Al Riffa perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Al-Najma can look both up and down from their 4th position.
It's quite the trip for Al-Najma when visiting Riffa as the cities are 3700 kilometers apart.
Al Riffa form and stats
Al Riffa, who have the most scored goals (46) in Premier League, have been very solid at home in the Premier League so far, with 21 points collected from 8 matches (7-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. Riffa has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium. We remember; it was Al-Hidd. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Riffa has won five games in a row. The Muharraq match was the last time out without a victory.
Riffa's last game was hosting Muharraq (placed 3rd) and winning 2-1. Before that match, a win away at Al-Hidd.
The manager A. Ashour will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to East Riffa in only two days.
It's goals goals goals for Riffa who have scored 25 goals from 8 league home games. Al Riffa have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Al-Najma form and stats
There's been little loot from Al-Najma's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the Premier League. Al-Najma only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Al-Najma goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 395 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Al-Najma won their last game, 1-0 versus East Riffa played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Al Ahli.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Al-Najma manager F. Labidi as the team has another away game coming up in only two days, this time against Al Hala.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 7 goals have been conceded by Al-Najma in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Al-Najma - Riffa 4-2, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Al Riffa won three games, zero matches ended with a draw and Al-Najma has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / twoTop Goalscorers
  K. Al Aswad 2 goals |  A. Madan 2 goals | S. Baqer 1 goals |
Al Riffa missing players
Al-Najma missing players
| Al Riffa | Al-Najma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 46 | 25 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 25 |
| 24 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 94% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 69% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 38% |
| 81% | 75% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 50% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 139 | 67 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 31 | 130 |
| 69 | 31 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 11 | 61 |
| 55% | 55% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | 38% |
- Al Riffa has the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Premier League
- Al Riffa has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Premier League
- Al Riffa has the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Premier League
- Al Riffa has the most matches over the total-line (13) in Premier League
- Al Riffa has the most points from losing position (9) in Premier League
- Al Riffa has the most scored goals (25) at home in Premier League
- Al Riffa has the most scored goals (46) in Premier League
- Al Riffa has the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Premier League
- Al Riffa has the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Premier League
- Al Riffa has the the best goal difference (+17) at home in Premier League
- Al Riffa has the the best goal difference (+22) in Premier League
- Al Riffa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Riffa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Al Riffa have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al-Najma have scored away.
- Al Riffa have scored in all their matches so far.
- Al Riffa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al-Najma has the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Premier League
- All of Al Riffa's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 35 |
| 2 | Al Riffa | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 46 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 34 |
| 3 | Muharraq | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 34 |
| 4 | Al-Najma | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | East Riffa | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 21 |
| 6 | Manama | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -2 | 20 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 14 |
| 8 | Al Shabbab Manama | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -19 | 14 |
| 9 | Busaiteen | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 13 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | -14 | 10 |