Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Khalidiya & Al Hala face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Federation Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Khalidiya and Al Hala should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Khalidiya form and stats
Last season, Khalidiya's Federation Cup journey ended in the 5th round.Khalidiya have collected 0 points from their Premier League home games so far after 0-0-1.
Khalidiya's previous match was a Super Cup game also played at their home, finishing 2-0 against Al Riffa. The home side are looking to repeat that performance.
Ahead of that match, Khalidiya lost 0-1 at home to Al Ahli.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Khalidiya have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Early season league goal statistics from Khalidiya's 1 home game: 0 goals, 1 conceded.
Al Hala form and stats
Al Hala was sent out of Federation Cup in the 5th round last season.Hala delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Budaiya in their previous match. Schrick has found the net for the away team nine matches in a row. The smartness!
Prior to that result Al Hala won their away game at East Riffa in the Premier League. The scoreline was 2-1.We have checked recent matches where Al Hala have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 4 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Khalidiya two wins, two draws and Al Hala one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Khalidiya missing players
Al Hala missing players
| Khalidiya | Al Hala | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 37 | 23 | Scored | S | 19 | 32 | ||
| 17 | 12 | Conceded | C | 14 | 34 | ||
| 88% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 20% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.6 | 7.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 6.8 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| 37% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 45% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.1 | 6.5 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Riffa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Al Hala | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Bahrain SC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Budaiya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | East Riffa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Manama | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Sitra | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Al Shabbab Manama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Khalidiya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Al-Hidd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
