Perhaps a welcome break from league football as East Riffa & Budaiya face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Bahrain Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
East Riffa form and stats
Last season their Bahrain Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The story so far in the Premier League for East Riffa at their home stadium is 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Riffa are confident in defense, having played 216 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Al Riffa in the Premier League last time out and are looking for a win here. A strong away win before that one, visiting Al Ahli and winning 1-0.
East Riffa have scored 9 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Riffa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Budaiya form and stats
They also participated in Bahrain Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.Budaiya have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-2-6 (10 played). With the Budaiya losing streak of six defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. A depressing five defeats in a row for Budaiya in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Malkiya.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Budaiya have conceded 23 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - two - zero (Riffa wins - draws - Budaiya wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.East Riffa missing players
Budaiya missing players
| East Riffa | Budaiya | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 15 | ||
| 37 | 22 | Scored | S | 9 | 18 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Conceded | C | 34 | 51 | ||
| 88% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 52% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.1 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 26% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | ||
| 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 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 22 | 37 |
| 2 | Manama | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 34 |
| 3 | Muharraq | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 31 |
| 4 | Al-Hidd | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Al Najma | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | East Riffa | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | Al Shabab | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -10 | 19 |
| 8 | Al Hala | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -11 | 19 |
| 9 | Budaiya | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 23 | -21 | 15 |
| 10 | Malkiya | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -19 | 13 |