The home manager expects to encourage Al Khalidiyah triumph against Sitra

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Competition: Bahrain Premier League
Competition: Wed 15.March
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium (35580 seats)

Premier League: Two participants who have done splendidly as yet. Learn more on Al Khalidiyah - Sitra with this complete preview!

Insights:
  • Al Khalidiyah have the most scored goals (30) in Premier League
  • Sitra is in the best form (4-2-0) in Premier League

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.

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Al Khalidiyah form and stats

Al Khalidiyah have collected 14 points from their Premier League home games so far after 4-2-2.

A strong away win for Khalidiyah against Al-Hidd the last match. A goal frenzy last time out for Al Khalidiyah, with a total of 8 goals in the match against Al-Hidd. Fun stuff to watch!

In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Al Ahli.

The manager will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Alhassam in only four days.

The Al Khalidiyah fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 8 league matches. From these home matches, Al Khalidiyah have conceded only 6 goals.

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Sitra form and stats

Sitra's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Sitra collect 17 points from their 7 away matches in the Premier League. 5 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Sitra are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Sitra goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 566 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Two away matches in a row for Sitra, whose coach could celebrate last time after the win against East Riffa.

Prior to that result Sitra won their away game at Al-Hidd. The scoreline was 2-0.

A tale of few goals? 9 of this team's most recent 10 league rounds have contained two or less goals.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Federation Cup trip to East Riffa.

The travelling fans enjoy Sitra's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 7 league matches away. Sitra are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only {3 goals} away. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent logged match between these squads is the Sitra - Khalidiyah 1-2 played earlier this season. Numbers for the previous four meetings between these two sides are: two wins for Al Khalidiyah, one draw and one win for Sitra. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Al Khalidiyah missing players

Sitra missing players

Al Khalidiyah Sitra
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 1 7 16
9 4 1 Won W 0 5 8
3 2 0 Drew D 1 2 6
4 2 1 Lost L 0 0 2
30 15 2 Scored S 0 11 20
16 6 1 Conceded C 0 3 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 86% 81%
69% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 86% 62%
50% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 31%
31% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 38%
38% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 57% 56%
12% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 14% 25%
 
6.3 5.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.9 4.6
3.3 2.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.1 4.7
1.6 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.6 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.6 9.6 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6.9 5.8
3.7 4.4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.4 2.8
51% 43% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 46% 45%
 
6.8 5.9 10 Shots against (avg) S A 5 7 5.6
3.1 2.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1.6 1.4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Khalidiyah have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Al Khalidiyah have the most scored goals (15) at home in Premier League
  • Al Khalidiyah have the most scored goals (30) in Premier League
  • Al Khalidiyah have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Premier League
  • Al Khalidiyah have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Premier League
  • Al Khalidiyah have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Al Khalidiyah haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sitra have not yet lost a game away.
  • Sitra have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Sitra have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Premier League
  • Sitra is in the best form (4-2-0) in Premier League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manama 16 9 4 3 27 12 7 3 3 1 13 6 9 6 1 2 14 6 15 31
2 Muharraq 16 8 6 2 23 8 8 4 4 0 12 3 8 4 2 2 11 5 15 30
3 Al Khalidiyah 16 9 3 4 30 16 8 4 2 2 15 6 8 5 1 2 15 10 14 30
4 Sitra 16 8 6 2 20 10 9 3 4 2 9 7 7 5 2 0 11 3 10 30
5 Al Riffa 17 7 6 4 22 15 9 3 3 3 10 9 8 4 3 1 12 6 7 27
6 Al Ahli 17 6 6 5 20 20 8 2 3 3 4 8 9 4 3 2 16 12 0 24
7 Al Shabbab 16 6 2 8 17 17 8 3 1 4 10 10 8 3 1 4 7 7 0 20
8 Al-Hidd 17 5 5 7 20 30 8 2 2 4 11 16 9 3 3 3 9 14 -10 20
9 East Riffa 16 4 6 6 17 19 8 1 2 5 10 15 8 3 4 1 7 4 -2 18
10 Al Hala 17 4 6 7 15 21 8 2 2 4 4 9 9 2 4 3 11 12 -6 18
11 Bahrain SC 16 3 4 9 16 24 8 3 1 4 10 11 8 0 3 5 6 13 -8 13
12 Budaiya 16 1 2 13 7 42 9 1 1 7 4 22 7 0 1 6 3 20 -35 -1