The home followers anticipate a win in this match, and the home advantage might do the trick against a stumbling visitor. Al Ahli are in 6th position while the guesting Bahrain SC sweat at 11th.
- Al Ahli have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Premier League
- Bahrain SC have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Premier League
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Al Ahli form and stats
The overall Premier League stats at home this season for Al Ahli are 3-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The home fans saw a 1-1 draw versus Bahrain SC last time out and are looking for a victory here.
A 0-0 scoreline against Al Hala (after extra-time) before that, played at home in the Bahrain Cup. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Al Ahli handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 6 draws and 0 defeats.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Ahli here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 10 games).
Bahrain SC form and stats
Bahrain SC have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 0-4-5 (9 played).
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Al Ahli (placed 6th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
A 0-1 loss hosting Manama before that.Bahrain SC are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
The attacking power of Bahrain when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Bahrain SC have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Bahrain SC have won at least one point in the last 5 games (2-3-0) facing Ahli.Here's the final score when the squads played each other previously this campaign; Al Ahli - Bahrain SC 1-1.
Al Ahli missing players
Bahrain SC missing players
| Al Ahli | Bahrain SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 23 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 22 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | 26 |
| 84% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 68% | 60% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 61% |
| 42% | 30% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 33% | 39% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 22% | 22% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 17% |
| 53% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 56% | 50% |
| 37% | 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 26% | 40% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 44% | 44% |
| 4.9 | 6.2 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.1 | 6.9 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.2 | 8.5 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 4 | 5.1 |
| 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 40% | 19% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 33% | 37% |
| 4.7 | 6.5 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 7.8 | 8.3 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 3.5 |
- Al Ahli have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Premier League
- Al Ahli have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Bahrain SC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Bahrain SC have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Premier League
- Bahrain SC have yet to win a game away.
- Bahrain SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 20 | 34 |
| 2 | Manama | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 34 |
| 3 | Khalidiya | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 32 |
| 4 | Sitra | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 31 |
| 5 | Al Riffa | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | Al Ahli | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 28 |
| 7 | Al Shabbab Manama | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 23 |
| 8 | Al Hala | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 9 | East Riffa | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -3 | 20 |
| 10 | Al-Hidd | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -11 | 20 |
| 11 | Bahrain SC | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 14 |
| 12 | Budaiya | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 22 | -36 | -1 |
