Premier League: Al Ahli are 6 points short of Al Hala, but are fully set to go full force. Get this show on the road!
- Al Ahli have the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in Premier League
- Al Hala have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Premier League
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Al Ahli 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.
Al Ahli form and stats
The overall Premier League statistics playing at home this season for Al Ahli are 1-5-1 (wins-draws-losses). Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Ahli with their four defeats in a row. Not since the East Riffa game, 62 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Al Ahli haven't scored in 291 minutes.
The Ahli crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Khalidiya here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Al Riffa (0-2).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 Al Ahli have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won two, drawn three and lost zero.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Al Ahli here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games).
Al Hala form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Hala are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Al Hala play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Al-Najma (placed 10th). Late drama in the previous game, when Arturo scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Al-Najma.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Al-Hidd.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Al Hala in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Hala, zero draws and one defeat.
Al Hala have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Al Ahli - Al Hala 1-1 was the outcome when this pair of participants previously played each other, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings featuring these participants: Al Ahli won five, Al Hala triumphed in two and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Al Ahli missing players
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| Al Ahli | Al Hala | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 16 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 27 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 22 |
| 88% | 86% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 88% |
| 81% | 86% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 57% | 69% |
| 38% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 38% |
| 31% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 25% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 14% | 19% |
| 56% | 71% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 56% |
| 12% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 43% | 31% |
| 44% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 25% |
| 3.9 | 3.9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 4.7 | 3.9 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6.8 | 7.6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 7.7 | 7.2 |
| 2.8 | 3.6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 36% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 37% | 40% |
| 9 | 7.9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 8.9 | 7.8 |
| 3.4 | 2.6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3 | 3.1 |
- Al Ahli have the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in Premier League
- Al Hala have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Premier League
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 20 | 38 |
| 2 | Manama | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 35 |
| 3 | Khalidiya | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 29 |
| 4 | Muharraq | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | East Riffa | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Al Hala | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 21 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -11 | 15 |
| 8 | Budaiya | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -13 | 11 |
| 9 | Al-Hidd | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -15 | 9 |
| 10 | Al-Najma | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -16 | 8 |
