Table-toppers Mohammedan Sporting Club maintained their 100 per cent winning record while bottom-placed Chittagong Abahani earned their first win of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League in two of the day鈥檚 three matches on Friday. 聽
In the other match, newcomers Fakirerpool Young Men鈥檚 Club came out from relegation zone with 4-1 win over other newcomer Dhaka Wanderers Club at the Shaheed Barkat Stadium in Gazipur.聽
In Munshiganj, Nigerian forward Emmanuel Sunday scored the all-important goal in the 12th minute in Mohammedan鈥檚 1-0 win over Brothers Union.聽
With the win, the Black and White outfits remained at the top of the points table with maximum 24 points from eight games.
Mohammedan are also on track to finish their first-leg campaign on top, even if they lose to Fakirerpool in their next game on January 24, because second-place Abahani Limited, with 16 points from seven games, will be unable to catch them even if the Sky Blues win their next two games.
In Mymensingh, after seven consecutive losses, midfielder Fahim Morshed gave Ctg Abahani something to cheer about by scoring in his team鈥檚 solitary goal win over Police Football Club in the 54th minute. 聽
In Gazipur, forward Rafayel Tudu gave Fakirerpool the first half lead by scoring in the 17th minute before their Uzbekistan trio Evgeniy Kochnev (49th), Sardor Jakmonov (70th) and Akobir Turaev (83rd) added three more.聽
Sakib Bepari pulled one goal back for Wanderers in the third minute of the stoppage time.
Despite the day鈥檚 loss, Brothers remained in fourth place with 14 points from eight outings.
After playing out eight games each, Police FC (seven points), Fakirerpool (six points), Wanderers (four points) and Ctg Abahani (three points) were standing from seventh to 10th places respectively.聽
