The guesting Abahani side should be favourites at Baridhara, as the visitors have a 24 point edge from their 22 league matches this season.
- Baridhara have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Premier League
- Abahani have the most scored goals (56) in Premier League
The hosts Baridhara saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Premier League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Sheikh Russel.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Baridhara form and stats
With 2 Premier League wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Baridhara are certainly not brimming with confidence. Three consecutive losses here at Bangabandhu National Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
The fans are hoping that Baridhara will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-5 away loss in the Premier League game against Sheikh Russel (placed 7th). Baridhara were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Preceding that match was the home game against Saif that was lost 1-3.Baridhara have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bangabandhu National Stadium with 19 goals in 11 league matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Baridhara have allowed the opposition to score 31 goals here at Bangabandhu National Stadium.
Abahani form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Abahani have produced an overall stat of 5-4-1 so far.
The supporters enjoyed Abahani's previous game versus Sheikh Russel (placed 7th), a Premier League 5-1 win played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Abahani was very dominant against Sheikh Russel, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Raphael Augusto (2), S. Nwadialu (2) and K. Belfort providing the goals.
Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Saif's place.Abahani are a potent attacking force on the road with their 27 goals in 10 league games. Abahani have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the scoreline when the teams played each other earlier this season; Abahani - Baridhara 2-1. Previous six meetings with these participants: Baridhara won zero, Abahani triumphed in six and we saw zero draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  K. Belfort 13 goals |   S. Reza 8 goals | M. Rana 8 goals |
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| Baridhara | Abahani | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 33 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 16 | 27 | 56 |
| 55 | 31 | 15 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 28 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 74% | 82% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 70% | 64% |
| 48% | 55% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 70% | 59% |
| 35% | 45% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 30% | 36% |
| 74% | 91% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 60% | 68% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 40% | 32% |
| 17% | 9% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 7.7 | 7.2 |
| 5 | 4.6 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.3 | 8.5 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 11.6 | 11.7 |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.2 | 6 | 6.1 |
| 25% | 24% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 45% | 42% |
- Abahani have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Abahani have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Abahani have scored in all their matches so far.
- Abahani have the most scored goals (56) in Premier League
- Abahani have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Premier League
- Abahani have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Premier League
- Abahani have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Abahani haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Abahani's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Baridhara's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Baridhara have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Baridhara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Baridhara have the most conceded goals (31) at home in Premier League
- Baridhara have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Premier League
- Baridhara haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 46 | 58 |
| 2 | Sheikh Jamal | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 50 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 22 | 46 |
| 3 | Abahani | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 56 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 28 | 43 |
| 4 | Abahani Chittagong | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 41 |
| 5 | Mohammedan Dhaka | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 40 |
| 6 | Saif | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 45 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 38 |
| 7 | Sheikh Russel | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 33 |
| 8 | Bangladesh Police | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -10 | 25 |
| 9 | Rahmatgonj MFS | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | -10 | 22 |
| 10 | Muktijoddha SKC | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -13 | 19 |
| 11 | Baridhara | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -22 | 19 |
| 12 | Brothers Union | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 49 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 24 | -33 | 7 |
| 13 | Arambagh | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 39 | -44 | 5 |