Shaky top table potboiler in Premier League as Muharraq have come the 0 miles necessary to duel with Al Riffa at their Madinat 'Isa Stadium.
- Al Riffa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Muharraq have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Premier League
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
This has all the signs of an action-packed match with lots of spark and bustle as both squads are well revitalized since they last played a game. Let's get started!
Al Riffa form and stats
The Premier League results playing at home this season for Al Riffa are 3-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). Al Riffa has recorded two wins in a row here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Riffa drew their last game, 2-2 away at Al Shabbab Manama (placed 11th).
A 2-2 scoreline against Al Ahli (after extra-time, 1-4 on penalties) before that one, played at their own home stadium in the Bahrain Cup.
The Al Riffa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches.
Muharraq form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Muharraq has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Muharraq aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 340 league minutes without a goal. Aqbi was the last player to find the net.
There might be some fixture complaints from Muharraq as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-2 against Al Khalidiyah.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Sitra wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.A tale of few goals? 10 of this side's last 13 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Muharraq as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent reported scoreline between these contenders is the Al Riffa - Muharraq 0-3 played not long ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Al Riffa victories, five draws and two Muharraq wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Al Riffa missing players
Muharraq missing players
| Al Riffa | Muharraq | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 85% |
| 62% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 43% | 62% |
| 46% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 31% | 14% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 29% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 57% | 54% |
| 31% | 43% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 31% |
| 5.7 | 6.4 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 7.3 | 7.7 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 1.9 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7.7 | 7.7 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
| 40% | 38% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 27% | 46% |
| 5.2 | 6.7 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
- Al Riffa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Muharraq have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Muharraq have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Premier League
- Muharraq have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
- Muharraq have the most clean sheets (7) in Premier League
- Muharraq have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Premier League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manama Club | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | Al Khalidiyah | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Muharraq | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 23 |
| 4 | Al Riffa | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Sitra | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Al Ahli | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Al Hala | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 8 | Al-Hidd | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 9 | East Riffa | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -4 | 14 |
| 10 | Bahrain SC | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 13 |
| 11 | Al Shabbab Manama | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 11 |
| 12 | Budaiya | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -27 | 2 |
