All the facts and stats for the AFC Cup clash: Al Riffa - Al Jazeera

Al Riffa and Al Jazeera should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

This pitch has grass, which is not Al Jazeera's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Al Jazeera have performed like this: Played 42 matches resulting in 20 wins, 12 draws and 10 defeats with the goal stats 70-48 (scored/conceded).

It's quite the trip for Al Jazeera when visiting Riffa as the cities are 1600 kilometers apart.

Al Riffa form and stats

Home games in the Premier League have been a walk in the park for Al Riffa so far, with 24 points won from 9 matches; 8 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. Riffa haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Al-Najma, 248 days ago. Riffa has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī. We remember; it was Al-Hidd.

Al Riffa are confident in defense, having played 213 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Riffa shared the glory with East Riffa in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Before that, Al Riffa had a Premier League home game versus Al-Najma which ended with a victory 4-0.

It's goals goals goals for Riffa who have scored 29 goals from 9 league home games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Riffa are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

Al Jazeera form and stats

They also participated in AFC Cup last season. This ended in the zonal finals, when Al Ahed drew the shortest straw.

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Al Jazeera play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-0 victory visiting Shabab Al Ordon. Ahead of that match was the Premier League away draw versus Al Faysali that ended 1-1.

As mentioned above, Jazeera was the only team on the pitch versus Shabab Al Ordon in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Al Hussein in just two days.

Jazeera are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Jazeera have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Al Jazeera - Riffa 0-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

K. Al Aswad 2 goals

S. Baqer 1 goals

Al Riffa missing players

Al Jazeera missing players