Can Budaiya surprise Al Riffa in their own stadium?

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Competition: Bahrain Premier League
Competition: Fri 21.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Madinat 'Isa Stadium (35580 seats)

Premier League: High-level vs below par, at least based on the matches so far. Al Riffa - Budaiya. Home victory or a surprise?

Insights:
  • Al Riffa have the most scored goals (17) in Premier League
  • Budaiya have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

This is a game between neighbours, usually meaning increased motivation and significance.

Al Riffa and Budaiya should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Al Riffa form and stats

All-inclusive Premier League stats at home this season for Al Riffa, who have the most scored goals (17) in Premier League, are 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). Riffa has a nice streak going on as they have played 17 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Muharraq defeat 148 days ago.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Al Riffa, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 308 minutes in the Premier League.

A good away victory last time out for Al Riffa, who won 2-0 against Manama (placed 2nd).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Budaiya and winning 4-0.

The Al Riffa fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. Al Riffa have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Budaiya form and stats

The visitors are W1-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Budaiya has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Al-Hidd.

Home advantage was not enough for Budaiya in their previous game, as they lost their Premier League-match, hosting East Riffa, 1-2.

Preceding that, the 0-4 home loss versus Al Riffa.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Budaiya have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The participants have faced each other already this season, with the match result Budaiya - Al Riffa 0-4 written in the official records. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's six Al Riffa victories, zero draws and zero Budaiya wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Al Riffa missing players

Budaiya missing players

Al Riffa Budaiya
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 5 2 Played P 1 5 9
7 4 2 Won W 0 1 1
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 1 3 6
17 8 4 Scored S 0 3 6
3 3 2 Conceded C 2 6 15
78% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
56% 40% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 78%
44% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 44%
33% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
11% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
22% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 56%
78% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 11%
22% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 33%
 
6.1 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.2 4.4
4.9 4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.6 6.9
1.8 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.4 9.4 12 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.2 6.5
4.8 3.6 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 2.2
40% 44% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 19% 28%
 
7.2 7.2 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10 8.4 9.6
1.6 2 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4 4.5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Riffa have not yet lost a game.
  • Al Riffa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Riffa have scored more than double the goals of Budaiya.
  • Al Riffa have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Premier League
  • Al Riffa have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Premier League
  • Al Riffa have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
  • Al Riffa have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League
  • Al Riffa have the most clean sheets (7) in Premier League
  • Al Riffa have the most points (13) at home in Premier League
  • Al Riffa have the most scored goals (17) in Premier League
  • Al Riffa have the most scored goals in the second half (11) in Premier League
  • Al Riffa have the the best goal difference (+14) in Premier League
  • Al Riffa have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Al Riffa is in the best form (6-0-0) in Premier League
  • Budaiya have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Budaiya haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 9 7 2 0 17 3 5 4 1 0 8 3 4 3 1 0 9 0 14 23
2 Manama 9 5 3 1 16 10 4 3 0 1 6 3 5 2 3 0 10 7 6 18
3 Khalidiya 9 4 3 2 11 5 5 3 2 0 8 1 4 1 1 2 3 4 6 15
4 East Riffa 9 4 3 2 12 9 5 2 2 1 7 5 4 2 1 1 5 4 3 15
5 Muharraq 9 4 2 3 13 9 4 1 1 2 6 4 5 3 1 1 7 5 4 14
6 Al Hala 9 2 3 4 9 14 4 1 1 2 6 8 5 1 2 2 3 6 -5 9
7 Al-Hidd 9 1 5 3 6 9 5 1 2 2 4 6 4 0 3 1 2 3 -3 8
8 Al Ahli 9 0 6 3 6 13 5 0 5 0 4 4 4 0 1 3 2 9 -7 6
9 Al-Najma 9 1 3 5 7 16 4 0 1 3 1 7 5 1 2 2 6 9 -9 6
10 Budaiya 9 1 2 6 6 15 4 0 1 3 3 9 5 1 1 3 3 6 -9 5