Season ticket holders at Madinat 'Isa Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Al Ahli languishing in the 8th position so far. The guesting Manama will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Al Ahli form and stats
Three Premier League home games done for Al Ahli, who are not happy collecting 1 point from these matches. With nine 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.
Al Ahli's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Muharraq (placed 3rd). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Al-Najma.
Al Ahli are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 3 goals in 3 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.
Manama form and stats
The Premier League season is young and Manama have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Two away games in a row for Manama, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus East Riffa in the Premier League. A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Al-Hidd.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Manama manager M. Basheer Al Shamlan as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Al Jaish.
It's early days yet, but Manama has scored 2 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Al Ahli, 1 draw and 6 wins for Manama. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 3 games.Top Goalscorers
  T. Fernandes 12 goals |  M. Abdulrahman 5 goals |  M. Al Romaihi 5 goals |
Al Ahli missing players
Manama missing players
| Al Ahli | Manama | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | 5 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 4.5 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.5 | 3.8 |
| 4.2 | 5.3 | 4.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 5.7 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | 6 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 21 | 52 |
| 19 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 8 | 21 |
| 37% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 33% |
- Al Ahli has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3)
- Al Ahli has the fewest points (1) at home
- 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 won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Al Ahli have yet to win a game at home.
- Al Ahli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Manama's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Manama have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Manama have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Manama have yet to win a 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 | Al-Hidd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | East Riffa | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | Muharraq | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Manama | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Al-Najma | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Busaiteen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Al Riffa | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Al Hala | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -5 | 5 |
| 10 | Al Shabbab Manama | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -12 | 4 |