Dhaka Mohammedan moved to the fifth spot in the 12-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football table after hammering Uttar Baridhara Club 3-0 at the Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium in Cumilla Friday.
Mohammedan went ahead in the match in the stoppage time of the first half (48th minute) as Uttar Baridhara’s Ivory Coast defender Youssouf scored an own goal (1-0).
Malian striker Souleymane Diabate scored the second goal for the Black and Whites in the 70th minute (2-0).
Nigerian left winger Ugochukwu Obi Moneka sealed the fate of the match after scoring the third goal for Mohammedan in the stoppage time of the match (92nd minute).
With the victory, the Black and Whites secured the fifth spot in the table with 29 points from 19 matches. Uttar Baridhara remained at the 10th slot with 13 points from 19 matches.
The Kings collected 49 points in 19 matches, and they need just one win in their remaining three matches against Saif SC on July 18, Dhaka Abahani on July 24 and Sheikh Jamal on July 30 to lift the title for the third time in a row.
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Six-time champions Dhaka Abahani secured 41 points from 19 matches, seven points behind league leader Kings.
In the day’s other match, Bangladesh Police dropped a point as their encounter with Rahmatganj ended in a goalless draw at the Muktijoddha Smriti Stadium in Rajshahi.
Police slipped to the sixth spot after collecting 29 points; Old Dhaka’s Rahmatganj remained in ninth place with 15 points.
In the other match, Muktijoddha Sangsad snatched an important point from Sheikh Russel in a goalless affair at the Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni Stadium in Gopalganj.
Sheikh Russel remained in the 8th slot with 22 points from 19 matches. Muktijoddha remained at the 11th slot after securing 12 points from 19 matches.
Swadhinata remained rooted at the bottom of the points table with nine points from 19 matches.
Source: United News of Bangladesh