Kings make it six in six

Bashundhara Kings continued their perfect start to the Bangladesh Premier League with a 3-0 win away to Chittagong Abahani at the Birshreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium in Munshiganj yesterday.

Rakib Hossain, Dorielton Gomez and Yeasin Arafat scored the goals as the defending champions moved to 18 points from six matches, six clear of second-placed Abahani and Sheikh Jamal.

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Rakib opened the scoring with a delightful chip from the edge of the box in the fourth minute before Dorielton made it 2-0 seven minutes later with a powerful attempt from inside the box after running on to a cut-back from Yeasin, who wrapped up the win in the 70th minute.

The defeat left the port city side second from bottom with two points from five matches.

The other match of the day between Muktijoddha Sangsad and Fortis FC ended in a 1-1 draw in Gopalganj, leaving Fortis on six points from five matches and Muktijoddha on four points from six matches.