Struggling Al Ahli will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Al Riffa in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Al Ahli has the fewest points (1) at home in Premier League
- Al Riffa is in the best form (5-1-0)
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!
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
The first Premier League game here at Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī resulted in a draw. Last season Al Ahli's home game statistics were 2 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats from 9 games.
Jamal Rashed was the last player to score a league goal for Al Ahli and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Al Ahli haven't scored in 211 minutes.
The spoils were shared in Ahli's previous game, also at home. Visiting Busaiteen (placed 7th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Budaiya (0-1).
Early season league goal statistics from Al Ahli's 1 home game: 0 goals, 0 conceded.
Al Riffa form and stats
Al Riffa, who have the most scored goals (4) away in Premier League, are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Premier League. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Al Ahli.
Two travels in a row for Riffa, whose manager A. Ashour could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Al-Najma. Prior to that result Riffa won their away game at East Riffa. The scoreline was 2-1.
Al Riffa have the goal stats of 4-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Ahli won three, Al Riffa won seven and zero draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Al Ahli missing players
Al Riffa missing players
Al Ahli | Al Riffa | ||||||
Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
6 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 6 |
1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 8 |
7 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
83% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
17% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
17% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 50% |
33% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
67% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2.3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.4 |
0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.5 | 9.6 |
2.3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 3.6 |
14% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 67% | 33% |
- Al Ahli has the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Premier League
- Al Ahli has the fewest points (1) at home in Premier League
- Al Ahli has the fewest scored goals (0) at home in Premier League
- Al Ahli have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Al Ahli have failed to score a single goal at home.
- Al Ahli have not yet lost a game at home.
- Al Ahli have yet to win a game at home.
- Al Riffa has the most scored goals (4) away in Premier League
- Al Riffa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Riffa have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Al Riffa have scored more than double the goals of Al Ahli.
- Al Riffa have won all their away games so far.
- Al Riffa is in the best form (5-1-0)
- All of Al Riffa's away-matches have had more than 2,5 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
2 | East Riffa | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
3 | Manama | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
4 | Muharraq | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
5 | Al-Hidd | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
6 | Budaiya | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
7 | Busaiteen | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
8 | Al-Najma | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
9 | Al Ahli | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
10 | Malkiya | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -9 | 2 |