National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al-Hidd or Al Ahli that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Al-Hidd form and stats
Al-Hidd participated in Bahrain Cup the last season, where they reached the final.When playing at home in the Premier League, Al-Hidd have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Al-Hidd here, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The Al-Hidd supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Budaiya in Premier League and win 2-1. Heartbreak before that as Al-Hidd lost 1-2 at Malkiya's place.
Al-Hidd have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 6 goals in 4 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Al-Hidd have only let in 2 goals at home.
Al Ahli form and stats
They also participated in Bahrain Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Muharraq in the Premier League.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Al Ahli, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Ahli are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 5 away games. As opposed to that, Al Ahli have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Al-Hidd wins - draws - Al Ahli wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Al-Hidd missing players
Al Ahli missing players
| Al-Hidd | Al Ahli | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 41 | 25 | Scored | S | 5 | 21 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Conceded | C | 17 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 64% | 48% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.8 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 7.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 38% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 16% | 27% | ||
| 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 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 25 |
| 2 | East Riffa | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Manama | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Al-Hidd | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Muharraq | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Al-Najma | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 7 | Budaiya | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 9 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 8 |
| 9 | Busaiteen | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Malkiya | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -10 | 6 |