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Federation Cup Football: Bashundhara Kings return to winning ways beating Police FC
Fortis FC maintained the top slot while holders Bashundhara Kings returned to winning ways in the Group A of the Bashundhara Group Federation Cup Football Tournament on Tuesday (December 31).
After the 3rd group matches, giant killer Fortis SC maintained their top slot intact with an unbeaten run securing seven points while holders Bashundhara Kings remained at the 2nd slot with six points.
Brothers Union Club followed them with three points from two matches.
Defending champions Bashundhara Kings beat Bangladesh Police FC by 3-2 goals in their keenly
contested 3rd Group A match at their home venue—Bashundhara Kings Arena--in Dhaka Tuesday afternoon.
Last season's treble winners Bashundhara Kings, made a good start beating Brothers Union Club 1-0 in the tournament opener but tasted defeat in the 2nd match losing to mediocre Fortis FC by 0-2 goals at their home ground-- Bashundhara Kings Arena –last Tuesday.
In the day's match, defender Topu Barman put the Kings ahead in the 7th minute (1-0) while Al Amin restored the parity for Police FC in the following minute (1-1).
Brazilian forward Miguel Damasceno again took the Kings ahead in the 11th minute (2-1).
Brazilian midfielder Jonathon Fernandes further sounded the Kings margin in the 53rd minute (3-1).
Forward Al Amin of Police FC reduced margin scoring his 2nd goal in the 54th minute (3-2).
In the day's other match, group leader Fortis FC earned a comfortable 3-0 goals victory over Dhaka Wanderers Club at the Shaheed Dhirendranath Dutta Stadium in Cumilla Tuesday afternoon.
Joy Kumar struck twice in the 45+2 and 75th minutes (2-0) while Piash Ahmmed Nova netted the remaining goal for Fortis FC in the 89th minute (3-0)
Grouping of Federation Cup:
Group A -Bashundhara Kings, Bangladesh Police FC, Fortis FC, Brothers Union Club and Dhaka Wanderers Club
Group B - Mohammedan SC Ltd, Dhaka Abahani Ltd, Chattagram Abahani Ltd, Rahmatganj MFS and Fakirerpool Youngmen's Club.
Later, top two teams from each of the two groups will play in the meet's next round (qualification and elimination) like the Franchisee cricket league.
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Fed Cup Football: Holders Bashundhara Kings to play Police FC on Tuesday
Defending champions Bashundhara Kings will play Bangladesh Police FC in their 3rd Group A match of the Bashundhara Group Federation Cup Football on Tuesday at 2:30 pm at their home venue—Bashundhara Kings Arena in Dhaka.
In the day’s other fixture, group leader Fortis FC will face Dhaka Wanderers Club at 2:30 pm at the Shaheed Dhirendranath Dutta Stadium in Cumilla.
After two Group A matches, giant killer Fortis SC topped the list with unbeaten run securing four points after playing goalless draw with Police FC in the first match while holders Bashundhara Kings and Brothers Union Club followed the leader neck and neck with three points each.
Star studded Bashundhara Kings, which made a good start beating Brothers Union Club 1-0 in the tournament opener, tasted the first defeat in their 2nd Group A match losing to mediocre Fortis FC by 0-2 goals at their home ground-- Bashundhara Kings Arena –last Tuesday.
Incidentally, last season's treble winners Bashundhara Kings suffered a shocking 0-1 goal defeat against Dhaka Mohammedan SC also in their 2nd match of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football in Cumilla last week.
In Group B, Rahmatganj MFS dominated the table securing full six from two matches while former champions Dhaka Abahani Limited and Dhaka Mohammedan SC followed the leaders securing three points each playing one and two matches respectively.
Grouping of Federation Cup
Group A -Bashundhara Kings, Bangladesh Police FC, Fortis FC, Brothers Union Club and Dhaka Wanderers Club
Group B - Mohammedan SC Ltd, Dhaka Abahani Ltd, Chattagram Abahani Ltd, Rahmatganj MFS and Fakirerpool Youngmen's Club.
Later, top two teams from each of the two groups will play in the meet's next round (qualification and elimination) like the Franchisee cricket league.
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BPL Football: Rahmatganj MFS, Dhaka Abahani tied for 2nd slot by winning their 4th matches
Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society and Dhaka Abahani Limited maintained their 2nd slot jointly in the 10-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football by winning their 5th round matches at two seperate venues across the country Saturday afternoon.
