Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Manama & Sitra face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Bahrain Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Manama form and stats
Last season their Bahrain Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Manama have collected 8 points from their Premier League home games so far after 2-2-1.
The Manama followers enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Al Ahli and win 5-1. As mentioned above, Manama "killed" Al Ahli in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Khalidiya in a game that was won 2-1.Manama have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium with 9 goals in 5 league matches.
Sitra form and stats
Sitra was sent out of Bahrain Cup in the round of 16 last season.3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Sitra playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Sitra are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Muharraq.
Prior to that result Sitra won their away game at Budaiya in the Premier League. The scoreline was 2-1.The visiting Sitra have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Manama six wins, one draw and Sitra two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Manama missing players
Sitra missing players
| Manama | Sitra | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | ||
| 52 | 28 | Scored | S | 15 | 27 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 9 | 24 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 5 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 7.8 | 7.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.6 | ||
| 55% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 43% | ||
| 6.1 | 5.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.2 | 6.2 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Muharraq | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Manama | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| 3 | Al Riffa | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Khalidiya | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Sitra | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Al-Hidd | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 17 |
| 7 | Al Hala | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | East Riffa | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -4 | 11 |
| 10 | Bahrain SC | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Al Shabbab Manama | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Budaiya | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -24 | 2 |
