Brothers Union Club moved up to third position in the points table as they beat Dhaka Wanderers Club by 4-1 goals in the Bashundhara Group Bangladesh Premier League football held at Shaheed Barkat Stadium in Gazipur on Friday.
In the proceeding, defender Rahmat Mia, forward Mahbubur Rahman Sufil, Nigerian born Bangladeshi forward Eleta Kingsley and Senegalese midfielder Cheikh Sene scored one goal each for Brothers who led the first half by 2-1 goals.
Midfielder Abu Sufian Yousuf Sifat netted a lone goal for Dhaka Wanderers Club.
Brothers Union took lead through a suicidal goal scored by Emon Khan of Dhaka Wanderers in the 17th minute while Mahbubur double the lead scoring the second goal in the 25th minute of the match.
Sifat pulled one back scoring lone goal for Wanderers in the 44th minute while after the breather Eleta scored the third goal for Brothers in the 88th minute and Sene sealed the victory scoring the fourth goal in the 90+2nd minute of the match.
With the day's win, the all-orange Gopibagh outfit raised their tally to 14 points from seven matches while Dhaka Wanderers Club remained at their previous collection of four points playing the same number of matches. Brothers Union and Dhaka Wanderers Club will play their next matches against Mohammedan Sporting Club and Fakirerpool Young Men's Club respectively on January 17.
Brothers Union Club earlier beat Bangladesh Police Football Club 2-1, played 1-1 draw with Fortis Football Club, blanked Chittagong Abahani Limited 2-0, lost to Rahmatganj by 3-1 goals, played out to a 1-1 goal draw with Kings and blanked Fakirerpool by 3-0 goals.
While Dhaka Wanderers Club earlier suffered 6-0 defeat to Mohammedan in their league opening match, conceded 1-0 defeat to Abahani Limited Dhaka and suffered 4-0 defeat to Bangladesh Police Football Club in their third match of the league, played out to a 1-1 goal draw with Fortis Football Club, suffered 1-0 defeat to Dhaka Wanderers Club and suffered 6-1 defeat to Rahmatganj.
Saturday's match: Dhaka Abahani vs Chittagong Abahani at Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium in Mymensingh
at 2.45 pm. —BSS
