Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al-Hidd & Qalali face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Bahrain Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Al-Hidd form and stats
Last season, Al-Hidd's Bahrain Cup journey ended in the semi-finals.Al-Hidd are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium. 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Al-Hidd here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Busaiteen in a game that was won 2-0.
A decent goal production from Al-Hidd in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 9 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Qalali form and stats
They also participated in Bahrain Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Qalali so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-5 (win-draw-lose). It's looking increasingly bleak for Qalali who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Manama was the last time a defeat was avoided. One point away has become something of a habit for Qalali who have played out draws in their last three away games.
Goals are few and far between in Qalali's away league games. Only 3 goals from 8 travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Qalali rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Fares 1 goals | M. Abdalwahab 1 goals | A. Abdulla 1 goals |
Al-Hidd missing players
Qalali missing players
| Al-Hidd | Qalali | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 15 | ||
| 42 | 21 | Scored | S | 7 | 30 | ||
| 23 | 13 | Conceded | C | 20 | 53 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.2 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 36% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 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 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 41 | 45 |
| 2 | Al Riffa | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 40 | 44 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 42 |
| 4 | East Riffa | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 40 |
| 5 | Busaiteen | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
| 6 | Al Najma | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 31 |
| 7 | Manama | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 30 |
| 8 | Al Shabab | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 30 |
| 9 | Malkiya | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 29 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 28 |
| 11 | Al-Hidd | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 28 |
| 12 | Sitra | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | -3 | 25 |
| 13 | Bahrain SC | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 22 |
| 14 | Budaiya | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -11 | 18 |
| 15 | Qalali | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -21 | 12 |
| 16 | Al Ittihad | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 11 | -25 | 10 |
| 17 | Al Ittifaq Maqaba | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 34 | -31 | 8 |
| 18 | Isa Town | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 54 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 45 | -43 | 5 |
| 19 | Al Tadamun Buri | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 46 | -53 | 2 |