The visiting Abahani side should be favourites in this visit to Brothers Union, as the away team holds a 30 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.
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 Brothers Union and Abahani.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Brothers Union form and stats
With 0 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Brothers Union, who have the fewest points (2) at home in Premier League, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Brothers Union are slowly digging their own grave here at Bangabandhu National Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Sheikh Russel match.The Brothers Union crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 3-5 to Abahani here at Bangabandhu National Stadium in a Premier League match. In the preceding match a 5-2 victory visiting Sheikh Jamal.
Brothers Union are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 6 goals in 6 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
Abahani form and stats
Abahani, who have the most scored goals (39) in Premier League, have an excellent away record so far with 6-0-2 from 8 games. Impressively, the visitors are on a seven-match winning run which they hope continue versus Brothers Union. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Abahani's record of five away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Chennaiyin game.Two travels in a row for Abahani, whose manager Mario Lemos could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Brothers Union. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Arambagh.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 20 goals in 8 away games this season. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Abahani have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Brothers Union - Abahani 3-5. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 1 Brothers Union victory, 3 draws and 6 Abahani wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Nwadialu 15 goals / 4 assists |  N. Newaj Jibon 11 goals / 6 assists |
Brothers Union missing players
Abahani missing players
| Brothers Union | Abahani | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Played | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Lost | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Scored | 9 | 27 | 49 |
| 36 | 17 | 7 | Conceded | 2 | 16 | 20 |
| 89% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 50% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | 67% | 80% | 68% |
| 39% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | 33% | 50% | 37% |
| 28% | 38% | 33% | Over 4.5 | 33% | 40% | 26% |
| 44% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | 67% | 70% | 47% |
| 22% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 33% | 10% | 37% |
| 44% | 38% | 33% | Failed To Score | 0% | 20% | 16% |
| 2.6 | 3.2 | 1.7 | Corners For (avg) | 8 | 6.6 | 5.9 |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners Against (avg) | 3 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Abahani have created more than twice as many corners as Brothers Union.
- 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.
- Abahani have scored more than double the goals of Brothers Union.
- Abahani haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Abahani's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Brothers Union have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Brothers Union have yet to win a game at home.
| 22-05-19 | | Brothers Union | 3 - 3 | Mohammedan Dhaka |
| 17-06-19 | | Saif | 2 - 0 | Brothers Union |
| 27-06-19 | | Brothers Union | 1 - 1 | Abahani Chittagong |
| 02-07-19 | | Sheikh Jamal | 2 - 5 | Brothers Union |
| 08-07-19 | | Brothers Union | 3 - 5 | Abahani |
| 11-07-19 | | Brothers Union | 10:00 | NoFeL Sporting Club |
| 15-07-19 | | Bashundhara Kings | 10:00 | Brothers Union |
| 18-07-19 | | Brothers Union | 13:00 | Muktijoddha SKC |
| 22-07-19 | | Rahmatgonj MFS | 13:00 | Brothers Union |
| 27-07-19 | | Brothers Union | 13:00 | Team BJMC |
| 19-06-19 | | Abahani | 5 - 0 | Manang Marshyangdi |
| 26-06-19 | | Minerva Punjab | 0 - 1 | Abahani |
| 01-07-19 | | Team BJMC | 1 - 2 | Abahani |
| 05-07-19 | | Abahani | 3 - 0 | Arambagh |
| 08-07-19 | | Brothers Union | 3 - 5 | Abahani |
| 11-07-19 | | Abahani | 13:00 | Sheikh Russel |
| 15-07-19 | | Mohammedan Dhaka | 13:00 | Abahani |
| 19-07-19 | | Abahani | 13:00 | Saif |
| 23-07-19 | | Abahani Chittagong | 13:00 | Abahani |
| 27-07-19 | | Abahani | 10:00 | Sheikh Jamal |
| 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 |