Premier League duel: Close contest expected between Mohammedan Dhaka and Abahani Chittagong

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Competition: Bangladesh Premier League
Date: Sat 06.July
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bangabandhu National Stadium (36000 seats)

Mohammedan Dhaka hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 13 points and a 10th position in the Premier League table. Visiting Abahani Chittagong holds 6th place with 18 pts.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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

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Mohammedan Dhaka form and stats

2-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Mohammedan Dhaka so far this season.

Mohammedan Dhaka's last game was hosting Abahani Chittagong and winning 2-0. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Saif the opponent.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Mohammedan Dhaka have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found one match with the results: Won 0 Drawn 1 Lost 0.

Mohammedan Dhaka 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 9 goals have been conceded.

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Abahani Chittagong form and stats

There's been little loot from Abahani Chittagong's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games. Abahani Chittagong only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Abahani Chittagong, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Mohammedan Dhaka. That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Sheikh Russel.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found one similar match played by Abahani Chittagong in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Abahani Chittagong, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

Abahani Chittagong find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 9 goals from 9 away fixtures. Abahani Chittagong have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Mohammedan Dhaka - Abahani Chittagong 2-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Mohammedan Dhaka, 1 draw and 5 wins for Abahani Chittagong. Over 2,5 goals: 3 times; under 2,5 goals: 7 games.

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Mohammedan Dhaka Abahani Chittagong
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
17 8 2 Played 4 11 19
4 3 1 Won 1 2 5
5 1 1 Drew 3 4 7
8 4 0 Lost 0 5 7
19 10 2 Scored 6 10 18
29 13 1 Conceded 3 14 19
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 91% 79%
76% 75% 50% Over 1.5 100% 82% 63%
53% 50% 0% Over 2.5 25% 27% 32%
24% 25% 0% Over 3.5 0% 9% 11%
24% 25% 0% Over 4.5 0% 9% 11%
65% 62% 50% BTTS 75% 36% 32%
18% 25% 50% Clean Sheets 25% 18% 37%
24% 12% 0% Failed To Score 0% 55% 53%
 
4.4 3.2 0.5 Corners For (avg) 2.5 3.4 3.4
3.8 4.3 1.5 Corners Against (avg) 3.5 5.2 4.9
1.5 0.8 0.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1 1
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Mohammedan Dhaka have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Mohammedan Dhaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Mohammedan Dhaka
18-05-19 PL Mohammedan Dhaka 1 - 0 Arambagh
22-05-19 PL Brothers Union 3 - 3 Mohammedan Dhaka
16-06-19 PL Mohammedan Dhaka 2 - 4 Sheikh Russel
02-07-19 PL Saif 1 - 1 Mohammedan Dhaka
06-07-19 PL Mohammedan Dhaka 2 - 0 Abahani Chittagong
10-07-19 PL Sheikh Jamal 13:00 Mohammedan Dhaka
15-07-19 PL Mohammedan Dhaka 13:00 Abahani
18-07-19 PL Mohammedan Dhaka 10:00 NoFeL Sporting Club
23-07-19 PL Bashundhara Kings 10:00 Mohammedan Dhaka
26-07-19 PL Mohammedan Dhaka 13:00 Muktijoddha SKC
Abahani Chittagong
21-05-19 PL Team BJMC 1 - 1 Abahani Chittagong
16-06-19 PL Abahani Chittagong 0 - 1 Arambagh
27-06-19 PL Brothers Union 1 - 1 Abahani Chittagong
02-07-19 PL Abahani Chittagong 3 - 0 Sheikh Russel
06-07-19 PL Mohammedan Dhaka 2 - 0 Abahani Chittagong
10-07-19 PL Abahani Chittagong 10:00 Saif
19-07-19 PL Sheikh Jamal 10:00 Abahani Chittagong
23-07-19 PL Abahani Chittagong 13:00 Abahani
26-07-19 PL Abahani Chittagong 10:00 NoFeL Sporting Club
30-07-19 PL Abahani Chittagong 13:00 Bashundhara Kings

  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