Fortis flourish in 4–0 win over Arambagh

Fortis FC registered their first win of this season's Federation Cup with a commanding 4–0 victory over promoted Arambagh KS in their Group B match at the Bashundhara Kings Arena in Dhaka on Tuesday.

The win lifted Fortis to the top of the Group B standings with one victory and two draws. Mohammedan SC sit second with four points from two matches, after their fixture against Bashundhara Kings was postponed by a week due to the unavailability of the Cumilla venue.

After holding stronger sides Kings and Mohammedan in their opening two matches, Fortis were far more clinical against Arambagh, whom they had also beaten 1–0 in their earlier Bangladesh Football League meeting this season.

Arambagh, still without a win, attempted to put Fortis under pressure but struggled to break down a well-organised defence. Fortis took the lead in the 26th minute when Gambian captain Pa Omar Babou sent a long ball forward for Hasan Jummon Nijum, who controlled it inside the box and volleyed past goalkeeper Azad Hossain.

Babou then made it 2–0 from the penalty spot after being brought down in the area by defender Kazi Rahat Mia. Fortis extended their advantage in the 68th minute as a Nigerian forward Onyekachi Okafor capitalised on another long pass from Mithu Chowdhury, bursting into the box from the right before finishing clinically.

Mithu Chowdhury was involved again late on, delivering another accurate long ball for substitute Murshed Ali, who beat a defender and calmly placed his shot beyond the advancing Azad Hossain in the 75th minute to complete the rout.