Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Budaiya & Al-Hidd face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Federation Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
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!
Budaiya form and stats
Budaiya was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Federation Cup.0-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Budaiya so far this season.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 221 minutes without scoring a league goal.
Budaiya's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Al Shabbab Manama.
A 0-0 scoreline against Al-Najma before that one, played at home in the Bahrain Cup.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Budaiya at home in the league. 0 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Al-Hidd form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Al-Hidd, as they won the Federation Cup.No Premier League points yet away for Al-Hidd, from their first 2 matches.
Al-Hidd lost away at Khalidiya (0-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Al-Hidd lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
Before that, the Bahrain Cup win away at East Riffa.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Al-Hidd has managed {0 goals} and let in 6 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the prior ten meetings involving these two squads are: three wins for Budaiya, one draw and six wins for Al-Hidd. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Budaiya missing players
Al-Hidd missing players
| Budaiya | Al-Hidd | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 31 | 17 | Scored | S | 13 | 29 | ||
| 37 | 23 | Conceded | C | 21 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 40% | ||
| 3.2 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 5.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 6.1 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 7 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||
| 52% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 35% | ||
| 6.8 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 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 |
