It's only the second fixture in the Premier League for these contenders. and fresh optimism here at Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī as Al Ahli greet Budaiya. Check out this preview!
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Al Ahli form and stats
In the previous season, Al Ahli's league statistics were 5 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses, leading to 6th position in the Premier League. In these 18 matches they scored 17 goals and gave away 25. Performing at their own stadium in the former season Al Ahli produced 3-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 13 conceded. 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 3 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats from 9 games.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Ahli, who played 1-1 against Al-Najma. That match was also played at this venue (Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Al-Najma in a game that was won 3-1.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Ahli, as the Premier League home game vs Manama is only four days away.
Early season league goal statistics from Al Ahli's 1 home game: 1 goal, 1 conceded.
Budaiya form and stats
Let's have a look at how Budaiya performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 8 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 11 and conceded 19 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 5 and lost 3 with 6/8 goals scored/conceded. Budaiya have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premier League were 1 victory, 5 draws and 3 defeats from 9 fixtures.
There might be some fixture complaints from Budaiya as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Premier League match against Khalidiya (0-2).
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-1 at East Riffa.0 goals so far away for Budaiya, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Al Ahli victories, one draw and one Budaiya win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Al Ahli missing players
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| Al Ahli | Budaiya | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 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% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Al Ahli | Last season | Budaiya | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 17 | 12 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 56% | 78% | ||
| 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 44% | 56% | ||
| 33% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 22% | ||
| 28% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 6% | ||
| 6% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 6% | ||
| 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 33% | ||
| 33% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 56% | ||
| 3.7 | 2.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 5.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.1 | 6.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 29% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 19% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Khalidiya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Manama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Al-Najma | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Al Hala | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Al Riffa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Al-Hidd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Muharraq | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | East Riffa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Budaiya | 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 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 45 |
| 2 | East Riffa | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | Manama | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 31 |
| 4 | Muharraq | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | Al-Hidd | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 27 |
| 6 | Al Ahli | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 21 |
| 7 | Budaiya | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -8 | 17 |
| 8 | Al-Najma | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 15 |
| 9 | Malkiya | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | -15 | 13 |
| 10 | Busaiteen | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 12 |