DHAKA, Jan 27, 2023 (BSS) - Chittagong Abahani Limited lost valuable points as they were forced to play a 1-1 goal draw by Azampur Football Club Uttara in the Bangladesh Premier League football held today (Friday) at Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium in Mymensingh.

In the day's match,  Kyrgyz midfielder Sultanbek Momunov scored for AFC Uttara while Nigerian forward Ojukwu David Ifegwu netted for Chittagong Abahani Limited.

Sultanbek Momunov gave AFC Uttar a deserving lead from a penalty early in the 7th minute and they maintained the lead till the first half.
After the resumption, Chittagong Abahani Limited however staged a fight back in the match when Ojukwu David Ifegwu restored the parity converting a spot kick in the 58th minute of the match.

After that both the teams failed to take the lead in the remaining proceeding and eventually they had to leave the field splitting one point each.

With the day's outcome, the port city team Chittagong Abahani Limited bagged three points from six matches while bottom-ranked of the league table AFC Uttara opened their account with one point playing the same number of outings.  

Saturday's matches: Bashundhara Kings vs Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra at Bashundhara Sports Complex and Fortis Football Club vs Bangladesh Police FC at Rajshahi district Stadium in Rajshahi. Both the matches kick off at 3:30 pm.