Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Riffa & Al-Najma face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Bahrain Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Al Riffa have less rest than Al-Najma in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only four days ago. This match was also played here. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Al-Najma have had more rest.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Al Riffa form and stats
Al Riffa was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Bahrain Cup.Only two Premier League home games for Al Riffa so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat. Riffa has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Al-Najma defeat 294 days ago.
Before that, Al Riffa drew at home versus Muharraq.
Al Riffa has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Al-Najma form and stats
Al-Najma was sent out of Bahrain Cup in the 8th finals last season.Things could have gone better for Al-Najma in their Premier League away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right. Visiting Al-Najma has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Al-Najma are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at East Riffa. Before that, Al-Najma travelled to Al-Hidd and returned home with a draw after the Premier League game finished 1-1.
2 goals so far away for Al-Najma, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's four Riffa victories, zero draws and two Al-Najma wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Al Riffa missing players
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| Al Riffa | Al-Najma | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 50 | 28 | Scored | S | 11 | 37 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Conceded | C | 19 | 33 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9.5 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.9 | 8.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 46% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Busaiteen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 2 | Al-Hidd | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Al Riffa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | East Riffa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Al-Najma | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Muharraq | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Manama | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Budaiya | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Al Ahli | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Malkiya | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |