Al-Hidd welcomes Al Riffa to this second leg of the Bahrain Cup Semi-finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only four days ago. That game, against Al-Najma, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Al Riffa.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Al-Hidd form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Al-Hidd have to build on here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium in the Premier League. This match is a Bahrain Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Al-Hidd has won their last four matches.
Al-Hidd are confident in defense, having played 317 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Al-Hidd enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Busaiteen's place. The match ended 3-0.
A decent goal production from Al-Hidd in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. Al-Hidd have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Al Riffa form and stats
Playing away, Al Riffa have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season. When we have look at the Bahrain Cup statistics, we find 2W-2D-1L. This is both home and away.
Two away games in a row for Al Riffa, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-4 versus Al-Najma in the Premier League. Preceding that game was the away AFC Cup victory against Al Jazeera with the score of 2-0.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Al Riffa, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Al Riffa are a potent attacking force on the road with their 10 goals in 4 league games. There are big problems for the Al Riffa defense as they have conceded 12 goals in 4 away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Al Riffa - Al-Hidd 0-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Al-Hidd victories, three draws and two Al Riffa wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 K. Al Aswad 2 goals | A. Keita 2 goals |  M. Fares 1 goals |
Al-Hidd missing players
Al Riffa missing players
| Al-Hidd | Al Riffa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 47 | 23 | Scored | S | 23 | 52 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Conceded | C | 16 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 40% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 5.9 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 151 | 58 | Total Shots | T S | 54 | 120 | ||
| 60 | 27 | Shots on Target | S O | 32 | 59 | ||
| 42% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 46% | ||
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Muharraq | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | East Riffa | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Al Riffa | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Al-Najma | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Al Ahli | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Manama | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 8 | Busaiteen | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 9 | Al Shabbab Manama | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 7 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -9 | 5 |