Six-time champions Dhaka Abahani Limited, without any foreign player and in absence of injury grabbed main striker Sumon Reza, faced no trouble to beat Bangladesh Police FC by 2-0 goals at the Shaheed Dhirendranath Dutta Stadium in Cumilla Saturday afternoon.
Forward Arman Foysal Akash put the traditional sky-blue Dhanmondi outfit Abahani ahead in the 23rd minute by an angular shot while another forward Shahiar Emon confirmed the Abahani victory scoring one more goal in the 89th minute by his lone effort.
In the day's another match, Rahmatganj MFS crushed lowly Young Men's Club Fakirerpool by 6-1 goals at the Shaheed Barkat Stadium in Gazipur Saturday afternoon.
Ghana forward Samuel Boteng struck twice in the 25th and 72nd minutes, defender Rajon Howlader also netted twice in the 54th and 90+6 minutes, another defender Taj Uddin and striker Nabib Newaz Jibon scored one each for the old Dhaka outfit Rahmatganj in the 62nd and 66th minutes respectively.
Akobir Turaev scored the face-saving goal for Youngmen's Club in the 28th minute from a penalty.
After the day's 5th round matches, Rahmatganj MFS and six-time champions Dhaka Abahani Ltd have secured 12 points each from five matches.
But in goal differences, Rahmatganj MFS were in the 2nd slot while Dhaka Abahani in the 3rd place.
Dhaka Mohammedan SC Ltd maintained the solo lead in the league table with an all-win record securing full 15 points from straight five matches.
Brothers Union Club are in 4th place with eight points while defending champions Bashundhara Kings are struggling at 5th with seven points.
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BPL Football: Dhaka Mohammedan maintains solo lead with all-win record beating Fortis FC 1-0
Dhaka Mohammedan SC Ltd maintained solo lead with all-win record in the 10-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football, beating Fortis Football Club by 1-0 goal at the Shaheed Dhirendranath Dutta Stadium in Cumilla Friday afternoon.
Nigerian forward Emmanuel Sunday scored the match winning goal for the traditional black and whites Mohammedans in the 17th minute by a placing shot, off an Ernest Boateng cross (1-0).
Despite the absence of their captain, Mali striker Souleymane Diabate, Mohammedan maintained their winning run in the league after beating Bashundhara Kings and Dhaka Abahani.
With the day's 5th consecutive win, Mohammedan SC comfortably dominated the league table securing full 15 points from straight five matches while Fortis SC remained at the 7th slot with five points from five matches.
After the fourth-round matches, Rahmatganj MFS and six-time champions Dhaka Abahani Limited were in distant 2nd securing nine points each, Brothers Union Club in the 4th place with seven points, while defending champions Bashundhara Kings struggling at the 5th place with six points.
In the day's other match, Dhaka Wanderers Club defeated Chittagong Abahani Limited by a solitary goal at the Shaheed Barkat Stadium in Gazipur Friday afternoon.
Midfielder Shakil Ali netted the match decider for the old horse Dhaka Wanderers Club in the 42nd minute (1-0).
With the day's maiden victory, Dhaka Wanderers Club advanced to the 8th slot in the 10-team fray securing four points from five matches while Chittagong Abahani struggling at the bottom without any point playing five matches.
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Erling Haaland misses penalty and Man City drops more points after 1-1 draw with Everton
Erling Haaland's penalty miss cost Manchester City as the four-time defending Premier League champion dropped more points in a 1-1 draw with Everton on Thursday.
Haaland had the chance to fire City on course for only its second win in 13 games when stepping up for a 53rd minute spot kick at the Etihad Stadium. But his tame effort was saved by Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford to extend City’s woeful run.
Pep Guardiola’s team has lost nine of its last 13 games in all competitions. The draw means City picked up only its fifth point in the league since the end of October.
Bernardo Silva’s deflected shot gave City the lead in the 14th, but Iliman Ndiaye leveled the score in the 36th.
City is sixth in the standings and 11 points behind leader Liverpool, having played two games more. Liverpool has the chance to extend its lead over the champion when playing Leicester in the later kick off.
Haaland's missed penalty means the Norway international has only scored once in his last seven games. He headed in from the rebound, but the goal was ruled out for offside.
