It's match week two of the Premier League campaign and important points to play for. Read our complete preview of Al Riffa-Al-Hidd!
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 season before, Al Riffa's league results were 14 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, resulting in 1st place in the Premier League. During these 18 matches they scored 31 goals and gave away 13. Playing as the host team in the previous season Al Riffa produced 6-1-1 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 6 conceded.
Riffa shared the glory with Muharraq in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Malkiya in a game that was won 2-1.Al-Hidd form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al-Hidd performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 26 and conceded 23 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 2 and lost 6 with 5/13 goals scored/conceded.
Al-Hidd's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Al Hala that finished 0-0.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Al Ahed's place.A quick return to home after this game, as Al-Hidd are hosting Al-Najma in the Premier League only four days away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Al Riffa victories, four draws and two Al-Hidd wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Al Riffa missing players
Al-Hidd missing players
| Al Riffa | Al-Hidd | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Al Riffa | Last season | Al-Hidd | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 8 | Played | P | 8 | 18 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 0 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 31 | 11 | Scored | S | 5 | 26 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 13 | 23 | ||
| 94% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 83% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 72% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 17% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | ||
| 6% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 28% | ||
| 6 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.2 | 6.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.9 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 9.9 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 28% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Khalidiya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Manama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Al-Najma | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Al Hala | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Al Riffa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Al-Hidd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Muharraq | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | East Riffa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Budaiya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -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 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 45 |
| 2 | East Riffa | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | Manama | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 31 |
| 4 | Muharraq | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | Al-Hidd | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 27 |
| 6 | Al Ahli | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 21 |
| 7 | Budaiya | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -8 | 17 |
| 8 | Al-Najma | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 15 |
| 9 | Malkiya | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | -15 | 13 |
| 10 | Busaiteen | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 12 |