Malkiya confront Al-Hidd for acclaim and victory.
It's quite the trip for Al-Hidd when visiting Malkiya as the cities are 2500 kilometers apart.
It's no vacation for neither Malkiya nor Al-Hidd 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.
Malkiya form and stats
In the previous season, Malkiya's league stats were 8 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses, results that produced 4th position in the Permier League Play-offs. Over these 18 matches they scored 27 goals and conceded 23. Playing as the home team in the last season Malkiya generated 5-0-3 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 11 conceded.
Al-Hidd form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al-Hidd performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 2 victories, 7 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 13 and conceded 27 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 4 and lost 3 with 5/13 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Data for the previous ten meetings featuring these two sides are: five wins for Malkiya, two draws and three wins for Al-Hidd. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Malkiya missing players
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| Malkiya | Al-Hidd | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 5.5 |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 7.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 18 | 13.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | 5.5 |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 36% |
| 18 | 18 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 3.5 |
| Malkiya | Last season | Al-Hidd | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 8 | Played | P | 8 | 18 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | ||
| 27 | 15 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Conceded | C | 13 | 27 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 89% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 61% | ||
| 50% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 33% | ||
| 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 22% | ||
| 17% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 11% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 22% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 17% | ||
| 28% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.9 | 6.2 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 8.3 | 7.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.9 | ||
| 40% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 22% | ||
| 7.8 | 5.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 11.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 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-Hidd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Sitra | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Budaiya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Malkiya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 Shabbab Manama | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 30 | 42 |
| 2 | Bahrain SC | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 38 |
| 3 | Sitra | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 4 | Malkiya | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 27 |
| 5 | Al Ittifaq Maqaba | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Al Ittihad | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 22 |
| 7 | Isa Town | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -10 | 21 |
| 8 | Busaiteen | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -11 | 20 |
| 9 | Qalali | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -6 | 15 |
| 10 | Al Tadamun Buri | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 54 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 34 | -34 | 9 |
| 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 Riffa | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 23 | 42 |
| 2 | Manama | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 39 |
| 3 | Khalidiya | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 30 |
| 4 | Muharraq | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 27 |
| 5 | Al Hala | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -3 | 25 |
| 6 | East Riffa | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| 7 | Budaiya | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 17 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -11 | 17 |
| 9 | Al-Hidd | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -14 | 13 |
| 10 | Al-Najma | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -19 | 8 |