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.
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.
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
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| Al Ittifaq Maqaba | East Riffa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | 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 |