Al Ahli know they are in for a gruelling journey to Al Hala and their Al Najma Sports Club. This news article has all the info you require before the match.
- Al Ahli have scored at least twice as many goals away as Al Hala have scored home.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Al Hala and Al Ahli.
Al Hala form and stats
2-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Hala so far this season. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Hala with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Budaiya game, 34 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 300 minutes without scoring a league goal. Eyinga was the last player to find the net.
The Al Hala crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Al Ahli here at Al Najma Sports Club.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Manama (0-1).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Al Hala have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 0.
It should be considered that a glance at the 10 latest league fixtures shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Hala here at Al Najma Sports Club in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 7 games). From these home matches, Al Hala have conceded only 6 goals.
Al Ahli form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Ahli play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Al Hala (placed 10th). Those three points felt sweet as this side had gone four league rounds without victory.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Al Riffa.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Al Ahli in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Al Ahli, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Al Ahli's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. Ahli's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Al Hala have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (0-4-0) when playing Al Ahli.The latest registered history featuring both these contenders is the Al Ahli - Hala 0-0 played previously this season.
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| Al Hala | Al Ahli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 9 | 14 | 18 |
| 19 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 20 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 82% |
| 53% | 25% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 59% |
| 29% | 12% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 35% |
| 24% | 12% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 18% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 33% | 18% |
| 41% | 25% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 47% |
| 29% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 41% |
| 41% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 29% |
| 3.6 | 3.1 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.7 |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.3 | 3.4 | 6.1 |
| 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
| 41% | 36% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 90% | 74% | 36% |
| 5 | 4.2 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3 | 2.8 | 4.6 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2 | 2.2 |
- Al Ahli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Ahli have scored at least twice as many goals away as Al Hala have scored home.
- Al Ahli have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manama | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 31 |
| 2 | Muharraq | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 3 | Khalidiya | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 30 |
| 4 | Sitra | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Al Riffa | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Al Ahli | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 7 | Al Shabbab Manama | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | Al-Hidd | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 19 |
| 9 | East Riffa | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -2 | 18 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | Bahrain SC | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 13 |
| 12 | Budaiya | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 20 | -35 | -1 |
