National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Ahli or Al-Najma that keep their silverware dream alive.
These teams have little in common geographically as Al-Najma have to travel 3700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Al Ahli form and stats
Last season their Bahrain Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Al Ahli have collected 5 points from their Premier League home games so far after 1-2-2.
Ahli lost their last game at Manama after a 1-5 scoreline. Al Ahli were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
1-1 away at Muharraq before that.Al Ahli have scored {2 goals} here in 5 league matches, a depressing statistic. Al Ahli are not conceding a lot of goals here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Al-Najma form and stats
Al-Najma's mission in Bahrain Cup last season failed in the semi-finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Second Division travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against Al Ittihad in their previous game.
Before that, Al-Najma secured a home win against Al Ittifaq Maqaba with the score 2-0.Al-Najma create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 13 goals in 5 travels. Al-Najma are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Al Ahli have won or drawn the last 8 matches (5-3-0) versus Al-Najma.Al Ahli missing players
Al-Najma missing players
| Al Ahli | Al-Najma | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 36 | 12 | Scored | S | 16 | 36 | ||
| 35 | 10 | Conceded | C | 13 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 4.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.7 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6.9 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.6 | 8 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 42% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 37% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.2 | 8.3 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Muharraq | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Manama | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| 3 | Al Riffa | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Khalidiya | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Sitra | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Al-Hidd | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 17 |
| 7 | Al Hala | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | East Riffa | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -4 | 11 |
| 10 | Bahrain SC | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Al Shabbab Manama | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Budaiya | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -24 | 2 |
| 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-Najma | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 26 |
| 2 | Busaiteen | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | Alhassam | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 4 | A'Ali | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | Al Ittihad | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Malkiya | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 7 | Isa Town | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Qalali | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Al Ittifaq Maqaba | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Al Tadhamun | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 11 | Al Reef | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -13 | 7 |
| 12 | Al Tadamun Buri | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -14 | 3 |
