A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Al Riffa fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and Busaiteen's 8th place in the table will show on the pitch.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
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
This stadium, Al-Ahli Stadium, has been a fortress for Al Riffa in the Premier League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 5-0-1. There’s a good atmosphere here at Al-Ahli Stadium after three straight home wins.
Riffa's last game was hosting Manama (placed 6th) and winning 3-1. Before that, Riffa played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Muharraq.
Goals are plentiful at Al-Ahli Stadium in the league this season as Al Riffa has scored 18 goals here in 6 home games. On the other hand, Riffa have conceded 6 goals.
Busaiteen form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Busaiteen are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Busaiteen played 2-2 against East Riffa in their previous match. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Al-Najma.
Busaiteen have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. Busaiteen's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 7 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Busaiteen - Riffa 3-2 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Riffa three wins, two draws and Busaiteen five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Al Aswad 2 goals | S. Baqer 1 goals |  M. Khalid Shahin 1 goals |
Al Riffa missing players
Busaiteen missing players
| Al Riffa | Busaiteen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 32 | 18 | 11 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 21 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 42% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 92% | 83% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 8% | 17% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 6.9 | 6.3 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 14 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 91 | 45 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 2 | 13 | 66 |
| 48 | 21 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 3 | 26 |
| 50% | 48% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | 42% |
- Al Riffa has the fewest matches under the total-line (1)
- Al Riffa has the most matches over the total-line (9)
- Al Riffa has the most points (15) at home
- Al Riffa has the most points from losing position (9)
- Al Riffa has the most scored goals (18) at home
- Al Riffa has the most scored goals (32)
- Al Riffa has the most scored goals in the first half (15)
- Al Riffa has the most scored goals in the second half (16)
- Al Riffa has the the best goal difference (+12) at home
- 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 in all their matches so far.
- Al Riffa have scored more than double the goals of Busaiteen.
- Al Riffa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Al Riffa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Riffa's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Busaiteen's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Busaiteen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Busaiteen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Busaiteen have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Busaiteen 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 | Al-Hidd | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 29 |
| 2 | Muharraq | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Al Riffa | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 22 |
| 4 | East Riffa | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Al-Najma | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Manama | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Busaiteen | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 9 |
| 9 | Al Shabbab Manama | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -20 | 7 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 | -14 | 5 |