Madinat 'Isa Stadium: Al-Hidd vs Al Riffa Premier League preview

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Competition: Bahrain Premier League
Competition: Tue 25.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Madinat 'Isa Stadium (35580 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Al-Hidd - Al Riffa!

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.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Al-Hidd form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Al-Hidd, who have the most clean sheets (7) in Premier League, at their home stadium (Madinat 'Isa Stadium) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Al-Hidd after consecutive victories at their own ground.

A strong away win for Al-Hidd against East Riffa the last match. Heartbreak before that as Al-Hidd lost 0-1 at Al-Najma's place.

A decent goal production from Al-Hidd in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. From these home matches, Al-Hidd have conceded only 3 goals.

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Al Riffa form and stats

3-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Riffa, who have the most scored goals (40) in Premier League, in their Premier League matches away.

It's the second away game in a row for Riffa, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Al Shabbab Manama (placed 8th) in the Premier League last time out. Prior to that match, a home win 5-1 against Busaiteen.

The Riffa manager A. Ashour has got the team scoring on the road, with 17 away goals in 7 league matches. For Al Riffa, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Al Riffa - Al-Hidd 1-2, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Al-Hidd won four, Al Riffa won two and four draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Al RiffaK. Al Aswad
K. Al Aswad
2 goals
Al-HiddM. Fares
M. Fares
1 goals
Al-HiddM. Abdalwahab
M. Abdalwahab
1 goals

Al-Hidd missing players

Al Riffa missing players

Al-Hidd Al Riffa
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 5 1 Played P 1 7 14
10 4 1 Won W 0 3 9
2 1 0 Drew D 1 1 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 3 4
23 9 4 Scored S 1 17 40
10 3 1 Conceded C 1 16 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
43% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 86% 93%
14% 20% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 86% 86%
14% 20% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 57% 43%
43% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 93%
50% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 7%
7% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7.9 8 8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.9 6.5
5.1 4.6 8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 2.9 3.1
1.9 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
158 51 0 Total Shots T S 7 59 117
49 14 0 Shots on Target S O 3 31 57
37% 36% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 55% 56%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Riffa has the fewest matches under the total-line (1)
  • Al Riffa has the most matches over the total-line (11)
  • Al Riffa has the most points from losing position (9)
  • Al Riffa has the most scored goals (17) away
  • Al Riffa has the most scored goals (40)
  • Al Riffa has the most scored goals in the first half (18)
  • Al Riffa has the most scored goals in the second half (21)
  • Al Riffa has the the best goal difference (+17)
  • Al Riffa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Al Riffa have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Al Riffa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Al Riffa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Al Riffa is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Al-Hidd has the fewest conceded goals (10)
  • Al-Hidd has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home
  • Al-Hidd has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3)
  • Al-Hidd has the most clean sheets (7)
  • Al-Hidd have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Al-Hidd have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al-Hidd have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Al-Hidd haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Al Riffa's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

  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 14 10 2 2 23 10 5 4 1 0 9 3 9 6 1 2 14 7 13 32
2 Muharraq 13 9 3 1 25 12 7 5 2 0 16 6 6 4 1 1 9 6 13 30
3 Al Riffa 14 9 1 4 40 23 7 6 0 1 23 7 7 3 1 3 17 16 17 28
4 Al-Najma 13 6 3 4 22 17 7 5 1 1 17 10 6 1 2 3 5 7 5 21
5 East Riffa 14 6 3 5 16 16 8 4 1 3 8 9 6 2 2 2 8 7 0 21
6 Manama 13 3 7 3 14 16 6 3 3 0 10 5 7 0 4 3 4 11 -2 16
7 Al Ahli 13 4 2 7 17 16 7 1 2 4 7 9 6 3 0 3 10 7 1 14
8 Al Shabbab Manama 14 3 1 10 12 33 6 1 0 5 3 13 8 2 1 5 9 20 -21 10
9 Busaiteen 14 2 3 9 15 28 8 1 3 4 8 14 6 1 0 5 7 14 -13 9
10 Al Hala 14 2 3 9 12 25 7 2 1 4 10 9 7 0 2 5 2 16 -13 9