Budaiya vs Al-Najma: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Bahrain Premier League
Competition: Sat 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Ahli Stadium (5000 seats)

It's still early in the Premier League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Budaiya - Al-Najma preview!

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Budaiya form and stats

Budaiya's first Premier League home game here at Al-Ahli Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats from 8 matches. The Budaiya manager might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Maurício Osmar was the last player to score a league goal for Budaiya and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Budaiya haven't scored in 203 minutes.

Budaiya drew their last game, 0-0 away at Muharraq (placed 6th). Preceding that match was the home game against East Riffa that was lost 0-1.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Budaiya at home in the league. 0 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Al-Najma form and stats

Al-Najma are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 2 games and collected 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses). Al-Najma has drawn their two previous away games.

Al-Najma are travelling again after losing away to Al Riffa in their previous match (0-1). Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to East Riffa.

It's early days yet, but Al-Najma has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - zero - two (Budaiya wins - draws - Al-Najma wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Budaiya missing players

Al-Najma missing players

Budaiya Al-Najma
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 2 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 2 2
1 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 2 2
1 1 1 Conceded C 0 2 2
50% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
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% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
4.5 2 2 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 8
1.5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 50%
Budaiya Last season Al-Najma
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
18 8   Played P   9 18
4 2   Won W   2 9
3 1   Drew D   3 4
11 5   Lost L   4 5
18 9   Scored S   7 27
39 16   Conceded C   12 22
89% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 94%
78% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 72%
72% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 44%
44% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 33%
33% 38%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 22%
67% 75%   BTTS BTTS   33% 50%
11% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 28%
33% 25%   Failed to Score F T   56% 28%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.9 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 2.1
0 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
11.4 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   5.4 8.2
4.6 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1.9 3.7
25% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 37%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Busaiteen 2 1 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4
2 Al-Hidd 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
3 Al Riffa 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
4 East Riffa 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
5 Al-Najma 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
6 Muharraq 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
7 Manama 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1
8 Budaiya 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
9 Al Ahli 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 1
10 Malkiya 2 0 1 1 2 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 -5 1
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 Riffa 17 11 4 2 35 13 8 4 3 1 15 6 9 7 1 1 20 7 22 37
2 Manama 18 10 4 4 35 24 9 6 2 1 18 8 9 4 2 3 17 16 11 34
3 Muharraq 17 9 4 4 33 18 10 6 2 2 25 12 7 3 2 2 8 6 15 31
4 Al-Hidd 18 8 4 6 29 23 9 4 3 2 16 11 9 4 1 4 13 12 6 28
5 Al Najma 18 8 4 6 27 23 9 5 2 2 18 9 9 3 2 4 9 14 4 28
6 East Riffa 18 7 4 7 21 18 9 5 1 3 14 7 9 2 3 4 7 11 3 25
7 Al Shabab 18 5 4 9 22 32 8 4 2 2 12 9 10 1 2 7 10 23 -10 19
8 Al Hala 18 5 4 9 18 29 10 3 1 6 10 18 8 2 3 3 8 11 -11 19
9 Budaiya 18 4 3 11 18 39 8 2 1 5 9 16 10 2 2 6 9 23 -21 15
10 Malkiya 18 4 1 13 15 34 9 2 1 6 8 12 9 2 0 7 7 22 -19 13
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