The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Al Ahli are in the 6th position while the guesting Al-Najma worry at 7th.
- Al Ahli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al-Najma have the most conceded goals (28) in Premier League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Al-Najma, who are travelling more than 3700 kilometers to play this game.
Al Ahli form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Al Ahli at their home stadium is 2 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. Three draws in a row here for Ahli, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Ahli, who played 2-2 against Al Riffa. That match was also played at this venue Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Muharraq (1-3).
Opportunity lost for Ahli in the Al Riffa match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
Ahli has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
Al-Najma form and stats
Al-Najma, who have the most conceded goals (28) in Premier League, have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-5-3 (9 played).
There might be some fixture complaints from Al-Najma as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Premier League match against Al-Hidd (1-4). A 2-2 draw at Busaiteen's stadium before that.
The visiting Al-Najma have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 9 games. Al-Najma's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 14 goals from these trips. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Al-Najma - Ahli 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Ahli one win, one draw and Al-Najma two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Al Ahli missing players
Al-Najma missing players
| Al Ahli | Al-Najma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 14 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 24 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 88% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 65% | 62% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 76% |
| 29% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 41% |
| 24% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 24% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 11% | 12% |
| 41% | 62% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 78% | 65% |
| 35% | 38% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 35% | 12% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7.4 | 6.6 | 5.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.3 | 8.1 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 25% | 30% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 32% | 28% |
- Al Ahli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al-Najma have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Al-Najma have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier League
- Al-Najma have the most conceded goals (28) in Premier League
- Al-Najma have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in Premier League
- Al-Najma have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Premier League
- Al-Najma haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al-Najma is in the worst form (0-3-3)
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | East Riffa | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 35 |
| 3 | Manama | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Muharraq | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Al-Hidd | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Al Ahli | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 18 |
| 7 | Al-Najma | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -12 | 15 |
| 8 | Budaiya | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -11 | 14 |
| 9 | Malkiya | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -14 | 13 |
| 10 | Busaiteen | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -4 | 12 |