Perhaps a welcome break from league football as East 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!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
East Riffa form and stats
Last season, Riffa's Bahrain Cup journey ended in the semi-finals.Riffa travelled for their previous game, a trip to Al Riffa that ended 0-0.
In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus Muharraq with a 3-2 scoreline.Bahrain SC form and stats
They also participated in Bahrain Cup last season. This ended 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). Bahrain seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Bahrain has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Al Shabbab Manama (after extra-time, 3-5 on penalties) for a Bahrain Cup game that ended a draw (1-1).
A 1-6 defeat away at Khalidiya before that.The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Bahrain SC struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 16 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the previous ten meetings featuring these two squads are: five wins for Riffa, three draws and two wins for Bahrain SC. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.East Riffa missing players
Bahrain SC missing players
| East Riffa | Bahrain SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 40 | 21 | Scored | S | 10 | 32 | ||
| 26 | 11 | Conceded | C | 23 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 32% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | ||
| 6.2 | 7.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.4 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 6.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | ||
| 48% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | ||
| 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 |