After the first game it's Al Riffa - Manama 1-1 in points. Who will triumph in this second Premier League game of the season?
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
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
A Premier League draw at home so far for Al Riffa. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat from 9 matches.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 208 minutes without scoring a league goal. The Riffa goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 303 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
The spoils were shared in Al Riffa's previous game, also at home. Visiting Muharraq (placed 9th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Previous to that game, a Bahrain Cup home match hosting Khalidiya in a game that was won 1-0.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Riffa as they have a new game in only four days, a Bahrain Cup match thankfully also at home. Al-Najma are visiting.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Al Riffa at home in the league. 0 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Last season, Al Riffa's league statistics were 12 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Premier League. Over these 18 matches they scored 50 goals and conceded 24. Playing at home last season Al Riffa managed 8-0-1 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 8 conceded.
Manama form and stats
One match played away so far in the Premier League for Manama and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 0 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses from 9 games.
Manama have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 180 minutes ago.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Busaiteen (placed 7th) in their previous outing. The Premier League match ended in a draw 0-0. A draw for Manama before that, at their own venue hosting Al Shabbab Manama (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) (0-0).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Manama manager M. Basheer Al Shamlan as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Al-Hidd.
It's early days yet, but Manama has scored 0 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Let's have a look at how Manama performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 8 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 18 and conceded 22 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 4 and lost 5 with 6/16 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Riffa wins - draws - Manama wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Al Riffa missing players
Manama missing players
| Al Riffa | Manama | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Al Riffa | Last season | Manama | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 50 | 29 | Scored | S | 6 | 18 | ||
| 24 | 8 | Conceded | C | 16 | 22 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 78% | 72% | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 61% | ||
| 89% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 39% | ||
| 78% | 78% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 33% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | ||
| 78% | 78% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 39% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 39% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.9 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.1 | 6.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.4 | ||
| 53% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | East Riffa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Al-Hidd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Al-Najma | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Malkiya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Al Riffa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Busaiteen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Manama | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Muharraq | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Budaiya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 41 |
| 2 | Muharraq | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 40 |
| 3 | Al Riffa | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 26 | 38 |
| 4 | Al-Najma | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | East Riffa | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 25 |
| 6 | Manama | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -4 | 20 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 8 | Busaiteen | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -13 | 16 |
| 9 | Al Shabbab Manama | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -22 | 14 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | -16 | 10 |