Only a win will satisfy the Al Riffa supporters in this clash with Malkiya, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Premier League table.
- Al Riffa have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Premier League
- Malkiya have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Premier League
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!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Al Riffa form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 7 Premier League games here for Al Riffa. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with Al Ahli (placed 6th) on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 2-2. A strong away win before that one, visiting Al-Hidd and winning 2-0.
The Riffa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. From these home matches, Riffa have conceded only 5 goals.
Malkiya form and stats
There's been little loot from Malkiya's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 7 away games in the Premier League. Malkiya, who have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Premier League, only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw.
Malkiya are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Muharraq (placed 4th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against East Riffa wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Malkiya's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 7 matches. For Malkiya, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Riffa - Malkiya 1-0 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Riffa won seven, Malkiya won two and one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Al Riffa missing players
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| Al Riffa | Malkiya | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 29 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 24 |
| 94% | 86% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 76% |
| 82% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 57% | 53% |
| 47% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 29% |
| 18% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 53% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 41% |
| 47% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 6% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 71% | 53% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.5 | 11.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 6.4 | 5.9 |
| 5.4 | 4.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 29% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 11% | 24% |
- Al Riffa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Riffa have scored more than double the goals of Malkiya.
- Al Riffa have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Premier League
- Al Riffa have the the best goal difference (+17) in Premier League
- Malkiya have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Malkiya have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Malkiya have the fewest points (1) away in Premier League
- Malkiya have the most conceded goals (15) away in Premier League
- Malkiya have the the worst goal difference (-13) away in Premier League
- Malkiya have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Premier League
- Malkiya have yet to win a game away.
- Malkiya 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 Riffa | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | East Riffa | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 35 |
| 3 | Manama | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Muharraq | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Al-Hidd | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Al Ahli | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 18 |
| 7 | Al-Najma | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -12 | 15 |
| 8 | Budaiya | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -11 | 14 |
| 9 | Malkiya | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -14 | 13 |
| 10 | Busaiteen | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -4 | 12 |