This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Al Nejmeh at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium when the AFC Cup tournament arrives in town and East Riffa with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
East Riffa have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Al Nejmeh form and stats
Al Nejmeh was eliminated in the group stage last season in the AFC Cup.Nejmeh enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Al Hikma's place. The match ended 2-0 with Salman and Sbleni scoring.
Before that match, a Premier League win away at AC Sporting.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Al Nejmeh as they are travelling to their away game against Hilal Al-Quds in the AFC Cup. That match is three days after this one.
East Riffa form and stats
Playing away, East Riffa have won 2 games, drawn 4 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season.
Home advantage was not enough for East Riffa in their previous game as they lost hosting Al Hala, 1-2.
Before that, East Riffa travelled to Khalidiya and returned home with a draw after the Premier League game finished 1-1.After this away game Riffa return home for a AFC Cup game against Teshrin. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting East Riffa as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by East Riffa in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Sbleni 11 goals | K. Bader 3 goals | K. Al Takahji 3 goals |
Al Nejmeh missing players
East Riffa missing players
| Al Nejmeh | East Riffa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Scored | S | 12 | 39 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Conceded | C | 11 | 29 | ||
| 80% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 56% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4 | ||
| 2.6 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 0.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7.3 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.1 | ||
| 50% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 51% | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.6 | 7.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Nejmeh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | East Riffa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Hilal Al-Quds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Teshrin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Riffa | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 23 | 42 |
| 2 | Manama | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 39 |
| 3 | Khalidiya | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 30 |
| 4 | Muharraq | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 27 |
| 5 | Al Hala | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -3 | 25 |
| 6 | East Riffa | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| 7 | Budaiya | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 17 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -11 | 17 |
| 9 | Al-Hidd | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -14 | 13 |
| 10 | Al-Najma | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -19 | 8 |
