AFC Cup betting and spectator preview: Al Salt and Muharraq meet at venue to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
These teams have little in common geographically as Muharraq have to travel 1700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Al Salt form and stats
Only two Premier League home games for Al Salt so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat. Salt has a nice streak going on as they have played 13 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Shabab Al Ordon defeat 168 days ago.
The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with Al Wihdat on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 1-1.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Al Jalil that finished 0-0.There will be little rest for Salt after this match as they are travelling to Al Ansar for a AFC Cup game in only three days.
Al Salt has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Muharraq form and stats
They also participated in AFC Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.Playing away, Muharraq have won 2 games, drawn 4 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season.
Muharraq had fun at their own home last time out, beating Manama 3-1.
A draw for Muharraq before that, at their own venue hosting Malkiya (1-1).A quick return to home after this game, as Muharraq are hosting Markez Balata in the AFC Cup only three days away.
The visiting Muharraq have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 9 games. 9 goals have been conceded by Muharraq in these games.
Head 2 Head
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| Al Salt | Muharraq | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 38 | 13 | Scored | S | 19 | 37 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Conceded | C | 15 | 22 | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.3 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 38% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| 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 Ansar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Al Salt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Markez Balata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Muharraq | 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 Faysali | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | Shabab Al Ordon | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Al Salt | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Al Jazeera | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 | Al Ramtha | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | Aqaba | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Al Wihdat | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Al Hussein | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 6 |
| 9 | Ma'an | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | Sahab | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 11 | Al Jalil | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 12 | Al Buqa'a | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -11 | 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 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 45 |
| 2 | East Riffa | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | Manama | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 31 |
| 4 | Muharraq | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | Al-Hidd | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 27 |
| 6 | Al Ahli | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 21 |
| 7 | Budaiya | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -8 | 17 |
| 8 | Al-Najma | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 15 |
| 9 | Malkiya | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | -15 | 13 |
| 10 | Busaiteen | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 12 |