Open game expected at Madinat 'Isa Stadium: Al Ahli vs Al-Najma preview

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Competition: Bahrain Premier League
Competition: Thu 20.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Madinat 'Isa Stadium (35580 seats)

Al Ahli are eager to add to their points total at their own ground in the upcoming fixture against Al-Najma.

Insights:
  • Al Ahli have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Al-Najma have the most conceded goals (16) in Premier League

It's quite the trip for Al-Najma when visiting Al Ahli as the cities are 3700 kilometers apart.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Al Ahli form and stats

Al Ahli have played 5 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-5-0 (wins-draws-losses). All in all it has been a very rough period for Al Ahli who hasn’t won a league-game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against Qalali, 66 days ago.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Al Hala in the Premier League last time out and are looking for a win here.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Al-Hidd.

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 four matches with the results: Won one, drawn three and lost zero.

Al Ahli have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Al Ahli are not conceding a lot of goals here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches. Ahli has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Al-Najma form and stats

The visitors, who have the most conceded goals (16) in Premier League, are W1-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Al-Najma has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Al-Najma play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Khalidiya (placed 3rd).

Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting East Riffa's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Al-Najma playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were one Al-Najma win, four draws and one defeat.

Al-Najma are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Al-Najma have conceded 9 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The latest reported match featuring both these teams is the Al Ahli - Al-Najma 1-1 played earlier this season. Numbers for the former eight meetings involving these two squads are: three wins for Al Ahli, three draws and two wins for Al-Najma. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Al Ahli missing players

Al-Najma missing players

Al Ahli Al-Najma
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 5 2 Played P 1 5 9
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 1
6 5 2 Drew D 0 2 3
3 0 0 Lost L 0 2 5
6 4 1 Scored S 2 6 7
13 4 1 Conceded C 1 9 16
78% 80% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 89%
22% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 44%
22% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 11%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 11%
56% 80% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 56%
22% 20% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
44% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 44%
 
3.9 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.2 4
4.4 3.6 2 Corners against (avg) C A 9 3.8 4.9
2.6 2.8 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.9
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.4 7.2 7 Shots (avg) S ( 14 7.8 7.1
2.8 3.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 2 1.8
24% 24% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 60% 44%
 
9.2 6.6 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 7 9.8 10.2
3.3 2.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 5.8 5.3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Ahli have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Al Ahli have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Al Ahli have yet to win a game.
  • Al-Najma have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Al-Najma have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Al-Najma have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al-Najma have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premier League
  • Al-Najma have the most conceded goals (16) in Premier League
  • Al-Najma have the most conceded goals in the second half (9) in Premier League
  • Al-Najma haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Al-Najma is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • All of Al-Najma's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

  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 9 7 2 0 17 3 5 4 1 0 8 3 4 3 1 0 9 0 14 23
2 Manama 9 5 3 1 16 10 4 3 0 1 6 3 5 2 3 0 10 7 6 18
3 Khalidiya 9 4 3 2 11 5 5 3 2 0 8 1 4 1 1 2 3 4 6 15
4 East Riffa 9 4 3 2 12 9 5 2 2 1 7 5 4 2 1 1 5 4 3 15
5 Muharraq 9 4 2 3 13 9 4 1 1 2 6 4 5 3 1 1 7 5 4 14
6 Al Hala 9 2 3 4 9 14 4 1 1 2 6 8 5 1 2 2 3 6 -5 9
7 Al-Hidd 9 1 5 3 6 9 5 1 2 2 4 6 4 0 3 1 2 3 -3 8
8 Al Ahli 9 0 6 3 6 13 5 0 5 0 4 4 4 0 1 3 2 9 -7 6
9 Al-Najma 9 1 3 5 7 16 4 0 1 3 1 7 5 1 2 2 6 9 -9 6
10 Budaiya 9 1 2 6 6 15 4 0 1 3 3 9 5 1 1 3 3 6 -9 5