Sylhet District Stadium: Abahani vs Swadhinata KS Premier League full preview

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Competition: Bangladesh Premier League
Competition: Thu 14.July
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sylhet District Stadium (25000 seats)

Premier League: Top-notch versus not good enough, at least based on the matches so far. Abahani - Swadhinata KS. Home win or a surprise?

Insights:
  • Abahani have the most points from losing position (14) in Premier League
  • Swadhinata KS have the fewest scored goals (17) in Premier League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Abahani form and stats

Abahani have performed here at Sylhet District Stadium this season with 6 wins from 9 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.

Abahani faced defeat in their previous match, away at Saif (2-4). This club achieved a eleven league fixtures long consecutive run without a defeat before that game! A goal frenzy last time out for Abahani, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Saif. Fun stuff to watch! Dori has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three matches in a row. Outstanding!

In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Abahani Chittagong.

Observe: 12 of the latest 13 league matches from this club have seen goals scored by both teams.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 9 games), Abahani's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Abahani have conceded 10 goals.

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Swadhinata KS form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Swadhinata KS so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose). When Swadhinata KS is visiting a side on the top half, they have won 2 of 2 matches. Sheikh Jamal, Saif and Bashundhara Kings is teams we like to compare Abahani with.

The manager Jahangir was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground. Swadhinata suffered a 0-1 loss to Bangladesh Police (placed 5th).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Saif at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Swadhinata KS are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 9 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Swadhinata have conceded 17 goals in their away games. Swadhinata KS has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties face each other this campaign, as the records show this recent fixture: Swadhinata KS - Abahani 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

AbahaniD. Gomes Nascimento
D. Gomes Nascimento
12 goals
AbahaniD. Colindres Solera
D. Colindres Solera
8 goals
AbahaniM. Rana
M. Rana
5 goals

Abahani missing players

Swadhinata KS missing players

Abahani Swadhinata KS
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 2 9 18
11 6 3 Won W 2 2 2
5 2 0 Drew D 0 2 3
2 1 0 Lost L 0 5 13
39 19 9 Scored S 4 13 17
25 10 2 Conceded C 2 17 35
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
83% 78% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 78%
67% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 78% 56%
44% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 28%
33% 22% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 22%
78% 67% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 89% 67%
22% 33% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 6%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 33%
 
6.1 5.9 5 Corners for (avg) C F 1 3.6 3.3
3.6 4.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.6 3.9
2.1 2.7 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.7 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.1 12.3 13 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11.9 10.4
6 5.1 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.3 3.8
35% 33% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 37% 31%
 
9.1 8.9 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 17 13 12
3 2.6 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5 4.3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Abahani have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Abahani have scored more than double the goals of Swadhinata KS.
  • Abahani have the most points from losing position (14) in Premier League
  • Abahani haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Swadhinata KS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Swadhinata KS have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Swadhinata KS have the fewest scored goals (17) in Premier League
  • Swadhinata KS have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Premier League
  • Swadhinata KS is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  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 18 11 5 2 39 25 9 6 2 1 19 10 9 5 3 1 20 15 14 38
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 Bangladesh Police 18 8 4 6 24 24 9 4 2 3 14 16 9 4 2 3 10 8 0 28
6 Mohammedan Dhaka 18 6 8 4 27 23 9 3 4 2 16 16 9 3 4 2 11 7 4 26
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 18 5 6 7 24 27 10 3 3 4 14 16 8 2 3 3 10 11 -3 21
9 Rahmatgonj MFS 18 3 5 10 26 35 10 2 3 5 18 20 8 1 2 5 8 15 -9 14
10 Baridhara 18 3 4 11 20 41 8 1 4 3 5 9 10 2 0 8 15 32 -21 13
11 Muktijoddha SKC 18 3 2 13 21 38 8 1 1 6 12 21 10 2 1 7 9 17 -17 11
12 Swadhinata KS 18 2 3 13 17 35 9 0 1 8 4 18 9 2 2 5 13 17 -18 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.