Season ticket holders at Madinat 'Isa Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Al Ahli languishing in the 7th position so far. The guesting Al Riffa will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Al Riffa could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a AFC Cup game only four sleeps ago.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Al Ahli form and stats
Al Ahli have collected 2 points from their Premier League home games so far after 0-2-2. With ten home games in a row without a win, the Al Ahli fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Al Ittihad game long ago, can be stopped today.
Stress levels are on the rise for Al Ahli's attacking players as they have now played 188 minutes without scoring in a league game.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Manama in the Premier League last time out and are looking for a win here. Preceding that match was the home game against Muharraq that was lost 0-1.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Al Ahli here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). 5 goals have been conceded.
Al Riffa form and stats
No Premier League points yet away for Al Riffa, from their first 2 matches. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Al Riffa are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a AFC Cup home defeat versus Al Qadsia with 1-2 on the scoreboard. A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs East Riffa.
5 goals so far away for Al Riffa, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 7. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Al Ahli three wins, zero draws and Al Riffa five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
K. Al Aswad
11 goals
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U. Agba
8 goals
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M. Abd Al Jabar
6 goals
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Al Ahli missing players
Al Riffa missing players
| Al Ahli | Al Riffa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 86% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 43% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 43% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 12 | 9 | 6.8 |
| 3.9 | 4.5 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 1.5 | 2.8 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 53 | 15 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 2 | 16 | 31 |
| 20 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 35% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 50% | 60% |
- Al Ahli has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3)
- Al Ahli has the fewest points (2) at home
- Al Ahli has the fewest scored goals in the second half (3)
- Al Ahli has the most dropped points from leading position (5)
- Al Ahli has the most scored goals in the first half (7)
- Al Ahli have yet to win a game at home.
- Al Riffa has the fewest matches under the total-line (0)
- Al Riffa has the most scored goals (17)
- Al Riffa has the most scored goals in the second half (11)
- Al Riffa has the the best goal difference (+6)
- Al Riffa have lost all their away matches so far.
- Al Riffa have scored in all their matches so far.
- Al Riffa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Al Riffa have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Al Riffa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Riffa's away-matches have had more than 4,5 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-Hidd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 | Al-Najma | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Manama | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Muharraq | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 5 | East Riffa | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 6 | Al Riffa | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Busaiteen | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 9 | Al Shabbab Manama | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 7 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -6 | 5 |