The visiting Al Riffa team are probably front runners at Al Hala, as the away side have a 19 point supremacy from their eleven league fixtures this season.
- Al Hala have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Riffa have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Premier League
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League. That game, against Khalidiya, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Al Riffa.
Al Hala form and stats
Al Hala's struggle is real here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium with only 5 points collected from 6 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-3.
Al Hala haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 231 minutes ago.
The Hala crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Muharraq here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium.
Al Hala have conceded 10 from these games.
Al Riffa form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Premier League, on their Premier League travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Things are running smoothly for Al Riffa who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Muharraq.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Riffa goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 488 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's the second away game in a row for Al Riffa, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Khalidiya (placed 4th) last time out.
10 goals so far away for Al Riffa, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 5 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
The last head-to-head meeting ended Al Riffa - Al Hala 3-1, played this season. Al Hala-Al Riffa H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Hala two wins, Al Riffa seven wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Al Hala missing players
Al Riffa missing players
| Al Hala | Al Riffa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 10 | 19 |
| 16 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 82% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 73% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 45% |
| 36% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 36% |
| 18% | 17% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 27% |
| 9% | 17% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 55% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 27% | 17% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 4.2 | 4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 6.4 | 5.9 |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6.4 | 5 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.6 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.6 | 4.3 |
| 32% | 35% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 36% | 40% |
| 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 8.2 | 7 |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 2 | 1.8 |
- Al Hala have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Riffa have not yet conceded a single goal in all their away games.
- Al Riffa have not yet lost a game.
- Al Riffa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Riffa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Riffa have scored more than double the goals of Al Hala.
- Al Riffa have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Premier League
- Al Riffa have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Premier League
- Al Riffa have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Premier League
- Al Riffa have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Premier League
- Al Riffa have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Al Riffa have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League
- Al Riffa have the most clean sheets (5) away in Premier League
- Al Riffa have the most clean sheets (9) in Premier League
- Al Riffa have the most scored goals in the second half (11) in Premier League
- Al Riffa have the the best goal difference (+10) away in Premier League
- Al Riffa have the the best goal difference (+16) in Premier League
- Al Riffa is in the best form (6-0-0) in Premier League
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 29 |
| 2 | Manama | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | East Riffa | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Khalidiya | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| 5 | Muharraq | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | Al Ahli | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 7 | Al Hala | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 10 |
| 8 | Al-Hidd | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -11 | 8 |
| 9 | Al-Najma | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 6 |
| 10 | Budaiya | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 5 |
