori has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in four games in a row. Badass!

Heartbreak before that as Abahani lost 2-4 at Saif's place.

Lots of goals? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 10 most recent league games with this team has seen at least three goals.

The Abahani manager Lemos has got the team scoring with 23 from 10 home games in the league. Abahani have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Sheikh Jamal form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Sheikh Jamal have produced an overall stat of 4-3-3 so far.

Sheikh Jamal's last game was the home draw against Saif (2-2).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Abahani Chittagong with the score of 2-0.

As for defending, Sheikh Jamal rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sheikh Jamal - Abahani 0-0 was the story when these squads previously met, also in this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Abahani five wins, five draws and Sheikh Jamal zero victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AbahaniD. Gomes Nascimento
D. Gomes Nascimento
14 goals
AbahaniD. Colindres Solera
D. Colindres Solera
9 goals
Sheikh JamalS. Kanform
S. Kanform
7 goals

Abahani missing players

Sheikh Jamal missing players

Abahani Sheikh Jamal
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 10 2 Played P 2 10 19
12 7 1 Won W 0 4 9
5 2 1 Drew D 2 3 7
2 1 0 Lost L 0 3 3
43 23 4 Scored S 5 20 31
26 11 3 Conceded C 5 16 22
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
84% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 74%
68% 70% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 70% 58%
47% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 60% 37%
37% 30% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 11%
79% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 58%
21% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 37%
5% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 16%
 
5.7 5.1 3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.2 4.4
3.3 4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.2 4.2
2 2.4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.2 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.3 10.8 12 Shots (avg) S ( 10 13 11.2
5.6 4.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.5 4.6
39% 44% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 39% 36%
 
8.5 7.8 14 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.6 11
2.8 2.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.6 4.7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Abahani have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Abahani have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Abahani have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Abahani have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Premier League
  • Abahani have the most points from losing position (14) in Premier League
  • Abahani haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sheikh Jamal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sheikh Jamal have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premier League
  • Sheikh Jamal haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 19 15 3 1 46 18 10 8 1 1 31 12 9 7 2 0 15 6 28 48
2 Abahani 19 12 5 2 43 26 10 7 2 1 23 11 9 5 3 1 20 15 17 41
3 Saif 19 10 4 5 49 32 9 4 2 3 18 14 10 6 2 2 31 18 17 34
4 Sheikh Jamal 19 9 7 3 31 22 9 5 4 0 11 6 10 4 3 3 20 16 9 34
5 Mohammedan Dhaka 19 7 8 4 30 23 10 4 4 2 19 16 9 3 4 2 11 7 7 29
6 Bangladesh Police 19 8 5 6 24 24 10 4 3 3 14 16 9 4 2 3 10 8 0 29
7 Abahani Chittagong 19 7 5 7 33 37 10 4 1 5 18 19 9 3 4 2 15 18 -4 26
8 Sheikh Russel 19 5 7 7 24 27 10 3 3 4 14 16 9 2 4 3 10 11 -3 22
9 Rahmatgonj MFS 19 3 6 10 26 35 10 2 3 5 18 20 9 1 3 5 8 15 -9 15
10 Baridhara 19 3 4 12 20 44 8 1 4 3 5 9 11 2 0 9 15 35 -24 13
11 Muktijoddha SKC 19 3 3 13 21 38 9 1 2 6 12 21 10 2 1 7 9 17 -17 12
12 Swadhinata KS 19 2 3 14 18 39 9 0 1 8 4 18 10 2 2 6 14 21 -21 9

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The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is the top level of football in this South Asian country. It was founded in 2007 as the B League, renamed Bangladesh League and then got its current name in 2012. It has 13 teams playing a season where each team play 26 fixtures to decide the final league table.