Cheikh Sene scored a brace as Brothers Union moved to the top of the Bangladesh Premier League table with a 2-0 win over Chittagong Abahani in their first leg tie at the Birshreshtha Flight Lt Matiur Rahman Stadium in Munshiganj on Friday.
Sene gave his team the lead in the 14th minute before doubling the margin in the first minute of stoppage time.聽
With Friday鈥檚 two goals, the Senegalese midfielder raised his individual tally to three goals and shared the league鈥檚 top scorer鈥檚 chart with Mohammedan Sporting Club鈥檚 Malian forward Souleymane Diabate.聽
Brothers are now leading the points table with seven points from three games, followed by Mohammedan, Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society, and Abahani Limited, who have identical six points from two outings each.聽
Brothers, who finished 10th in the previous edition, started this year鈥檚 campaign with a 2-1 win over Police Football Club before playing a 1-1 draw against Fortis Football Club before the day鈥檚 win.聽
In the day鈥檚 other match, Fortis Football Club tasted their first win in three games after beating promoted Fokirerpool Young Men鈥檚 Club 3-0 at the Shaheed Barkat Stadium in Gazipur.聽
Local forward Piash Ahmed Nova (57th and 85th) scored twice after Gambian Omar Sarr (52nd) opened the account for Fortis, who are in fifth place of the table with four points.聽
Forties earlier suffered a 3-1 loss to Rahmatganj MFS in their first game of the league.聽