Al Riffa and Muharraq are both riding high in the Premier League with their 1st and 2nd positions respectively. Expect a great game!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Riffa and Muharraq.
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
Home games in the Premier League have been a walk in the park for Al Riffa so far, with 21 points won from 8 matches; 7 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. Ever since the Al-Hidd game Riffa has been unbeatable here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium producing five straight wins. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Al Riffa has won five games in a row. The Muharraq match was the last time out without a victory.
Riffa's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Muharraq (placed 2nd). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the game before, an away victory match versus Al-Hidd with a 4-0 scoreline.
Some amazing scenes last match, when Bilal Barifor scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Riffa have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost zero.
Al Riffa always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium with 25 goals in 8 league games. On the other hand, Riffa have conceded 8 goals.
Muharraq form and stats
Muharraq have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 5-1-2 from 8 games.
Muharraq play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Al Riffa (placed 1st). Prior to that result Muharraq won their away game at East Riffa. The scoreline was 3-1.
Late heartbreak for Muharraq in the Al Riffa match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Muharraq in our archives, and the results are: one win for Muharraq, zero draws and two defeats.
Muharraq has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. Muharraq have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Al Riffa and Muharraq have met before this season: Al Riffa - Muharraq 2-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Riffa, four draws and three wins for Muharraq. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Al Aswad 2 goals |  É. Nascimento de Mendonça 2 goals | S. Baqer 1 goals |
Al Riffa missing players
Muharraq missing players
| Al Riffa | Muharraq | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 46 | 25 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 29 |
| 24 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 69% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 50% |
| 81% | 75% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 38% | 31% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 25% | 19% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 56% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 6.4 | 6.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 7.4 | 7.2 |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.6 | 4.9 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 139 | 67 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 79 | 184 |
| 69 | 31 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 23 | 70 |
| 55% | 55% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 52% | 40% |
- Al Riffa has the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Premier League
- Al Riffa has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Premier League
- Al Riffa has the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Premier League
- Al Riffa has the most matches over the total-line (13) in Premier League
- Al Riffa has the most points from losing position (9) in Premier League
- Al Riffa has the most scored goals (25) at home in Premier League
- Al Riffa has the most scored goals (46) in Premier League
- Al Riffa has the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Premier League
- Al Riffa has the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Premier League
- Al Riffa has the the best goal difference (+17) at home in Premier League
- Al Riffa has the the best goal difference (+22) in Premier League
- 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Riffa's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Muharraq has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Muharraq have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 46 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 34 |
| 2 | Muharraq | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 34 |
| 3 | Al-Hidd | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 32 |
| 4 | Al-Najma | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | East Riffa | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 21 |
| 6 | Manama | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -2 | 20 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 14 |
| 8 | Al Shabbab Manama | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -19 | 14 |
| 9 | Busaiteen | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 13 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | -13 | 10 |