Pre-match info: 12 points divide the participants before this game, Al Riffa on top. Will Budaiya pull off a surprise?
- Budaiya have yet to win a game at home.
- Al Riffa have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Premier League
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Budaiya and Al Riffa should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Budaiya form and stats
Budaiya have played 2 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Budaiya drew their last game, also a home match. Muharraq (placed 5th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
A strong away win before that one, visiting East Riffa and winning 4-2.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Budaiya at home in the league. 2 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Al Riffa form and stats
Al Riffa are still undefeated on their travels in the Premier League. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other. The fact that Riffa have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Riffa are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Muharraq (after extra-time, 1-4 on penalties) (placed 5th).
Preceding that game was the away Premier League victory against Al-Najma with the score of 3-0.It's early days yet, but Al Riffa has scored 3 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Budaiya zero wins, zero draws and Al Riffa five victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Budaiya missing players
Al Riffa missing players
| Budaiya | Al Riffa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 50% | 71% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 29% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 3.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.5 | 5.4 |
| 5.7 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 1.7 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 9.5 | 9.4 |
| 2.8 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 24% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 33% | 41% |
| 9 | 12 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 9 | 7.7 |
| 4.2 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 2 |
- Al Riffa have not yet lost a game.
- Al Riffa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Riffa have scored more than double the goals of Budaiya.
- Al Riffa have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Premier League
- Al Riffa have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Premier League
- Al Riffa have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Premier League
- Al Riffa have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League
- Al Riffa have the most clean sheets (5) in Premier League
- Al Riffa have the most scored goals in the second half (8) in Premier League
- Al Riffa have the the best goal difference (+8) in Premier League
- Al Riffa is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier League
- All of Budaiya's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Budaiya have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Budaiya have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Budaiya have yet to win a game at home.
- Budaiya haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Manama | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | East Riffa | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Khalidiya | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Muharraq | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Al Hala | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 8 |
| 7 | Al-Hidd | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Al-Najma | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -5 | 6 |
| 9 | Budaiya | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 10 | Al Ahli | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 4 |
