Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al-Najma & Busaiteen face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Bahrain Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
It's quite the trip for Busaiteen when visiting Al-Najma as the cities are 3700 kilometers apart.
Al-Najma form and stats
Last season, Al-Najma's Bahrain Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.Al-Najma enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Al-Hidd's place. The match ended 2-1.
Before that, Al-Najma played out a Premier League draw 1-1 when visiting Al Hala.Busaiteen form and stats
Busaiteen's mission in Bahrain Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.Busaiteen have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 0-4-6 (10 played). Busaiteen are desperate to end a 16-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Malkiya fixture.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Busaiteen, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-3 versus Al-Hidd. A huge disappointment for Busaiteen in their last match (vs Al-Hidd). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 2-3 defeat.
Ahead of that match was the Premier League away draw versus Budaiya that ended 1-1.Goals are few and far between in Busaiteen's away league games. Only 4 goals from 10 travels. 12 goals have been conceded by Busaiteen in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's three Al-Najma victories, three draws and zero Busaiteen wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Al-Najma missing players
Busaiteen missing players
| Al-Najma | Busaiteen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 25 | 9 | Scored | S | 7 | 21 | ||
| 41 | 15 | Conceded | C | 21 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 47% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 12% | ||
| 68% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 48% | ||
| 4% | 11% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 44% | ||
| 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.4 | 6.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7.8 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| 32% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 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 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 45 |
| 2 | East Riffa | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | Manama | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 31 |
| 4 | Muharraq | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | Al-Hidd | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 27 |
| 6 | Al Ahli | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 21 |
| 7 | Budaiya | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -8 | 17 |
| 8 | Al-Najma | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 15 |
| 9 | Malkiya | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | -15 | 13 |
| 10 | Busaiteen | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 12 |