Betting prediction and preview: East Riffa fancied to be better team when visiting Al Ittifaq Maqaba

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Competition: Bahrain Permier League Play-offs
Competition: Fri 26.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Madinat 'Isa Stadium (35580 seats)

It's the second try for points this campaign as Al Ittifaq Maqaba and East Riffa fight it out at Madinat 'Isa Stadium.

It's no vacation for neither Al Ittifaq Maqaba 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.

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Al Ittifaq Maqaba form and stats

The previous season, Al Ittifaq Maqaba's league results were 9 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses, resulting in 4th place in the Second Division. In these 22 matches they scored {28 goals} and gave away 27. Playing as the home team in the former season Al Ittifaq Maqaba managed 7-1-3 (win-draw-lost) with {17 goals} and 10 conceded. Al Ittifaq Maqaba have only played one Permier League Play-offs game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats from 11 matches.

Al Ittifaq Maqaba's last game was hosting A'Ali (placed 4th) and winning 3-2.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Al Reef and winning 1-0.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Al Ittifaq Maqaba as they are travelling to their away game against Al Hala in the Permier League Play-offs. That match is four days after this one.

At Madinat 'Isa Stadium, Al Ittifaq Maqaba has the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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East Riffa form and stats

Let's have a look at how East Riffa performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 9 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 24 and conceded {26 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 6 and lost 2 with 10/8 goals scored/conceded.

Riffa delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Al Hala (placed 2nd) in their previous match.

Before that, East Riffa secured a home win against Al Hala with the score 3-1.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting A'Ali in just four days.

Head 2 Head

Al Ittifaq Maqaba missing players

East Riffa missing players

Al Ittifaq Maqaba East Riffa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 1 1 Played P 0 0 1
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 3 3 Scored S 0 0 1
2 2 2 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
7 7 7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
3 3 3 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 6
3 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 1
100% 100% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 100%
 
2 2 2 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 5
2 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
Al Ittifaq Maqaba Last season East Riffa
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
9 7   Won W   3 5
5 1   Drew D   6 9
8 3   Lost L   2 8
28 17   Scored S   10 24
27 10   Conceded C   8 26
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   73% 86%
77% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   36% 55%
41% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   18% 27%
14% 9%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 23%
9% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 14%
55% 55%   BTTS BTTS   36% 45%
23% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   45% 27%
23% 9%   Failed to Score F T   45% 41%
 
3.8 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 5.2
4.7 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.3
2.2 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 2.3
2 0   Red cards R C   2 5
 
6 6.2   Shots (avg) S (   4.8 5.5
3 3.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.5 2.4
42% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 46%
 
7.4 7.1   Shots against (avg) S A   6.1 5.5
3.9 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.2 2.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Al Ittifaq Maqaba 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Al Hala 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
3 East Riffa 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 A'Ali 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Al-Najma 22 17 4 1 59 19 11 9 2 0 28 10 11 8 2 1 31 9 40 55
2 Busaiteen 22 12 5 5 41 23 11 7 2 2 21 7 11 5 3 3 20 16 18 41
3 A'Ali 22 10 7 5 33 21 10 4 3 3 15 8 12 6 4 2 18 13 12 37
4 Al Ittifaq Maqaba 22 9 5 8 28 27 11 7 1 3 17 10 11 2 4 5 11 17 1 32
5 Alhassam 22 8 8 6 29 29 11 4 5 2 17 15 11 4 3 4 12 14 0 32
6 Al Tadhamun 22 8 7 7 31 31 11 5 3 3 18 17 11 3 4 4 13 14 0 31
7 Qalali 22 7 8 7 33 26 11 2 5 4 11 13 11 5 3 3 22 13 7 29
8 Malkiya 22 7 7 8 28 28 11 4 4 3 19 15 11 3 3 5 9 13 0 28
9 Al Ittihad 22 6 9 7 24 29 11 3 3 5 12 18 11 3 6 2 12 11 -5 27
10 Isa Town 22 7 5 10 33 39 11 3 3 5 18 22 11 4 2 5 15 17 -6 26
11 Al Reef 22 3 4 15 18 51 12 2 2 8 11 27 10 1 2 7 7 24 -33 13
12 Al Tadamun Buri 22 0 7 15 14 48 11 0 5 6 5 17 11 0 2 9 9 31 -34 7
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Khalidiya 22 12 6 4 45 23 11 5 4 2 21 11 11 7 2 2 24 12 22 42
2 Manama 22 11 8 3 35 16 10 4 5 1 18 8 12 7 3 2 17 8 19 41
3 Muharraq 22 10 10 2 34 12 11 4 7 0 15 6 11 6 3 2 19 6 22 40
4 Al Riffa 22 11 6 5 37 19 11 5 3 3 21 10 11 6 3 2 16 9 18 39
5 Sitra 22 10 8 4 30 20 12 4 5 3 13 10 10 6 3 1 17 10 10 38
6 Al Ahli 22 7 10 5 24 23 12 3 6 3 8 11 10 4 4 2 16 12 1 31
7 Al Shabbab Manama 22 7 6 9 21 25 11 4 2 5 11 15 11 3 4 4 10 10 -4 27
8 Al-Hidd 22 7 6 9 29 38 10 2 3 5 14 21 12 5 3 4 15 17 -9 27
9 East Riffa 22 5 9 8 24 26 11 2 3 6 14 18 11 3 6 2 10 8 -2 24
10 Al Hala 22 5 6 11 22 34 11 3 2 6 9 15 11 2 4 5 13 19 -12 21
11 Bahrain SC 22 4 7 11 22 32 11 4 1 6 14 17 11 0 6 5 8 15 -10 19
12 Budaiya 22 1 2 19 10 65 11 1 1 9 4 29 11 0 1 10 6 36 -55 -1