Taking all three points from the day’s game, big budget Bashundhara sealed their domination of the league’s first phase as the only unbeaten team, indeed, dropping a mere 2 points as they won all but one of their 12 games, securing 34 points from 12 matches with 11 wins and a draw. Defending champions Dhaka Abahani finished 2nd on 30 points from their 12 games (10 wins and 2 losses).
In the day’s match, Bakhtiyar put the Kings ahead in first-half stoppage time (45+2 minute), Costa Rica’s World Cup squad member Daniel Colindres doubled the lead in the 78th minute, before Brazilian Marcos Vinicius added a third in the 84th minute to turn it into a canter.
The day’s other match between Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club and NoFeL SC ended in goalless draw at the Shaheed Bulu Stadium in Noakhali on Thursday.