Perhaps a welcome break from league football as East Riffa & Al Riffa face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Bahrain Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only two days ago in the Premier League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Malkiya.
East Riffa form and stats
East Riffa was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Bahrain Cup.The story so far in the Premier League for East Riffa at their home stadium is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Goals decide football matches and Riffa are scoring many of them at home; 8 on target from 4 league matches. Riffa have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Riffa form and stats
Al Riffa was sent out of Bahrain Cup in the semi-finals last season.Playing away, Al Riffa have won 5 games, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the Premier League this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Riffa as they haven't lost any of their last 19 games. Riffa are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played ten in a row without losing.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Busaiteen.
Riffa have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 11 goals from 5 away matches. It's not easy to score on Riffa as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Riffa, five draws and four wins for Al Riffa. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.East Riffa missing players
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| East Riffa | Al Riffa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 9 | 19 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Scored | S | 27 | 50 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Conceded | C | 13 | 20 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.5 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 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 | Al Riffa | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 25 |
| 2 | East Riffa | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Manama | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Al-Hidd | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Muharraq | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Al-Najma | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 7 | Budaiya | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 9 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 8 |
| 9 | Busaiteen | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Malkiya | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -10 | 6 |