National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Riffa or Al Ahli that keep their silverware dream alive.
Al Riffa and Al Ahli 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.
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 Riffa form and stats
Last season, Riffa's Bahrain Cup journey ended in the semi-finals.Al Riffa have collected 13 points from their Premier League home games so far after 4-1-0. This match is a Bahrain Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition. Riffa haven’t lost a league-game in 20 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Al-Najma, 368 days ago. In general it's been a long time since Riffa tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.
Riffa's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Manama. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Riffa has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Riffa have only let in 2 goals at home.
Al Ahli form and stats
Last season their Bahrain Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Al Ahli playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Bahrain Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
Al Ahli go into this game after a win, the home game against Busaiteen that ended 1-0.
Goals are few and far between in Ahli's away league games. Only 2 goals from 5 travels. As opposed to that, Al Ahli have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Riffa eight wins, zero draws and Al Ahli two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Al Riffa missing players
Al Ahli missing players
| Al Riffa | Al Ahli | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 52 | 25 | Scored | S | 7 | 22 | ||
| 20 | 6 | Conceded | C | 19 | 33 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 44% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.2 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 7.4 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 37% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 29% | ||
| 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 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 28 |
| 2 | East Riffa | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | Manama | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | Al-Hidd | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Muharraq | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Al-Najma | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 11 |
| 8 | Budaiya | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 9 |
| 9 | Busaiteen | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Malkiya | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -11 | 6 |