Haaland, who last week admitted his form had not been good enough during a run that has seen City's season unravel, held his head in his hands after his failure to score from the spot. He still has 18 goals in 25 appearances this season, but has not scored in a win for his club since the 1-0 victory against last placed Southampton on Oct. 26.
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“We shoot a lot in the 18-yard box, but unfortunately we could not get the results that we wanted,” Guardiola said afterward.
City's damaging run has seen it slip down the standings in the league and crash out of the English League Cup. It is also in danger of missing out on the playoffs for the round of 16 in the Champions League - sitting just one point above the cut off point with two games to play.
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Fed Cup Football: Brilliant hat-trick by Jibon helps Rahmatganj to maintain all-win run
A brilliant hattrick by Nabib Newaz Jibon helped Rahmatganj MFS to maintain their all-win run in Group B of the 10-team Bashundhara Group Federation Club Football outplaying Youngmen’s Club Fakirerpool by 6-0 goal in their 2nad match at the Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium in Mymensingh Tuesday afternoon.
With the day’s 2nd consecutive victory after beating Dhaka Mohammedan SC 1-0 in the first match, the old Dhaka outfit Rahmatganj MFS topped the Group B list securing full six points from straight two matches while Youngmen’s Club Fakirerpool failed to open the account losing their first match.
Local forward Nabib Newaz Jibon made a hat-trick scoring three goals in the 45+2, 56th and 75th minutes, local striker Meraj Hossain Opi, Ghana forward Samuel Boateng and Fahim Nur Toha scored the remaining three goals for Rahmantagnj MFS in the 12th, 53rd and 90+2 minutes respectively.
In the day’s other match, Dhaka Mohammedan SC returned to winning way after a shocking 0-1 defeat against Rahmatganj in the first match, crushing Chittagong Abahnai Ltd also by 6-0 goals at the Bashundhara Kings Arena Tuesday afternoon.
Uzbek medio Muzaffarov opened the floodgate for the black and whites Mohammedan in the 11th minute (1-0), Mali striker Souleymane Diabate doubled the margin the 14th minute to dominate the first half by 2-0 goals,
Midfielder Arif Hossain scored the 3rd goal for Mohammedan in the 52nd minute (3-0), midfielder Raju Ahmed Zishan further sounded the team margin in the 69th minute (4-0), forward Sourav Dewan netted the 5th goal in the 77th minute while medio Juwel Mia sealed the fate of the match scoring the 6th goal in the 80th minute (6-0).
Defending champions Bashundhara Kings, which managed 1-0 victory over Brothers Union Club in the tournament opener, miserably tasted the defeat in their 2nd Group A match losing to Fortis FC by 0-2 goals at their home ground-- Bashundhara Kings Arena --in the capital.
With day’s well merited victory, Fortis SC dominated the Group A with unbeaten run securing four points from two outings.
Incidentally, last season's treble winners Bashundhara Kings also suffered a shocking 0-1 goal defeat against Dhaka Mohammedan SC in their 2nd match of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football in Cumilla.
With this debacle, holders Bashundhara Kings went down in the race with three points from two matches.
Grouping of the Federation Cup:
Group A -Bashundhara Kings, Bangladesh Police FC, Fortis FC, Brothers Union Club and Dhaka Wanderers Club
Group B - Mohammedan SC Ltd, Dhaka Abahani Ltd, Chattagram Abahani Ltd, Rahmatganj MFS and Fakirerpool Youngmen's Club.
Later, top two teams from each of the two groups will play in the meet's next round (qualification and elimination) like the Franchisee cricket league.
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Mbappé scores again after hitting 'rock bottom' with Madrid
Kylian Mbappé added to his scoring streak with a superb strike in Real Madrid's 4-2 win over Sevilla in the Spanish league on Sunday to finish the year on a positive note after hitting what he called "rock bottom” in early December.
Mbappé sent a right-footed shot into the upper corner 10 minutes into the match for his fourth goal in as many games with Madrid in all competitions. It was Mbappé’s sixth goal in his last eight matches with Madrid.
He struggled early on with his new club, and Mbappé said his lowest point came when he missed a penalty kick in the team's 2-1 league loss at Athletic Bilbao on Dec. 4.
“I know I have a lot more to give,” Mbappé said Sunday. “The last few games I’ve played better, I took a lot of positives from the Bilbao game, when I hit rock bottom.”
