National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Riffa or Al Hala that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams have had adequate rest since their last game. Let's hope for an enthusiastic match!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Al Riffa form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Al Riffa's two home games in the Premier League so far this season, having collected 4 points.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 332 minutes.
Riffa drew their last game, also a home match. East Riffa was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Al-Hidd in a game that was won 1-0.Al Riffa has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 0 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Al Hala form and stats
Hala was sent out of Bahrain Cup in the quarter-finals last season.The visitors are W0-D1-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Hala have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone eleven consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Malkiya game.
Hala won their last game, 2-1 versus Budaiya played at home.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Al-Najma in the Premier League.It's early days yet, but Al Hala has scored 0 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the former ten meetings): Riffa won seven games, one match ended in a draw and Al Hala have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoAl Riffa missing players
Al Hala missing players
| Al Riffa | Al Hala | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 38 | 16 | Scored | S | 6 | 24 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 21 | 39 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 40% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 6 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.8 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 6.7 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.4 | 2.4 | ||
| 26% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Al-Najma | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Al Hala | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Al Riffa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | East Riffa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Khalidiya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Muharraq | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Al-Hidd | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Budaiya | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 1 |