The 9th round of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football begins on Friday (Jan 24) with league leader Dhaka Mohammedan SC taking on lowly Youngmen’s Club Fakirerpool at 2:45pm at the Shaheed Dhirendranath Dutta Stadium in Cumilla in one of the three matches on the day.
Defending champions Bashundhara Kings will play Dhaka Wanderers Club also at 2:45pm at the Shaheed Barkat Stadium in Gazipur while Rahmatganj MFS will face Bangladesh Police FC in the day’s other fixture also at 2:45 pm at the Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium in Mymensingh.
On the following day (Saturday), Dhaka Abahani Limited will play Brothers Union Club at 2:45pm at the Bir Shreshtho Fl Lt Matiur Rahman Stadium in Munshiganj while Fortis FC will encounters Chittagong Abahani Limited also at 2:45 pm at the Bashundhara Kings Arena in the capital.
Federation Cup Football: Rahmatganj, Dhaka Abahani Ltd maintain all-win record beating their rivals
After the 8th round matches, Dhaka Mohammedan SC Ltd comfortably dominated the 10-team league table with all-win record as the lone team securing full 24 points, the six-time champions Dhaka Abahani Limited followed the leaders distantly collecting 19 points.
The old Dhaka outfit Rahmatganj MFS remained at distant 3rd place bagging 15 points while defending champions Bashundhara Kings and once giant Brothers Union Club are struggling at the 4th and 5th slots respectively, collecting 14 points each.