Match preview Premier League: Al-Najma - Busaiteen at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium

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Competition: Bahrain Premier League
Competition: Fri 08.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium (35580 seats)

After four games we know a little more about the qualities of Al-Najma and Busaiteen in this fresh Premier League season. Read our match preview!

Insights:
  • Al-Najma has the the worst goal difference (-1) at home in Premier League
  • Busaiteen has the most points from losing position (3) in Premier League

Al-Najma and Busaiteen should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Busaiteen, who are travelling more than 3700 kilometers to play this game.

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Al-Najma form and stats

Al-Najma's first Premier League home game here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat from 9 matches.

Al-Najma haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 197 minutes ago. Luis Junior scored that one.

Al-Najma's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Al Ahli (placed 8th). A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Budaiya.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Al-Najma at home in the league. 0 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Busaiteen form and stats

No Premier League points yet away for Busaiteen, from their first 2 matches. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Busaiteen are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Busaiteen aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 189 league minutes without a goal. Ibraheem Khojali was the last player to find the net.

Two away games in a row for Busaiteen, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus East Riffa in the Premier League. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Al-Hidd's place.

0 goals so far away for Busaiteen, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Al-Najma victories, two draws and zero Busaiteen wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Al-Najma missing players

Busaiteen missing players

Al-Najma Busaiteen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 1 0 Played P 0 2 4
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 2 2
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 6
4 1 0 Conceded C 0 4 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 75%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
50% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 75%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.8 5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 9.8
2.5 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.5 4.2
20% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 35%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al-Najma has the the worst goal difference (-1) at home in Premier League
  • Busaiteen has the most points from losing position (3) in Premier League
Al-Najma Last season Busaiteen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
18 9   Played P   9 18
9 7   Won W   2 4
4 1   Drew D   1 4
5 1   Lost L   6 10
27 20   Scored S   8 17
22 10   Conceded C   16 30
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 89%
72% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 78%
44% 56%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 61%
33% 44%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 17%
22% 44%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
50% 67%   BTTS BTTS   67% 61%
28% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 22%
28% 0%   Failed to Score F T   22% 28%
 
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 1.9
1 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
8.2 11   Shots (avg) S (   6.7 6.8
3.7 5.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.6 2.7
37% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 31%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 East Riffa 4 3 1 0 8 1 3 2 1 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 10
2 Al-Hidd 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 2 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7
3 Al Riffa 3 2 1 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7
4 Manama 4 2 1 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 7
5 Muharraq 4 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
6 Busaiteen 4 1 1 2 6 5 2 1 1 0 6 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 4
7 Budaiya 4 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 4
8 Al Ahli 4 1 1 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 2 6 -4 4
9 Al-Najma 4 0 2 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 2 3 -2 2
10 Malkiya 4 0 1 3 2 10 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 1 9 -8 1
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-Hidd 18 13 2 3 29 16 9 7 1 1 15 9 9 6 1 2 14 7 13 41
2 Muharraq 18 12 4 2 32 16 8 5 3 0 16 6 10 7 1 2 16 10 16 40
3 Al Riffa 18 12 2 4 50 24 9 8 0 1 29 8 9 4 2 3 21 16 26 38
4 Al-Najma 18 9 4 5 27 22 9 7 1 1 20 10 9 2 3 4 7 12 5 31
5 East Riffa 18 7 4 7 18 20 10 4 2 4 9 12 8 3 2 3 9 8 -2 25
6 Manama 18 4 8 6 18 22 9 4 4 1 12 6 9 0 4 5 6 16 -4 20
7 Al Ahli 18 5 2 11 19 22 9 2 2 5 9 10 9 3 0 6 10 12 -3 17
8 Busaiteen 18 4 4 10 17 30 9 2 3 4 9 14 9 2 1 6 8 16 -13 16
9 Al Shabbab Manama 18 4 2 12 15 37 9 2 1 6 6 15 9 2 1 6 9 22 -22 14
10 Al Hala 18 2 4 12 15 31 9 2 1 6 12 13 9 0 3 6 3 18 -16 10