Uttar Baridhara Club forced Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited to split point when their match ended in a 1-1 goal draw in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football held today at Shaheed Ahsan Ullah Master Stadium in Tongi.

With the day’s outcome, Mohammedan Sporting Club secured six points from six matches while Baridhara collected two points from five outings.

In the day’s match, Uzbekistan midfielder Evgeniy Kochnev put Baridhara ahead converting a spot kick in the 18th minute while Malian forward Souleymane Diabate restored the parity for Mohammedan also from a penalty in the 45+1st minute of the match.

After the resumption, both the teams created several scoring chances but failed to take further lead in the remaining proceeding.

Uttar Baridhara Club will play their next match against Chittagong Abahani Limited on Monday (Feb. 8) at Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) while Mohammedan Sporting Club will face Bangladesh Police Football Club on Tuesday (Feb.9) at Shaheed Dhirendranath Stadium in Comilla.

Earlier, Mohammedan Sporting Club got off to a winning start in the league beating Arambagh Krira Sangha by 3-0 goals in their opening league match, lost to Saif Sporting Club 1-2 in the second match, played out to a 1-1 goal draw with Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra in the third match, split point with Abahani Limited Dhaka by playing out to a 2-2 goals draw in the fourth match and went down 1-4 defeat to Bashundhara Kings in the fifth match.

While Uttar Baridhara Club lost to Bashundhara Kings by 0-2 goals margin in their league opening match, suffered 0-1 defeat to Bangladesh Police Football Club in the second match, played to a 3-3 goal draw with Brothers Union Club in the third match and lost 1-3 to Rahmatganj Muslim and Friends Society in their fourth match.

Saturday’s matches: Arambagh Krira Sangha vs Saif Sporting Club at Bir Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium in Munshiganj at 3 pm and Lieutenant Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club vs Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra at BNS 4 pm.