Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Ahli & Al-Najma face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Federation Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These teams have little in common geographically as Al-Najma have to travel 3700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Al Ahli form and stats
Last season, Al Ahli's Federation Cup journey ended in the 5th round.Only two Premier League home games for Al Ahli so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Al Ahli's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Sitra.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Al Riffa.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Al Ahli at home in the league. 2 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Al-Najma form and stats
Al-Najma's mission in Federation Cup last season failed in the 5th round.Al-Najma are still undefeated on their travels in the Second Division. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
Al-Najma had fun at their own home (Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī) last time out, beating Al Reef 3-0.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus A'Ali at their stadium, the result 2-1.It's early days yet, but Al-Najma has scored 3 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Al Ahli have pulled off a sequence of 7 consecutive matches without defeat (4-3-0) when facing Al-Najma.Al Ahli missing players
Al-Najma missing players
| Al Ahli | Al-Najma | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Scored | S | 10 | 22 | ||
| 35 | 15 | Conceded | C | 17 | 37 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7.1 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.9 | ||
| 43% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 31% | ||
| 7.2 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.7 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Khalidiya | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Al Shabbab Manama | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Al Ahli | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Al Riffa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Sitra | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | East Riffa | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Al-Hidd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 9 | Al Hala | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 10 | Manama | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 11 | Budaiya | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 12 | Bahrain SC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -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 | Busaiteen | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Alhassam | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | Al-Najma | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Malkiya | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Al Ittihad | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | A'Ali | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Qalali | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Isa Town | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Al Ittifaq Maqaba | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Al Tadhamun | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Al Reef | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -8 | 3 |
| 12 | Al Tadamun Buri | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 1 |
