Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Riffa & Bahrain SC face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Bahrain Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The visiting Bahrain SC played their last game only four days ago, a Bahrain Cup match. That game, against Khalidiya, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Bahrain SC.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Al Riffa form and stats
Last season their Bahrain Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.This stadium, Madinat 'Isa Stadium, has been a fortress for Al Riffa in the Premier League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 8-0-1. Riffa has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Al-Najma defeat 278 days ago. Ever since the Al-Hidd game Riffa has been unbeatable here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium producing six straight wins.
The Riffa goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 213 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
Riffa shared the glory with East Riffa in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Al-Najma.
It's goals goals goals for Riffa who have scored 29 goals from 9 league home games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Riffa have conceded only 8 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Bahrain SC form and stats
Bahrain was sent out of Bahrain Cup in the 8th finals last season.Bahrain SC have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-3-5 (9 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Bahrain have lost on their last two travels.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Bahrain, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-6 versus Khalidiya.
Bahrain lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-6 beating and focus on this one.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Bahrain as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Bahrain have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Riffa victories, one draw and one Bahrain SC win. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Al Riffa missing players
Bahrain SC missing players
| Al Riffa | Bahrain SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 56 | 32 | Scored | S | 9 | 33 | ||
| 27 | 14 | Conceded | C | 22 | 41 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 92% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 68% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | ||
| 49% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Malkiya | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 33 |
| 2 | Al Riffa | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 31 |
| 3 | Al-Hidd | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 31 |
| 4 | Manama | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Muharraq | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 29 |
| 6 | East Riffa | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | -2 | 22 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 20 |
| 8 | Al Najma | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -12 | 17 |
| 9 | Bahrain SC | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 16 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -14 | 14 |