It's still early in the Premier League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Al Riffa - Al-Hidd preview!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Al Riffa form and stats
The fans are hoping that Al Riffa will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Premier League game against Busaiteen (placed 6th). Before that game, the home loss against Olympic Safi with the scoreline 0-1.
Al-Hidd form and stats
Al-Hidd's last game was the home draw against Al-Najma (1-1). A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Al Ahli.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 Al Riffa victories, 4 draws and 4 Al-Hidd wins. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
Kamil Al Aswad
11 goals
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U. Agba
8 goals
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S. Mezlini
8 goals
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Al Riffa missing players
Al-Hidd missing players
| Al Riffa | Al-Hidd | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
|
Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| Al Riffa | Last season | Al-Hidd | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 39 | 19 | Scored | S | 13 | 29 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Conceded | C | 12 | 23 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 61% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 61% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 33% | ||
| 11% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 61% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 61% | ||
| 39% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 39% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 6% | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.5 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 199 | 106 | Total Shots | T S | 85 | 144 | ||
| 104 | 58 | Shots on Target | S O | 33 | 61 | ||
| 29% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Muharraq | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Manama | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Al-Najma | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Busaiteen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | East Riffa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 8 | Al Shabbab Manama | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
| 9 | Al Hala | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 |
| 10 | Al Riffa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 0 |
| 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 Riffa | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 22 | 37 |
| 2 | Manama | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 34 |
| 3 | Muharraq | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 31 |
| 4 | Al-Hidd | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Al Najma | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | East Riffa | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | Al Shabab | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -10 | 19 |
| 8 | Al Hala | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -11 | 19 |
| 9 | Budaiya | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 23 | -21 | 15 |
| 10 | Malkiya | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -19 | 13 |