The France star said that made him realize "I have to give my all for this jersey and play with personality.”
Mbappé said he feels his period of adjustment with the club is finally over.
“I think we now know each other better," he said. "I’ve joined the team and that changed a lot of things. The settling-in period is over, as the coach says. I feel very comfortable in the team and I play better with the others on the field. The team is playing much better.”
Federico Valverde, Rodrygo and Brahim Díaz also scored in the comfortable home victory that allowed Madrid to finish the year one point behind Spanish league leader Atletico Madrid.
Atletico rallied to shock Barcelona 2-1 Saturday with a stoppage-time goal by Alexander Sorloth. Third-place Barcelona is two points behind Madrid, having played an extra game.
Valverde scored in the 20th and Rodrygo in the 34th before Sevilla got on the board with Isaac Romero in the 35th. Díaz extended Madrid's lead in the 53rd and Dodi Lukebakio got the visitors' other goal in the 85th at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
“It was a well-played game, with many scoring situations, a good end to the year,” Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said. "That was what we wanted, to be near the top and get some good rest for 2025.”
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Madrid next faces Valencia on Jan. 3 in a match postponed because of the deadly floods that hit Valencia in October.
Sevilla, sitting in 14th place, had won two of its last two games in all competitions.
Navas' farewell
It was the last game for Sevilla and Spain great Jesús Navas, who is officially retiring at the end of the year. The defender was honored by Sevilla and Madrid players and fans at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Players from both teams made a guard of honor for Navas before the match, lining up as he entered the field, and Madrid’s veteran midfielder Luka Modric handed him a jersey of the club signed by players. Fans gave Navas a standing ovation during the ceremony.
Substitute Navas came on midway through the second half.
“What happened today was spectacular,” the 39-year-old Navas said after the match, unable to hold back tears. “I had never seen anything like it in my life on a rival field. It was crazy. In those last few minutes I couldn’t see anything. I was looking at the ground recalling all the moments I’ve went through and the joy I’ve been able to give to Sevilla and the national team.”
Navas helped Sevilla win four Europa League titles and Spain clinch the 2010 World Cup and the 2012 and 2024 European Championships. He was with Manchester City when it won the 2014 Premier League.
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“Navas really deserves it,” Ancelotti said. “Navas is an example for everyone.”
Valencia draws late
Second-to-last Valencia salvaged a 2-2 home draw with Alaves, thanks to a goal by Dani Gómez eight minutes into second-half stoppage time after the visitors had taken the lead with Joan Jordán in the 88th.
The setback drew more protests from Valencia fans who have been unhappy with the administration of team owner Peter Lim.
Other results
Thierno Barry scored a hat trick and Gerard Moreno and Pau Cabanes added one goal each as fifth-place Villarreal won 5-2 at Leganes, while Las Palmas won 1-0 against 18th-place Espanyol. Ninth-place Real Betis was held by 12th-place Rayo Vallecano to a 1-1 draw at home.
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Liverpool routs Spurs 6-3 to take 4-point lead into Christmas in Premier League
Liverpool heads into Christmas with a four-point lead, a game in hand and as the overwhelming title favorite in the Premier League on the back of a wild 6-3 win at Tottenham on Sunday.
As for Manchester United and its new manager Ruben Amorim, they stumble into the festive period in 13th place — as low as they’ve been at Christmas since the 1989-90 season — and with a familiar sinking feeling.
United lost 3-0 at home to Bournemouth for the second straight season, the latest statistic to show just how far this English giant has fallen and the job Amorim has to turn around its fortunes.
Worse for United, it seems like great rival Liverpool cannot be stopped.
Make that 21 games in all competitions without defeat after the Reds' biggest league win of the season, with Mohamed Salah netting two of the goals to move above Manchester City's Erling Haaland to the top of the scoring charts.
Liverpool has 39 points from 16 games and stretched its lead over second-place Chelsea, which could only draw 0-0 at Everton, to end a five-match winning streak in the league.
Goal fest
Salah now has 15 goals in the Premier League to break a tie with Haaland — and will leave London thinking he should have had more.
In an end-to-end contest resembling a basketball match, Liverpool scored more than five goals for the first time this season, with Luis Diaz (two), Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai also netting.
