Al Hala have come here for an action-packed duel versus the hosts Al Riffa. Prepare for the fixture with this in-depth Premier League preview!
- Al Riffa have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Premier League
- Al Hala have the most matches over the total-line (2) in Premier League
Both participants have had plenty of rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's aim for an in-your-face fixture!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Al Riffa form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Al Riffa at their home stadium (Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Riffa has recorded two wins in a row here at Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
A good away victory last time out for Al Riffa, who won 7-3 against Al-Najma (placed 4th). As mentioned above, Riffa "killed" Al-Najma in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Before that, Riffa drew at home versus East Riffa.The Riffa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Al Riffa have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Al Hala form and stats
One match played away so far in the Premier League for Al Hala and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses from 8 games.
Hala play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Al Ittihad.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Malkiya.Al Hala have the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between these squads: Al Riffa won seven, Al Hala were winners in two and we saw one draw. eight games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Al Riffa missing players
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| Al Riffa | Al Hala | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 60% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| 80% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 40% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 6 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.8 | 10 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 9.2 |
| 3 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 33% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 36% |
| 7 | 7.2 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7 | 6.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 2.2 |
- Al Hala have the most matches over the total-line (2) in Premier League
- Al Riffa have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Premier League
- Al Riffa have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Premier League
- Al Riffa have the most clean sheets (3) at home in Premier League
- Al Riffa have the most clean sheets (4) in Premier League
- Al Riffa have the most matches under the total-line (4) in Premier League
- Al Riffa have the most points (10) at home in Premier League
- Al Riffa have the the best goal difference (+3) at home in Premier League
| Al Riffa | Last season | Al Hala | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 8 | Played | P | 8 | 18 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 31 | 11 | Scored | S | 19 | 43 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | ||
| 94% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 83% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 78% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 72% | ||
| 17% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 39% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 39% | ||
| 6% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 17% | ||
| 6 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.1 | 2.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.6 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 14.1 | ||
| 6 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 6.5 | ||
| 28% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 37% | ||
| 7.4 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Al Riffa | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Khalidiya | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Al-Najma | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | East Riffa | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Al Hala | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| 7 | Al-Hidd | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Budaiya | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 9 | Al Ahli | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Muharraq | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |