Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Ahli & Al Shabbab Manama face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Bahrain Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Ahli nor Al Shabbab Manama 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.
Al Ahli form and stats
Al Ahli participated in Bahrain Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.Ahli's previous fixture was a Bahrain Cup game also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Al Shabbab Manama. The home side are looking to continue in that form.
Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against Manama in the Federation Cup. This is expected to be a close game, with Al Ahli perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al Ahli as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Al Ahli has won 3 of these, drawn 4 and lost 0.
Al Shabbab Manama form and stats
Last season their Bahrain Cup adventure ended in the qualifying round.The visitors are W0-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Two away matches in a row for Shabbab, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 against Al Ahli in the Bahrain Cup.
Before that, Al Shabbab Manama secured a home win against Bahrain SC with the score 3-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Shabbab in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Al Shabbab Manama, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
It's early days yet, but Al Shabbab Manama has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Al Ahli and Al Shabbab Manama have met already this season: Al Ahli - Al Shabbab Manama 4-0. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: three - two - one (Al Ahli wins - draws - Al Shabbab Manama wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Al Ahli missing players
Al Shabbab Manama missing players
| Al Ahli | Al Shabbab Manama | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Scored | S | 18 | 48 | ||
| 36 | 14 | Conceded | C | 18 | 28 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 32% | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6.8 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 9.1 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 42% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 46% | ||
| 7 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.1 | 6.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Riffa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Al Shabbab Manama | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Khalidiya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Al-Hidd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Budaiya | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | East Riffa | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Bahrain SC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Sitra | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Manama | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
