Yet another engaging game in the Premier League. Al Ahli is in the 2nd position after playing two games. They host Sitra who are placed 12th after two fixtures.
The hosts Ahli saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Al Riffa, was also a home game here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Al Ahli form and stats
The hosts won their first Premier League game here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Al Ahli last season were 1 win, 7 draws and 1 loss from 9 games.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Al Ahli, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 249 minutes in the Premier League.
A nice win for Al Ahli last time playing, versus Al Riffa. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0.
Preceding that fixture, a home victory against Al Shabbab Manama in the Bahrain Cup. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Ahli have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 4 and lost 0.
Early season league goal statistics from Al Ahli's 1 home game: {1 goals}, 0 conceded.
Sitra form and stats
It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Khalidiya in their previous outing. The Bahrain Cup battle ended 0-0.
A loss against Khalidiya was the result prior to that, in a Premier League home game.Head 2 Head
Al Ahli-Sitra H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Al Ahli zero wins, Sitra two wins, one draw. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Al Ahli missing players
Sitra missing players
| Al Ahli | Sitra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 2.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 6.5 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 6.5 |
| 2.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Al Ahli | Last season | Sitra | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | ||
| 29 | 9 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 83% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | ||
| 33% | 11% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 28% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 61% | 78% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | ||
| 11% | 11% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | ||
| 39% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.2 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3 | ||
| 33% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 33% | ||
| 8.4 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 6 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 1 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Al Shabbab Manama | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | East Riffa | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Khalidiya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Al Riffa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Al-Hidd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Budaiya | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Al Hala | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 10 | Manama | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 11 | Bahrain SC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Sitra | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 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 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 23 | 42 |
| 2 | Manama | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 39 |
| 3 | Khalidiya | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 30 |
| 4 | Muharraq | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 27 |
| 5 | Al Hala | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -3 | 25 |
| 6 | East Riffa | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| 7 | Budaiya | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 17 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -11 | 17 |
| 9 | Al-Hidd | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -14 | 13 |
| 10 | Al-Najma | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -19 | 8 |
| 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-Hidd | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Sitra | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Budaiya | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Malkiya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
