Match week two of the Premier League season and the squads have adjusted from insights gained in the first match. Here's the ultimate Al Ahli - Al Riffa preview:
This is a local fight, usually meaning added pressure and importance.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only two days ago in the AFC Cup. That game, against Al Seeb, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Al Riffa.
Al Ahli form and stats
Last season, Al Ahli's league statistics were 3 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses, producing 8th place in the Premier League. Over these 18 matches they scored 18 goals and gave away 29. Playing as the home side in the last season Al Ahli managed 1-7-1 (win-draw-lost) with 8 goals and 9 conceded.
The supporters are hoping that Ahli will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away defeat in the Federation Cup fixture against Manama.
Before that match, a Premier League win away at Khalidiya.Al Riffa form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al Riffa performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 6 draws and 0 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded 9 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 0 with 15/3 goals scored/conceded.
Two away games in a row for Al Riffa, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus Al Seeb in the AFC Cup.
Before that one, the win at home hosting Budaiya in the Federation Cup (2-1).
After this away game Al Riffa return home for a Bahrain Cup game against Al Ittifaq Maqaba. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Al Riffa have won or drawn the last 9 matches (8-1-0) versus Ahli.Al Ahli missing players
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| Al Ahli | Al Riffa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Al Ahli | Last season | Al Riffa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 8 | 18 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 15 | 32 | ||
| 29 | 9 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 83% | ||
| 83% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 61% | ||
| 33% | 11% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 39% | ||
| 28% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 33% | ||
| 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | ||
| 61% | 78% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 33% | ||
| 11% | 11% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 67% | ||
| 39% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 17% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.2 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 33% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 35% | ||
| 8.4 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 7.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Muharraq | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Riffa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Al Shabbab Manama | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Khalidiya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Al Hala | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Budaiya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | East Riffa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Manama | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Bahrain SC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Sitra | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Al-Hidd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 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 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 |
