National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Hala or Al-Hidd that keep their silverware dream alive.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
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.
Al Hala form and stats
Al Hala participated in Bahrain Cup the last season, where they reached the round of 16.Al Hala have played 6 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 281 minutes.
The Hala fans enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Bahrain SC and win 1-0.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Al Shabbab Manama.Al Hala aren't scoring a lot here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium in the league, with only {4 goals} from 6 games. Al Hala have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al-Hidd form and stats
Al-Hidd was sent out of Bahrain Cup in the quarter-finals last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Al-Hidd had fun at their own home (Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium) last time out, beating Budaiya 2-1.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Bahrain SC in the Premier League.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Al-Hidd have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. Al-Hidd struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Hala wins - draws - Al-Hidd wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Al Hala missing players
Al-Hidd missing players
| Al Hala | Al-Hidd | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 9 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Scored | S | 20 | 40 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Conceded | C | 13 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 6.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 6.2 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.6 | ||
| 51% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 56% | ||
| 6.5 | 5.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 6.4 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | 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 |
