It's only round two of the Premier League for these contenders. And fresh bodies and minds here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium as Al Hala host Budaiya. Read this preview!
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Al Hala form and stats
In the previous season, Al Hala's league stats were 6 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses, ending with 5th place in the Second Division. Over these 18 matches they scored 21 goals and let in 24. Performing at their own stadium in the former season Al Hala generated 2-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 14 conceded. The first Premier League game here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Al Hala's home game statistics were 2 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats from 9 games.
The home regulars saw a 1-1 draw versus Budaiya last time out and are looking for a victory here. The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Hernández, having scored in nine consecutive games.
Before that match, a win away at East Riffa.Al Hala has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Budaiya form and stats
Let's have a look at how Budaiya performed last season in the Permier League Play-offs: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat. In total they scored 5 and conceded 5 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 1 and lost 0 with 1/1 goals scored/conceded. One match played away so far in the Premier League for Budaiya and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses from 1 games.
Budaiya are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Al Hala (placed 4th).
A loss against Al-Hidd was the result prior to that, in a Permier League Play-offs home game.Budaiya 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
Hala have avoided a loss in the last 7 games (4-3-0) against Budaiya.Al Hala - Budaiya 1-1 was the result in these participants' latest h2h game, earlier this season.
Al Hala missing players
Budaiya missing players
| Al Hala | Budaiya | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 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% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Al Hala | Last season | Budaiya | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | ||
| 24 | 14 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 39% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | ||
| 17% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | ||
| 61% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.7 | 6.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 42% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 7.7 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Riffa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Al Hala | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Bahrain SC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Budaiya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | East Riffa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Manama | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Sitra | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Al Shabbab Manama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Khalidiya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Al-Hidd | 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 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 |
