With the tense opening fixture finished it’s time for the second Premier League meeting of the season. Budaiya are eager to welcome East Riffa in front of their home support.
It's no vacation for neither Budaiya nor East Riffa 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.
Budaiya form and stats
The previous season, Budaiya's league results were 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss, results that produced 3rd spot in the Permier League Play-offs. Over these three matches they scored 5 goals and let in 5. Appearing as the home team in the former season Budaiya delivered 1-0-1 (win-draw-lost) with 4 goals and 4 conceded.
Budaiya drew their last game, also a home match. East Riffa (placed 8th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against Al Riffa in the Federation Cup.
East Riffa form and stats
Let's have a look at how East Riffa performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 24 and conceded 22 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 3 with 8/10 goals scored/conceded.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Budaiya (placed 7th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
Ahead of that, the Federation Cup win away at Muharraq.
Head 2 Head
Budaiya-East Riffa H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Budaiya three wins, East Riffa four wins, two draws. four of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
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| Budaiya | East Riffa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 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% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 7.5 |
| 3 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 1.5 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6 | 8.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Budaiya | Last season | East Riffa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 3 | 2 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Scored | S | 8 | 24 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 78% | 89% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 72% | ||
| 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 39% | ||
| 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 28% | ||
| 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 17% | ||
| 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 56% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 22% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 56% | 33% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 6.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 2.9 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 46% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.9 | 7.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Muharraq | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Riffa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Al Shabbab Manama | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Khalidiya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Al Hala | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Budaiya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | East Riffa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Manama | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Bahrain SC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Sitra | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Al-Hidd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Sitra | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Budaiya | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Malkiya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 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 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 23 | 42 |
| 2 | Manama | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 39 |
| 3 | Khalidiya | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 30 |
| 4 | Muharraq | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 27 |
| 5 | Al Hala | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -3 | 25 |
| 6 | East Riffa | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| 7 | Budaiya | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 17 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -11 | 17 |
| 9 | Al-Hidd | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -14 | 13 |
| 10 | Al-Najma | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -19 | 8 |
