Premier League match preview and statistics: Al Hala fight Al Riffa

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Competition: Bahrain Premier League
Competition: Fri 13.March
Match begins: 13:15 (UTC)
Venue: Madinat 'Isa Stadium (35580 seats)

Al Hala hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 5 points and a 10th position in the Premier League table. Visiting Al Riffa holds 4th place with 15 pts.

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 Riffa.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Al Hala form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Al Hala at their home stadium (Madinat 'Isa Stadium) is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Al Hala with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Al Shabbab Manama game, 51 days ago, have they avoided a loss. With Al Hala having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager .

Al Hala are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus East Riffa. Preceding that match was a defeat to Al Ahli (1-2).

A decent goal production from Al Hala in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. Al Hala's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Al Riffa form and stats

1-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Riffa, who have the most scored goals (25) in Premier League, in their Premier League matches away.

Al Riffa are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Premier League against Al Ahli (placed 7th). A 1-1 draw at Al-Hidd's stadium before that.

Al Riffa has another fixture away, a Premier League game, against Muharraq in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 10 goals in 4 league games away this season. Al Riffa can't defend away. 12 goals have been scored by the opposition in 4 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Al Riffa - Al Hala 5-0 earlier this season. Al Hala-Al Riffa H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Hala two wins, Al Riffa six wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Al RiffaK. Al Aswad
K. Al Aswad
2 goals
Al HalaR. Muflih Al Rawajaa
R. Muflih Al Rawajaa
1 goals
Al HalaY. Yacoub
Y. Yacoub
1 goals

Al Hala missing players

Al Riffa missing players

Al Hala Al Riffa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 4 0 Played P 2 4 9
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 5
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
7 3 0 Lost L 1 3 4
8 6 0 Scored S 5 10 25
18 5 0 Conceded C 4 12 17
90% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
40% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
30% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 89%
30% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 75% 44%
30% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 89%
20% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
60% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.1 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 9 7.5 7
6.9 5.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2.5 3.1
2.7 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
52 32 0 Total Shots T S 4 28 59
18 14 0 Shots on Target S O 4 18 29
44% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 125% 56% 59%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Hala has the fewest matches over the total-line (3)
  • Al Hala has the fewest scored goals (8)
  • Al Hala have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Al Hala have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Al Hala have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Hala have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Al Hala haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Al Riffa has the fewest matches under the total-line (0)
  • Al Riffa has the most matches over the total-line (7)
  • Al Riffa has the most points from losing position (6)
  • Al Riffa has the most scored goals (25)
  • Al Riffa has the most scored goals in the first half (10)
  • Al Riffa has the most scored goals in the second half (14)
  • Al Riffa have created more than twice as many corners as Al Hala.
  • Al Riffa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Al Riffa have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Al Riffa have scored more than double the goals of Al Hala.
  • Al Riffa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Al Riffa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Al Riffa's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.

  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 10 8 1 1 18 8 5 4 1 0 9 3 5 4 0 1 9 5 10 25
2 Muharraq 9 7 1 1 21 10 4 4 0 0 13 4 5 3 1 1 8 6 11 22
3 East Riffa 10 6 1 3 14 10 6 4 1 1 8 5 4 2 0 2 6 5 4 19
4 Al Riffa 9 5 0 4 25 17 5 4 0 1 15 5 4 1 0 3 10 12 8 15
5 Manama 10 3 5 2 13 13 5 3 2 0 10 5 5 0 3 2 3 8 0 14
6 Al-Najma 10 3 3 4 15 16 5 3 1 1 12 9 5 0 2 3 3 7 -1 12
7 Al Ahli 10 3 2 5 14 14 5 0 2 3 4 8 5 3 0 2 10 6 0 11
8 Busaiteen 10 2 2 6 11 17 6 1 2 3 6 10 4 1 0 3 5 7 -6 8
9 Al Shabbab Manama 10 2 1 7 9 25 4 1 0 3 2 9 6 1 1 4 7 16 -16 7
10 Al Hala 10 1 2 7 8 18 4 1 0 3 6 5 6 0 2 4 2 13 -10 5