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.
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 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.
Al Riffa form and stats
Al Riffa participated in Bahrain Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.The story so far in the Premier League for Al Riffa at their home stadium (Madinat 'Isa Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
The Riffa supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Bahrain SC and win 3-0.
In the fixture before, 0-0 away to Muharraq (Bahrain Cup). The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Al Riffa handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
The Riffa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches.
Al Ahli form and stats
Last season their Bahrain Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Al Ahli have produced an overall stat of 3-1-2 so far.
Al Ahli go into this game after a win, the home game against East Riffa that ended 1-0.
Ahead of that, 1-1 at home hosting Al-Najma (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) in the Bahrain Cup. Ahli are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
Al Ahli have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these contenders: Al Riffa won eight, Al Ahli were winners in one and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.
Al Riffa missing players
Al Ahli missing players
| Al Riffa | Al Ahli | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 46 | 27 | Scored | S | 19 | 33 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Conceded | C | 19 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 45% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.3 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.5 | 7.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | ||
| 42% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 70% | 37% | ||
| 7.3 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.1 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manama | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 24 |
| 2 | Muharraq | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | Al Riffa | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Khalidiya | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 | Sitra | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Al Hala | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Al-Hidd | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 9 | East Riffa | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -5 | 11 |
| 10 | Bahrain SC | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 11 | Al Shabbab Manama | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 10 |
| 12 | Budaiya | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -26 | 2 |
