Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Ahli & Al-Najma face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Bahrain Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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
Ahli was eliminated in the final last season in the Bahrain Cup.Three Premier League home games done for Al Ahli, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.
Ahli haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 289 minutes ago. Rashed scored that one.
An away draw last time out for Ahli, facing Khalidiya in a game that ended 0-0.
Prior to that, an away loss at Muharraq in the Premier League.Ahli has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Ahli's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al-Najma form and stats
Al-Najma was sent out of Bahrain Cup in the quarter-finals last season.Al-Najma are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).
Al-Najma have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 219 minutes ago. Aguinaldo was the goal scorer.
Al-Najma failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Al Riffa that ended with defeat 0-3.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Al Shabbab Manama in the Federation Cup.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Al-Najma have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away. Al-Najma have conceded 3 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the prior seven meetings): Al Ahli won three games, two matches ended in a draw and Al-Najma got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / fiveAl Ahli missing players
Al-Najma missing players
| Al Ahli | Al-Najma | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 30 | 21 | Scored | S | 19 | 36 | ||
| 36 | 18 | Conceded | C | 21 | 41 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 79% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 3.6 | 2.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6.7 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 6.9 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.7 | ||
| 44% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 49% | ||
| 8.7 | 7.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.4 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 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 | Al Riffa | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Manama | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | East Riffa | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Khalidiya | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Muharraq | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Al Hala | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 8 |
| 7 | Al-Hidd | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Al-Najma | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -5 | 6 |
| 9 | Budaiya | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 10 | Al Ahli | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 4 |
