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 East Riffa will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Al Ahli form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Al Ahli, who have the fewest points (5) at home in Premier League, have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium. It's trouble wherever Ahli are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Stress levels are on the rise for Ahli's attacking players as they have now played 360 minutes without scoring in a league game. Jassim Al Shaikh was their last goal scorer.
The fans are hoping that Ahli will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Premier League game against Busaiteen (placed 9th). Heartbreak before that as Ahli lost 0-2 at Al-Najma's place.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Al Ahli as they have a new game in only three days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Al Shabbab Manama are visiting.
Ahli has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Ahli's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
East Riffa form and stats
Playing away, East Riffa have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season. It's looking increasingly bleak for Riffa who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Busaiteen was the last time a defeat was avoided.
There might be some fixture complaints from East Riffa as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Premier League match against Al-Najma (0-1). Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Muharraq.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Al Riffa in just three days.
The visiting Riffa have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 7 games. 8 goals have been conceded by East Riffa in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the East Riffa - Ahli 1-3 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Ahli three wins, four draws and East Riffa two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Al Ahli missing players
East Riffa missing players
| Al Ahli | East Riffa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 8 | 17 |
| 21 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 94% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 88% |
| 62% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 62% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 43% | 50% |
| 31% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 43% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 43% | 44% |
| 19% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 31% |
| 50% | 43% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 124 | 34 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 46 | 71 | 162 |
| 45 | 11 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 24 | 56 |
| 31% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 33% | 27% |
- Al Ahli has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Premier League
- Al Ahli has the fewest points (5) at home in Premier League
- Al Ahli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- East Riffa has the fewest points from losing position (1) in Premier League
- East Riffa is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 46 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 34 |
| 2 | Muharraq | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 34 |
| 3 | Al-Hidd | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 32 |
| 4 | Al-Najma | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | East Riffa | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 21 |
| 6 | Manama | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -2 | 20 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 14 |
| 8 | Al Shabbab Manama | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -19 | 14 |
| 9 | Busaiteen | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 13 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | -13 | 10 |