The visiting Muharraq side should be favourites in this visit to Al Hala, as the away team holds a 24 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League. That game was an away game at Al-Hidd, so at least Al Hala are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Al Hala form and stats
Al Hala's results here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Hala lost their last game at Al-Hidd (placed 1st) after a 1-2 scoreline. Before that, Hala played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Al Shabbab Manama.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Al-Najma are coming to town in two days.
Hala are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. Hala have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Muharraq form and stats
Muharraq's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Muharraq collect 16 points from their 8 away matches in the Premier League. 5 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
There might be some fixture complaints from Muharraq as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Premier League match against Al Riffa (1-2). Preceding that game was the away victory against East Riffa with the score of 3-1.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only two days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Manama.
Muharraq has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. 9 goals have been conceded by Muharraq in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Muharraq - Hala 2-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - three - seven (Hala wins - draws - Muharraq wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  É. Nascimento de Mendonça 2 goals |  R. Muflih Al Rawajaa 1 goals | Y. Yacoub 1 goals |
Al Hala missing players
Muharraq missing players
| Al Hala | Muharraq | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 29 |
| 27 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 81% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 69% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 62% | 69% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 62% | 50% |
| 25% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 31% |
| 25% | 29% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 38% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 62% | 56% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 38% | 44% |
| 56% | 43% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 86 | 49 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 44 | 79 | 184 |
| 29 | 22 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 23 | 70 |
| 45% | 45% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 52% | 40% |
- Al Hala has the fewest scored goals (13) in Premier League
- 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.
- Muharraq have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Muharraq have scored more than double the goals of Al Hala.
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 35 |
| 2 | Al Riffa | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 46 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 34 |
| 3 | Muharraq | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 34 |
| 4 | Al-Najma | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | East Riffa | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 21 |
| 6 | Manama | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -2 | 20 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 14 |
| 8 | Al Shabbab Manama | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -19 | 14 |
| 9 | Busaiteen | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 13 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | -14 | 10 |