Season ticket holders at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Al Hala languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting Manama will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Al Hala form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Al Hala have managed 1 win, 0 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 5 games. It's trouble wherever Al Hala are playing these days as they have suffered six straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Al Shabbab Manama game.
In their previous game, led his Hala to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Al Ahli. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium. Ahead of that match, Hala lost 2-3 at home to Al Riffa.
The Hala fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hala defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Manama form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Manama so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-3 (win-draw-lose). Manama has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Manama play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Al Riffa (placed 3rd). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting East Riffa.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Manama have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Manama - Al Hala 1-1 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Hala victories, two draws and three Manama wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Muflih Al Rawajaa 1 goals | Y. Yacoub 1 goals |  M. Mohamed Ali Hasan 1 goals |
Al Hala missing players
Manama missing players
| Al Hala | Manama | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 24 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 16 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 75% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 67% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 42% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 58% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 33% |
| 58% | 40% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 3.2 | 4.4 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | 3.6 |
| 7 | 6.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | 34 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 38 | 84 |
| 21 | 16 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 13 | 30 |
| 48% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 31% | 33% |
- Al Hala has the most conceded goals in the second half (15)
- 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.
- Manama have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Manama have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Manama have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 29 |
| 2 | Muharraq | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Al Riffa | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 22 |
| 4 | East Riffa | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | Al-Najma | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Manama | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Busaiteen | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 8 |
| 9 | Al Shabbab Manama | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -17 | 7 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 | -14 | 5 |