Al Riffa and Al Qadsia get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this AFC Cup Group Stage fixture.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League. That game, against Al Kuwait, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Al Qadsia.
Al Riffa form and stats
Last season their AFC Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Al Riffa have played 4 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The fans are hoping that Al Riffa will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the AFC Champions League game against Padideh Khorasan. Preceding that match was a Premier League defeat to Al-Hidd (1-2).
Al Riffa are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (11 goals in 4 games). 5 goals have been conceded.
Al Qadsia form and stats
They also participated in AFC Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.Al Qadsia have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 4-3-0 from 7 games. Things are running smoothly for Al Qadsia who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 13 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Al Shabab. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Al Salmiyah game have they lost an away game, meaning Al Qadsia has taken points from eleven away matches in a row.
Al Qadsia are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Al Kuwait. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Al Sahel in the Premier League.
Al Qadsia find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 10 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. The Al Qadsia defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (3 goals in 7 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Al Riffa victory, zero draws and one Al Qadsia win. one of these game ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Al Aswad 11 goals |  U. Agba 8 goals |  M. Abd Al Jabar 6 goals |
Al Riffa missing players
Al Qadsia missing players
| Al Riffa | Al Qadsia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 50 | 28 | Scored | S | 17 | 41 | ||
| 30 | 12 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 40% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 5.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 179 | 100 | Total Shots | T S | 93 | 272 | ||
| 95 | 50 | Shots on Target | S O | 43 | 113 | ||
| 32% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 33% | ||
| 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 Jazeera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Al Qadsia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Al Riffa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Dhofar | 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-Hidd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | East Riffa | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | Manama | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Muharraq | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Al-Najma | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Busaiteen | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 8 | Al Riffa | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Al Shabbab Manama | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 7 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -5 | 5 |
| 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 Qadsia | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| 2 | Al Kuwait | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 24 |
| 3 | Kazma | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Al Salmiyah | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 6 | Al Sahel | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -11 | 14 |
| 7 | Al Shabab | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 13 |
| 8 | Al Nasar | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 9 | Al Tadhamon | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -14 | 9 |
| 10 | Yarmouk | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 7 |