“You can see quality players with top discipline,” Tottenham captain Son Heung-min said. “There’s a reason they are top. If you give them a mistake, they punish you.”
Tottenham's injury-hit defense was open at the back but its attack caused Liverpool's problems throughout, with James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke all finding the net.
Spurs are another big team in the bottom half, having slipped to 11th place.
Back to square one
The optimism that might have been generated by a last-gasp 2-1 derby win at Manchester City last weekend has disappeared for United, which lost 4-3 at Tottenham in the English League Cup quarterfinals on Thursday before being handed a defeat to Bournemouth by the same score as 12 months ago.
“We were a bit nervous, I felt it in the stadium,” said Amorim, who has won four and lost four in all competitions since starting his United tenure with a draw at Ipswich on Nov. 24.
Dean Huijsen, Justin Kluivert — from the penalty spot — and Antoine Semenyo scored for Bournemouth, which climbed to fifth place in the standings and has now beaten Man City, Arsenal, Tottenham and United this season. Indeed, City has dropped to seventh place, an unthinkable unravelling for the winner of the last four Premier League titles.
United left out Marcus Rashford for the third straight match.
At one point during Amorim's post-match press conference, water appeared to drip slowly from a ceiling light fitting on reporters sat in the front row of the Old Trafford media room.
Chelsea's run over
After all the money spent on players — $1.3 billion and counting — and the huge turnover of managers, Chelsea's American ownership could have seen the club atop the Premier League with a win at Everton — for a couple of hours at least.
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However, a 0-0 draw ended Chelsea's eight-match winning run in all competitions and gave Liverpool the opportunity to push four points clear.
Nicolas Jackson headed against the post in the first half for Chelsea, while Everton had the clearer chances in the second half.
Everton also held Arsenal 0-0 last weekend.
“Sometimes you have to play a different game and we are learning to play a different game,” Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca said. “They (Everton) are one of the best teams in Europe in terms of clean sheets.”
Winning start for Pereira
Vitor Pereira got off to a great start as Wolverhampton manager, with his new team beating Leicester 3-0 in his first match in charge.
Pereira took charge on Thursday as the replacement for Gary O'Neil and immediately ended Wolves' four-game losing run as Gonçalo Guedes, Rodrigo Gomes and Matheus Cunha scored first-half goals at King Power Stadium.
Wolves stayed in the relegation zone but moved two points behind Leicester, which is a place above the bottom three, and Pereira said: “I believe that we will stay in the Premier League and we will play at a better level than we saw today."
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It handed Leicester manager Ruud van Nistelrooy a second straight big loss early in his reign, after a 4-0 defeat at Newcastle last weekend.
Another recently hired Premier League manager, Ivan Juric, began life at Southampton with a 0-0 draw at Fulham.
Juric wasn't in charge of the team because he doesn't have a work permit. He was sitting in the stands for the match instead.
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Man City crisis deepens after another loss and Arsenal closes gap on Liverpool
Manchester City’s stunning slump deepened after losing to Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday.
Goals from Jhon Duran and Morgan Rogers at Villa Park consigned the four-time defending champion to a ninth defeat in 12 games in a season that is unravelling. Pep Guardiola’s team has won just once during that run.
“We don’t have a defense for the results. They are not good,” Guardiola said.
Third-placed Arsenal closed the gap on league leader Liverpool to three points with a 5-1 win at Crystal Palace, but has played two games more.
City dropped to sixth in the standings, nine points below Liverpool, and has played two games more.
“It’s about what I can do with my people to get the results back and continue,” Guardiola said. “If there is a moment that I cannot overthink, it is right now. Try to be simple, stick to my principles and give certainty to the team.”
Title hopes fading
After winning six titles in seven years and an unprecedented four in a row, City’s remarkable fall shows little sign of stopping. Guardiola admitted last week he had not been good enough to turn his team’s form around.
City was without a win in any of its last eight away games in all competitions. While it looks unlikely to win a fifth straight title, a place in the top four and Champions League qualification could also be in jeopardy after fourth-placed Nottingham Forest won at Brentford 2-0 to move four points clear of City.
Only once under Guardiola has City managed to win the title when losing six times in the league. That was in 2021, when it lost two of its last three games, having already been confirmed as the champion.
City lost nine times when Liverpool won the title in 2020, but its sixth defeat didn’t come until February. Guardiola also lost six times in his first season in English soccer in 2016-17 and City finished third.
