Arambagh’s unflattering record on time of goalfest
Argentina's Oscar Becerra and Brazil's Robson Da Silva slammed hattricks in Bashundhara Kings' 6-1 thumping of Arambagh, looking at them hit an archive low in their professional football little league history.
Carrying out a fortunate stalemate against Sheikh Jamal, the defending champions arrived firing and demolished bottom-placed Arambagh at the Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium in Cumilla yesterday.
Arambagh gained possession of an unpleasant record by falling to a great eighth consecutive defeat, eclipsing the seven-video game losing streak that haunted Brothers Union's found in the 2018-19 season.
The one-way affair also saw Becerra and Robson become the third and fourth players to join up a hattrick in the ongoing season. Sheikh Jamal's Omar Jobe and Sheikh Russel's Obi Moneke likewise have scored trebles and, interestingly, all hattricks were have scored against Arambagh.
The group leaders took just three minutes to break the deadlock, Becerra heading a Towhidul Alam Sabuz cross residence.
Arambagh cut back the excitement by pulling level found in the 18th minute, when the promising Nihat Zaman Ucchash located the ball beyond Anisur Rahman Zico's outstretched arms and in to the far post.
But the equaliser apparently enraged Bashundhara Kings plus they started scoring one aim after another, entering the break with a 3-1 lead after Robson scored twice, in 32nd and 42nd minutes.
After resumption, Becerra completed his hattrick by scoring in the 65th and 74th minute before Robson completed his treble in the 77th minute to join up his ninth goal of the campaign and overtake Omar Jobe as the campaign's top scorer.
Abahani edge past Saif
At the Bangabandhu National Stadium, six-period champions Abahani eked out a 2-0 make an impression on Saif SC to improve their tally to 21 points from nine matches, four behind leaders Bashundhara Kings.
Bolstered by a 2-1 win over Sheikh Russel in the previous match, Saif SC looked determined to fell one other giant, taking the higher hand and creating several opportunities in the initially half, but they cannot carry that momentum in to the second 50 % and conceded several goals in the space of 13 minutes.
Brazil's Raphael Augusto nodded residence eight minutes into the second half whenever a feeble clearance from Emanuel Ariwachukwu fell to him inside box. Haitian onward Belfort Kervens manipulated a Jewel Rana cross within the package before firing home with an angular shot in the 66th minute to seal the fate of the game.
Jobe magic rescues Sheikh Jamal
A later brace from Pa Omar Jobe helped Sheikh Jamal DC to a thrilling 3-3 draw against Uttar Baridhara in the third match of your day at the BNS.
Uttar Baridhara looked headed for a 3-2 when Jobe showed his fantastic skill to rating with a powerful back-heel found in 90th minute seeing that the Dhanmondi giants retained their unbeaten position alongside Bashundhara Kings and Abahani.
Jobe, who actually had eight goals to his brand prior to this match, had made it 3-2 found in the 72nd minute by tapping in a good rebound after 10th-placed Baridhara scored 3 goals through Sujan Biswas, Suman Reza and Papon Singh found in the 28th, 45th and 69th moments following Nurul Absar's ninth-minute opener for third-placed Sheikh Jamal.
