The Sheikh Jamal & Saif head coaches Afusi and Cruciani are both afraid of and looking forward to this highly important game in the higher regions of the Premier League positions.
- Sheikh Jamal have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premier League
- Saif have the most scored goals (47) in Premier League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sheikh Jamal form and stats
18 points is a decent return from 8 Premier League games here at Bir Shrestha Shaheed Mustafa Kamal Stadium for Sheikh Jamal. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. Sheikh Jamal has recorded two wins in a row here at Bir Shrestha Shaheed Mustafa Kamal Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Sheikh enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Abahani Chittagong's place. The match ended 2-0 with Valizhonov (2) scoring.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Mohammedan Dhaka (1-3).Sheikh Jamal has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Sheikh Jamal have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Saif form and stats
Saif have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 6-1-2 from 9 games. Saif has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Muktijoddha SKC.
Saif had fun at their own home (Bir Shrestha Shaheed Mustafa Kamal Stadium) last time out, beating Abahani 4-2. Udoh, Bayisenge, Hossain and Uddin scored. A loony match with heaps of goals last time out for Saif, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that game, will this game be as enjoying?
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Swadhinata KS.Take note that 13 of this club's 14 latest league rounds have ended with three or more goals.
The Saif manager Cruciani has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 29 goals in 9 league matches away. Saif struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 16 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The participants have faced each other previously this season, with the match result Saif - Sheikh Jamal 2-2 entered in the official records. Last nine meetings between these contenders: Sheikh won three, Saif were winners in three and we saw three draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Ogbugh 12 goals | M. Udoh 9 goals |  S. Kanform 7 goals |
Sheikh Jamal missing players
Saif missing players
| Sheikh Jamal | Saif | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 29 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 29 | 47 |
| 20 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 30 |
| 89% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 56% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 89% | 78% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 78% | 61% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 56% | 44% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 89% | 72% |
| 39% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 17% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 4.3 | 3.4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.2 | 9.4 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 12.9 | 13 |
| 4.6 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 35% | 30% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 64% | 51% |
| 10.9 | 10.1 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 8.9 | 9 |
| 4.6 | 3.6 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
- Saif have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Saif have scored at least twice as many goals away as Sheikh Jamal have scored home.
- Saif have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Saif have the most scored goals (29) away in Premier League
- Saif have the most scored goals (47) in Premier League
- Saif have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Premier League
- Saif have the the best goal difference (+13) away in Premier League
- Saif haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sheikh Jamal have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sheikh Jamal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sheikh Jamal have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Premier League
- Sheikh Jamal have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premier League
- Sheikh Jamal 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 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 27 | 45 |
| 2 | Abahani | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 38 |
| 3 | Saif | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 17 | 33 |
| 4 | Sheikh Jamal | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 33 |
| 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 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 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 |
