Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Hala & East Riffa face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Bahrain Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Al Hala and East Riffa should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Al Hala form and stats
Last season, Al Hala's Bahrain Cup journey ended in the 8th finals against Qalali.Al Hala's results here in the Premier League have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Hala to get some points in this home game. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Al Hala, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Happy days for Hala in their previous game, a Bahrain Cup match away at Busaiteen that ended with a 2-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Hala lost 1-2 at home to Al-Najma.
Al Hala has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Al Hala's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
East Riffa form and stats
They also participated in Bahrain Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Riffa are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
East Riffa's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Al-Najma that finished 1-1. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Budaiya.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, East Riffa has managed 1 goal and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Hala won three, East Riffa won six and one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Al Hala missing players
East Riffa missing players
| Al Hala | East Riffa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 25 | 17 | Scored | S | 16 | 32 | ||
| 42 | 21 | Conceded | C | 11 | 26 | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 9.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 41% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 28% | ||
| 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-Hidd | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 41 |
| 2 | Muharraq | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 40 |
| 3 | Al Riffa | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 26 | 38 |
| 4 | Al-Najma | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | East Riffa | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 25 |
| 6 | Manama | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -4 | 20 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 8 | Busaiteen | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -13 | 16 |
| 9 | Al Shabbab Manama | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -22 | 14 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | -16 | 10 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Busaiteen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 2 | East Riffa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Al-Najma | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Al Ahli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Al-Hidd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Al Riffa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Manama | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Muharraq | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Malkiya | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 10 | Budaiya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |