It's game day two of the Premier League season and a lot to play for. Read our exhaustive preview of Al Hala-Muharraq!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
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.
Al Hala form and stats
Last season, Al Hala's league results were 6 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses, ending with 5th spot in the Second Division. From these 18 matches they scored 21 goals and conceded 24. Performing as the home side in the last season Al Hala managed 2-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 14 conceded. The first Premier League game here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa 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 followers hope that Hala will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Federation Cup fixture against Khalidiya.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Premier League home game that ended 1-1 versus Budaiya.Al Hala has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Muharraq form and stats
Let's have a look at how Muharraq performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 22 and conceded 19 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 1 and lost 4 with 13/13 goals scored/conceded.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a Federation Cup home defeat versus East Riffa with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Al-Hidd in the Premier League.A new game in only four days for Muharraq, the Bahrain Cup home match versus Busaiteen. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Muharraq have won all of the 5 most recent duels against this team. Another win today?Al Hala missing players
Muharraq missing players
| Al Hala | Muharraq | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 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% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Hala | Last season | Muharraq | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 10 | 18 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Scored | S | 13 | 22 | ||
| 24 | 14 | Conceded | C | 13 | 19 | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | ||
| 72% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 61% | ||
| 39% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 39% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 22% | ||
| 17% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 17% | ||
| 61% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 33% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 50% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 28% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6.7 | 6.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 9.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 42% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 32% | ||
| 7.7 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.3 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.2 | ||
| 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 Shabbab Manama | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Khalidiya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Al Hala | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Budaiya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | East Riffa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Manama | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Bahrain SC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Sitra | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 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 |
