Struggling Al Shabbab Manama will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Muharraq in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It's no vacation for neither Al Shabbab Manama nor Muharraq as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Al Shabbab Manama form and stats
1 victory, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Al Shabbab Manama, who have the most conceded goals (25) in Premier League, have to build on here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium in the Premier League. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Al Shabbab Manama to get some points in this home game. Al Shabbab Manama are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Madinat 'Isa Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
In their previous game, led his Al Shabbab Manama to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Al-Hidd. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium. Preceding that match was a defeat to East Riffa (1-3).
Al Shabbab Manama have scored 2 goals here in 4 league matches, a depressing statistic. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Al Shabbab Manama with 9 goals conceded in these matches.
Muharraq form and stats
Playing away, Muharraq, who have the the best goal difference (+11) in Premier League, have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the Premier League this season. Muharraq have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. Muharraq have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Two travels in a row for Muharraq, whose manager S. Sharida could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Busaiteen. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Manama in the Bahrain Cup.
After this away game Muharraq return home for a Premier League game against Al Riffa. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Muharraq has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. 6 goals have been conceded by Muharraq in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Muharraq - Al Shabbab Manama 5-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Al Shabbab Manama zero wins, three draws and Muharraq six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  É. Nascimento de Mendonça 2 goals |   M. Salman Mahmood Mokhtar 1 goals | S. Hashem 1 goals |
Al Shabbab Manama missing players
Muharraq missing players
| Al Shabbab Manama | Muharraq | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| 25 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 89% |
| 80% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 78% |
| 70% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 67% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 50% | 25% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 56% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 44% |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 4.7 | 5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7 | 7.6 |
| 7.2 | 8 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.6 | 4.7 |
| 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 73 | 38 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 40 | 107 |
| 26 | 14 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 12 | 43 |
| 31% | 14% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 58% | 47% |
- Al Shabbab Manama has the fewest scored goals (2) at home
- Al Shabbab Manama has the most conceded goals (25)
- Al Shabbab Manama has the most conceded goals in the first half (12)
- Al Shabbab Manama has the most conceded goals in the second half (13)
- Al Shabbab Manama has the the worst goal difference (-16)
- Al Shabbab Manama has the the worst goal difference (-7) at home
- Al Shabbab Manama have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Al Shabbab Manama haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Muharraq has the the best goal difference (+11)
- Muharraq have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Muharraq have scored more than double the goals of Al Shabbab Manama.
- Muharraq is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 2 | Muharraq | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | East Riffa | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Al Riffa | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | Manama | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Al-Najma | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Busaiteen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 9 | Al Shabbab Manama | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -16 | 7 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -10 | 5 |