AFC Cup preview and statistics: East Riffa vs Teshrin full pre-match guide

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Competition: Asia AFC Cup
Competition: Sat 21.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium (35580 seats)

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for East Riffa at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium when the AFC Cup tournament arrives in town and Teshrin with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

It's quite the trip for Teshrin when visiting East Riffa as the cities are 2100 kilometers apart.

It's no vacation for neither East Riffa nor Teshrin as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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East Riffa form and stats

East Riffa have collected 14 points from their Premier League home games so far after 4-2-3.

The Riffa boss Motroc and his players return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Al Nejmeh in the AFC Cup.

Before that game, the home loss against Al Hala with the scoreline 1-2.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how East Riffa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 4.

The match schedule is unforgiving for East Riffa as they have a new game in only three days, a AFC Cup match thankfully also at home. Hilal Al-Quds are visiting.

East Riffa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium with 16 goals in 9 league matches. Riffa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Teshrin form and stats

Teshrin's mission in AFC Cup last season failed in the group stage.

Teshrin's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Teshrin collect 27 points from their 13 away matches in the Premier League. 8 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

Teshrin delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Hilal Al-Quds in their previous game; a AFC Cup duel.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Foutoua.

A new game in only three days for Teshrin, the AFC Cup home match versus Al Nejmeh. Busy days.

The travelling fans enjoy Teshrin's attacking play in away games, having scored 22 goals in 13 league matches away. Teshrin are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 12 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

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East Riffa missing players

Teshrin missing players

Total First Half Second Half
East Riffa Teshrin
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   12 25
9 7   Won W   8 18
9 2   Drew D   2 5
7 5   Lost L   2 2
39 27   Scored S   21 43
29 18   Conceded C   11 15
88% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 88%
80% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 64%
48% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 48%
32% 43%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 24%
12% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 8%
56% 57%   BTTS BTTS   42% 36%
32% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   58% 64%
24% 14%   Failed to Score F T   8% 12%
 
4.1 3.7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 5.1
5.1 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 3.5
2.4 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.1
3 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
7.2 8.6   Shots (avg) S (   9.8 9.8
3.2 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4.4
49% 53%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 36%
 
7.3 7.9   Shots against (avg) S A   7.4 7.2
2.7 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.8 2.6

  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 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 East Riffa 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
3 Hilal Al-Quds 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
4 Teshrin 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  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
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Teshrin 26 19 5 2 46 17 13 11 2 0 24 5 13 8 3 2 22 12 29 62
2 Wathba 26 18 4 4 43 10 13 9 3 1 26 3 13 9 1 3 17 7 33 58
3 Al Jaish 26 13 7 6 38 22 13 7 5 1 18 8 13 6 2 5 20 14 16 46
4 Wahda 26 11 6 9 31 27 13 6 1 6 19 19 13 5 5 3 12 8 4 39
5 Al Ittihad 26 10 8 8 27 23 13 6 5 2 15 9 13 4 3 6 12 14 4 38
6 Taliya 26 9 9 8 30 28 13 6 3 4 17 12 13 3 6 4 13 16 2 36
7 Karama 26 8 11 7 24 20 13 4 5 4 12 13 13 4 6 3 12 7 4 35
8 Jabala 26 8 11 7 26 28 13 4 7 2 15 14 13 4 4 5 11 14 -2 35
9 Foutoua 26 10 5 11 34 37 13 4 2 7 14 18 13 6 3 4 20 19 -3 35
10 Hottin 26 10 4 12 31 33 13 6 3 4 21 18 13 4 1 8 10 15 -2 34
11 Shorta 26 9 6 11 29 34 13 5 2 6 13 18 13 4 4 5 16 16 -5 33
12 Al-Horgelah 26 7 6 13 27 38 13 3 3 7 10 18 13 4 3 6 17 20 -11 27
13 Nawaeir 26 2 9 15 21 43 13 2 5 6 10 16 13 0 4 9 11 27 -22 15
14 Efrin 26 0 5 21 18 65 13 0 2 11 8 32 13 0 3 10 10 33 -47 5

Table
  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 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 East Riffa 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
3 Hilal Al-Quds 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
4 Teshrin 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

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