Three points for the home side is expected from this match if the league table is anything to judge by. The Al Riffa fans are hoping that the mismatch between 3rd and Bahrain SC's 10th place in the table will be revealed on the playing field.
- Al Riffa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Bahrain SC have yet to win a game away.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Al Riffa form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Al Riffa at their home stadium (Madinat 'Isa Stadium) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
The Al Riffa manager Ashour and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Muharraq in the Bahrain Cup.
Before that, Riffa had a Premier League home game versus Khalidiya which ended with a victory 3-1.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Al Riffa here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). Riffa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Bahrain SC form and stats
There's been little loot from Bahrain SC's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 6 away games in the Premier League. Bahrain SC only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.
Two away games in a row for Bahrain SC, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Al Hala.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Al-Hidd that ended 2-2.Bahrain SC struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Bahrain SC - Riffa 0-1 was the scoreline in these sides' last head to head fixture, played this season. Al Riffa-Bahrain SC H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Riffa seven wins, Bahrain SC one win, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Al Riffa missing players
Bahrain SC missing players
| Al Riffa | Bahrain SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 55% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 55% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 9% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 45% |
| 27% | 17% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 36% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 45% |
| 5.6 | 6.8 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.8 | 7.1 |
| 1.9 | 2.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.6 | 6.7 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| 3.5 | 2.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 36% | 33% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 55% | 50% |
| 4.9 | 6.2 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 6.5 | 5.9 |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
- Al Riffa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Al Riffa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Bahrain SC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Bahrain SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bahrain SC have yet to win a game away.
- Bahrain SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Muharraq | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Manama | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| 3 | Al Riffa | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Khalidiya | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Sitra | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Al-Hidd | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 17 |
| 7 | Al Hala | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | East Riffa | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -4 | 11 |
| 10 | Bahrain SC | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Al Shabbab Manama | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Budaiya | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -24 | 2 |
