It's match week two of the Premier League season and a lot to play for. Don't miss our exhaustive preview of Al Hala-Al-Najma!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Al Hala form and stats
Last season, Al Hala's league results were 2 wins, 4 draws and 12 losses, providing 10th spot in the Premier League. During these 18 matches they scored 15 goals and gave away 31. Appearing as the home team in the last season Al Hala delivered 2-1-6 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 13 conceded. Hala are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
The home team returns to Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Al-Hidd (placed 7th) on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 0-0.
Preceding that match was a Bahrain Cup defeat to East Riffa (1-2).Al-Najma form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al-Najma performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 6 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 17 and conceded 31 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 5 and lost 4 with 10/17 goals scored/conceded. One match played away so far in the Premier League for Al-Najma and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 1 win, 5 draws and 4 losses from 10 games.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Al Ahli (placed 3rd) in their previous outing. The Premier League match ended in a draw 1-1.
A 1-3 defeat away at Al Ahli before that.Al-Najma have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's zero Hala victories, one draw and three Al-Najma wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Al Hala missing players
Al-Najma missing players
| Al Hala | Al-Najma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| Al Hala | Last season | Al-Najma | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 10 | 18 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 15 | 12 | Scored | S | 10 | 17 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Conceded | C | 17 | 31 | ||
| 83% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 78% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 44% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 28% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 11% | ||
| 44% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 67% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 6% | ||
| 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 28% | ||
| 3.2 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 6.6 | ||
| 6.7 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5.8 | 7.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 8.1 | ||
| 2.1 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 41% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 28% | ||
| 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-Hidd | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 41 |
| 2 | Muharraq | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 40 |
| 3 | Al Riffa | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 26 | 38 |
| 4 | Al-Najma | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | East Riffa | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 25 |
| 6 | Manama | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -4 | 20 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 8 | Busaiteen | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -13 | 16 |
| 9 | Al Shabbab Manama | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -22 | 14 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | -16 | 10 |
| 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 |