The latest defeat could have been even more emphatic from a dominant Villa, which moved up to fifth.
Duran scored his sixth goal in as many starts in the 16th minute from Rogers’ assist. Duran had a goal disallowed for offside in the second half and Rogers hit the post before doubling Villa’s lead in the 65th.
Phil Foden pulled a goal back for City in stoppage time, but it wasn’t enough to spark a late comeback.
“We have to stay positive, even though it’s difficult, and we have to keep working hard,” City striker Erling Haaland said.
Jesus streak
It’s five goals in a week for Gabriel Jesus against Crystal Palace.
After scoring a hat trick in Arsenal’s 3-2 comeback win against Palace in the English League Cup quarterfinals on Wednesday, the Brazil striker hit another two goals when the teams met again on Saturday.
Going into Wednesday’s game, Jesus had only scored once for Arsenal since the end of January.
Jesus struck twice in a frantic start at Selhurst Park. He opened the scoring in the sixth, with Ismaila Sarr leveling five minutes later.
Jesus restored Arsenal’s lead in the 14th and was denied back-to-back hat tricks when hitting the post and then having another close range effort saved by Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson.
Kai Havertz, Gabriel Martinelli and Declan Rice also scored for Arsenal.
Forest flying high
If City’s demise is a surprise story of the season, so is Forest’s rise.
After battling relegation for much of last term, Forest is in contention to qualify for the Champions League and possibly more.
Facing a Brentford team that was unbeaten at home, goals from Ola Aina and Anthony Elanga secured another statement win on the road for Nuno Espirito Santo’s side, having already won at Anfield and Old Trafford this year.
Isak treble
Alexander Isak hit a hat trick in Newcastle’s 4-0 win at Ipswich.
The Sweden international, who has 10 goals in his last 11 games, wrapped up his treble inside 54 minutes at Portman Road, including one in the opening minute. Jacob Murphy also scored.
Brighton was 1-0 up at West Ham through Mats Wieffer, but Mohammed Kudus levelled for the draw.
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Rahmatganj go second in BPL table beating Brothers Union 3-1
Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society advanced to the 2nd slot in the 10-team Bashundhara Group Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football beating Brothers Union Club by 3-1 goals at the Bir Shreshtha Matiur Rahman Stadium in Munshiganj Saturday afternoon.
With the well-merited victory, the old Dhaka outfit Rahmatganj MFS toppled the Gopibagh outfit Brothers securing nine points from four matches to go level on points with six-time champions Dhaka Abahani Limited. But, Dhaka Abahani are ranked 3rd in the league table in goal differences despite earning nine points.
Federation Cup and Challenge Cup runners-up Dhaka Mohammedan SC comfortably dominated the league with an all-win run securing 12 points from straight four matches while Brothers Union Club went down to the 4th slot with seven points from four outings.
Last five times champions and star studded Bashundhara Kings are struggling at the 5th slot in the ongoing league with Police FC securing six points each from four matches with two wins and two defeats, playing four matches each.
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In the day’s match, Rahmatganj MFS dominated the first half by 1-0 goal.
Ghana forward Samuel Boateng struck twice in the 2nd and 90+6 minutes while local striker Nabib Newaz Jibon netted the remaining goal for Rahmatganj MFS in the 80th minute
Senegalese midfielder Cheikh Sene netted the lone goal for Brothers in the 70th minute from a penalty.
Brothers Union were restricted to 10-man in the 73rd minute of the match as their forward Sazzad Hossain received a direct red card.
The day’s other match between Fortis SC and Dhaka Wanderers Club ended in a 1-1 draw at the Bashundhara Kings Arena on Saturday.
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Local forward Sakib Bepari put Wanderers Club ahead in the 37th minute while Ukraine forward Valerii Hryshyn leveled the margin for Fortis FC in the 52nd minute.
In the day’s other match, Youngmen’s Club Fakirerpool tasted the first victory in their 4th league match beating all losers Chittagong Abahani Ltd by 2-0 goals at the Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium in Mymensingh on Saturday.
After a barren first half, Sayed Hossen Sayem scored first for Fakirerpool team in the 55th minute while Uzbek medio Sardor Jokmonov confirmed the team’s victory scoring one more goal in the added time (90+3 minute) of the match.
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