National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Shabbab Manama or Bahrain SC that keep their silverware dream alive.
Al Shabbab Manama form and stats
Last season, Shabbab's Bahrain Cup journey ended in the 8th finals.Al Shabbab Manama's results here at Madinet Hamad Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats.
Shabbab are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 199 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Jassim Mohammed).
The home team returns to Madinet Hamad Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Manama (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) on their last time out; the Bahrain Cup game ended 0-0.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Al Ahli (0-2).Shabbab aren't scoring a lot here at Madinet Hamad Stadium in the league, with only 6 goals from 9 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.
Bahrain SC form and stats
Bahrain SC's mission in Bahrain Cup last season failed in the qualifying round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bahrain SC so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-5 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Bahrain are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Bahrain are travelling again after losing away to Khalidiya in their previous match (1-6). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Khalidiya was particularly ugly (1-6). The humiliation is still top of mind.
A draw for Bahrain before that, at their own venue hosting Muharraq (0-0).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. As for defending, Bahrain rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Shabbab-Bahrain SC H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Al Shabbab Manama zero wins, Bahrain SC one win, one draw. zero of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Al Shabbab Manama missing players
Bahrain SC missing players
| Al Shabbab Manama | Bahrain SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Scored | S | 9 | 33 | ||
| 46 | 16 | Conceded | C | 22 | 41 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 32% | ||
| 3.7 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | ||
| 6.7 | 7.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.8 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7 | ||
| 2.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | ||
| 27% | 21% | 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 | Al-Hidd | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 41 |
| 2 | Muharraq | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 40 |
| 3 | Al Riffa | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 26 | 38 |
| 4 | Al-Najma | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | East Riffa | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 25 |
| 6 | Manama | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -4 | 20 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 8 | Busaiteen | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -13 | 16 |
| 9 | Al Shabbab Manama | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -22 | 14 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | -16 | 10 |
| 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 |