Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Muharraq & East Riffa face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Federation Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Muharraq nor East Riffa as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Muharraq form and stats
Last season, Muharraq's Federation Cup journey ended in the final.The story so far in the Premier League for Muharraq at their home stadium (Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
Muharraq's previous fixture was also a home event, the loss 0-1 versus East Riffa (in Federation Cup).
Before that, Muharraq had a Premier League home game versus Al-Hidd which ended with a victory 2-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Muharraq have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 0 and lost 3.
Early season league goal statistics from Muharraq's 1 home game: 2 goals, 0 conceded.
East Riffa form and stats
They also participated in Federation Cup last season. This ended in the 5th round.Two away games in a row for East Riffa, whose coach Motroc could celebrate last time after the Federation Cup win against Muharraq.
A draw for East Riffa before that, at their own venue hosting Bahrain SC (1-1).As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by East Riffa in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Riffa, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Head 2 Head
East Riffa have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (3-2-0) when playing Muharraq.The squads have met each other before in this season, with the result Muharraq - East Riffa 0-1 registered in the official records.
Muharraq missing players
East Riffa missing players
| Muharraq | East Riffa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 42 | 22 | Scored | S | 12 | 36 | ||
| 24 | 6 | Conceded | C | 10 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 20% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9.3 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.1 | 7.3 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | ||
| 43% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 48% | ||
| 6 | 5.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 8.1 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 |
