Soccer match preview: Abahani Chittagong confident before travelling to Baridhara

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Competition: Bangladesh Premier League
Competition: Wed 20.July
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium (5000 seats)

Baridhara are aiming to ignore the league table ahead of this game vs Abahani Chittagong. Here's all you need to know pre-match!

Insights:
  • Baridhara have the most conceded goals (44) in Premier League
  • Abahani Chittagong have scored at least twice as many goals away as Baridhara have scored home.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

This promises to be an engrossing match with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

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Baridhara form and stats

Baridhara's results here at Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 3 defeats. Baridhara have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

In their previous game, the manager Nasir led his Baridhara to a defeat away at Mohammedan Dhaka. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium.

A defeat was the result before that one, 3-5 away at Sheikh Russel.

Baridhara have scored 5 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. Baridhara have conceded 9 in these home matches.

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Abahani Chittagong form and stats

3-4-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Abahani Chittagong in their Premier League matches away. It's looking increasingly bleak for Abahani Chittagong who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Swadhinata KS was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Chittagong aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 230 league minutes without a goal. Ebimobowei was the last player to find the net.

Home advantage was not enough for Abahani Chittagong in their previous game as they lost hosting Bashundhara Kings, 0-1.

A loss against Sheikh Jamal was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Observe that 13 of this club's 16 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.

The travelling fans enjoy Abahani Chittagong's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 9 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

The squads have faced each other already this season, with the final score Abahani Chittagong - Baridhara 4-2 registered in the official records. Data for the last eight meetings involving these two sides are: zero wins for Baridhara, three draws and five wins for Abahani Chittagong. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Abahani ChittagongP. Ebimobowei
P. Ebimobowei
18 goals
Abahani ChittagongO. Popalzay
O. Popalzay
5 goals
BaridharaY. Kochnev
Y. Kochnev
4 goals

Baridhara missing players

Abahani Chittagong missing players

Baridhara Abahani Chittagong
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 8 3 Played P 2 9 19
3 1 1 Won W 1 3 7
4 4 1 Drew D 1 4 5
12 3 1 Lost L 0 2 7
20 5 3 Scored S 2 15 33
44 9 4 Conceded C 1 18 37
89% 75% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 89% 95%
84% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 89% 89%
58% 12% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 78% 74%
37% 12% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 44% 42%
32% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 44% 42%
53% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 78% 79%
16% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 11% 5%
42% 62% 67% Failed to Score F T 50% 22% 21%
 
1.2 0.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.7 4.5
1.2 1.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.8 5.7
0.8 0.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.2 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
7.5 2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 9.6 9.4
2.5 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.7 3.7
20% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 45% 46%
 
10.5 11 0 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 13.7 12.6
5 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 4.7 4.6
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Abahani Chittagong have created more than twice as many corners as Baridhara.
  • Abahani Chittagong have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Abahani Chittagong have scored at least twice as many goals away as Baridhara have scored home.
  • Baridhara have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Baridhara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Baridhara have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
  • Baridhara have the most conceded goals (44) in Premier League
  • Baridhara have the the worst goal difference (-24) in Premier League
  • Baridhara have won significantly less corners at home than 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 20 16 3 1 48 18 10 8 1 1 31 12 10 8 2 0 17 6 30 51
2 Abahani 19 12 5 2 43 26 10 7 2 1 23 11 9 5 3 1 20 15 17 41
3 Saif 20 10 4 6 49 34 10 4 2 4 18 16 10 6 2 2 31 18 15 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

Read more about Premier League

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.