Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Sheikh Russel in 5th and Rahmatgonj MFS in 8th place.
- Sheikh Russel have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sheikh Russel have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Rahmatgonj MFS have scored away.
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 Sheikh Russel and Rahmatgonj MFS.
Sheikh Russel form and stats
Sheikh Russel are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Bangabandhu National Stadium. 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Ashraful Islam Rana not having conceded a league goal in 196 minutes.
Sheikh Russel enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Brothers Union's place. The match ended 1-0 with K. Islam scoring. Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against Bangladesh Police.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of S. Bari Titu when K. Islam scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 66th minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when K. Islam scored the winning goal five minutes into stoppage time.
There will be little rest for Sheikh after this match as they are travelling to Mohammedan Dhaka for a Premier League game in only four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (14 in 6 games), Sheikh Russel's attacking play is working. Sheikh Russel have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Rahmatgonj MFS form and stats
There's been little loot from Rahmatgonj MFS's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Premier League. Rahmatgonj MFS only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws.
Rahmatgonj's last game was the home draw against Saif (0-0).
A quick return to home after this game, as Rahmatgonj are hosting Abahani in the Premier League only three days away.
Rahmatgonj have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Rahmatgonj have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Rahmatgonj MFS - Sheikh Russel 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Sheikh victories, five draws and one Rahmatgonj MFS win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Abdullah 6 goals | U. Moneke 5 goals |  L. Remi 5 goals |
Sheikh Russel missing players
Rahmatgonj MFS missing players
| Sheikh Russel | Rahmatgonj MFS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 21 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 15 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| 69% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 69% |
| 54% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 46% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 54% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.9 | 11.8 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5.2 | 5.7 |
| 4.9 | 5.7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 33% | 41% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 29% |
- Sheikh Russel have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sheikh Russel have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sheikh Russel have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Rahmatgonj MFS have scored away.
- Sheikh Russel have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sheikh Russel haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 33 | 37 |
| 2 | Sheikh Jamal | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 29 |
| 3 | Abahani | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 26 |
| 4 | Saif | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Sheikh Russel | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Mohammedan Dhaka | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 7 | Abahani Chittagong | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Rahmatgonj MFS | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 9 | Bangladesh Police | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 13 |
| 10 | Muktijoddha SKC | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 9 |
| 11 | Baridhara | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -12 | 9 |
| 12 | Brothers Union | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -14 | 5 |
| 13 | Arambagh | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 28 | -33 | 1 |