Only a few games have been played in the Premier League so far, with Al-Najma placed 7th and Al Riffa sitting in the 1st position.
- Al-Najma haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Riffa is in the best form (4-1-0)
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.
These teams have little in common geographically as Al Riffa have to travel 3700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Al-Najma form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Al-Najma's two home games in the Premier League so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium.
A nice win for Al-Najma last time playing, versus Busaiteen. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0. Ahead of that match, Al-Najma lost 0-1 at home to Al Ahli.
Al-Najma has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Al Riffa form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Premier League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats from 9 matches. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Riffa hope to make it five in this match.
Two travels in a row for Al Riffa, whose manager A. Ashour could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against East Riffa. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Al-Hidd.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Al Riffa has managed 2 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Last seven meetings between the teams: Al-Najma won two, Al Riffa won five and zero draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Al-Najma missing players
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| Al-Najma | Al Riffa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 40% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.6 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 10.2 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 19% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 25% |
- Al Riffa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Riffa have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Al Riffa have won all their away games so far.
- Al Riffa is in the best form (4-1-0)
- Al-Najma haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Riffa's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
| Al-Najma | Last season | Al Riffa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 27 | 20 | Scored | S | 21 | 50 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 16 | 24 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 94% | ||
| 72% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 94% | ||
| 44% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 78% | 89% | ||
| 33% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 78% | 78% | ||
| 22% | 44% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 44% | 33% | ||
| 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 78% | 78% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 22% | ||
| 28% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 6% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 8.2 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.7 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 37% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 53% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | East Riffa | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Manama | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Muharraq | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Al-Hidd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Budaiya | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Al-Najma | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Busaiteen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Al Ahli | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 10 | Malkiya | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -9 | 1 |