National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Manama or Al Shabbab Manama that keep their silverware dream alive.
Manama form and stats
Last season, Manama's Bahrain Cup journey ended in the semi-finals against Muharraq.When playing at home in the Premier League, Manama have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 9 games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Manama to get some points in this home game.
The Manama fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at Al-Ahli Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Muharraq. Prior to that, an away loss at Al-Hidd in the Premier League.
Manama are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 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, Manama have conceded only 6 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Al Shabbab Manama form and stats
They also participated in Bahrain Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.There's been little loot from Al Shabbab Manama's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Premier League. Al Shabbab Manama only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw.
Jassim Mohammed was the last player to score for the away team. Al Shabbab Manama haven't scored a league goal in the last 199 minutes.
Two away games in a row for Shabbab, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Al Ahli in the Premier League. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Busaiteen.
Shabbab have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 9 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Al Shabbab Manama, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Manama-Al Shabbab Manama H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Manama six wins, Al Shabbab Manama three wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Manama missing players
Al Shabbab Manama missing players
| Manama | Al Shabbab Manama | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 25 | 17 | Scored | S | 15 | 24 | ||
| 25 | 9 | Conceded | C | 31 | 47 | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6.5 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 8.3 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.9 | ||
| 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 27% | ||
| 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 |