Busaiteen vs Al-Najma match preview

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Competition: Bahrain Premier League
Competition: Fri 23.April
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premier League, Busaiteen holding 10th place and Al-Najma lying 7th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Busaiteen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al-Najma have the most conceded goals (22) in Premier League

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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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Busaiteen form and stats

Busaiteen's results here in the Premier League have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 2 defeats. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 13 attempts. Busaiteen have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Al Riffa in the Premier League last time out and are looking for a win here. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Muharraq that ended 1-1.

Busaiteen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 11 goals in 7 league matches. Busaiteen have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Al-Najma form and stats

Al-Najma, who have the most conceded goals (22) in Premier League, have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-4-2 (7 played).

Al-Najma are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Budaiya (placed 9th). A 0-2 loss hosting Al Riffa before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al-Najma as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Al-Najma have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Al-Najma - Busaiteen 1-0. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Busaiteen, two draws and three wins for Al-Najma. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

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Busaiteen Al-Najma
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 4 7 15
1 1 1 Won W 1 1 3
7 4 0 Drew D 2 4 5
7 2 0 Lost L 1 2 7
12 11 6 Scored S 4 6 13
16 8 1 Conceded C 4 8 22
80% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
53% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 86% 73%
27% 43% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 14% 33%
7% 14% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 13%
7% 14% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
47% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 71% 60%
20% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 7%
53% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 29% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 3.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.7 6.9 13 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 7.4 8.3
2.8 3 10 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.3 3.5
26% 48% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 26% 25%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al-Najma have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Al-Najma have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier League
  • Al-Najma have the most conceded goals (22) in Premier League
  • Al-Najma have the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in Premier League
  • Al-Najma haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Busaiteen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 15 12 2 1 25 10 7 5 1 1 9 5 8 7 1 0 16 5 15 38
2 Manama 15 9 2 4 24 14 9 6 1 2 10 6 6 3 1 2 14 8 10 29
3 East Riffa 14 9 1 4 25 15 5 3 1 1 11 4 9 6 0 3 14 11 10 28
4 Muharraq 14 5 5 4 17 11 6 3 1 2 6 3 8 2 4 2 11 8 6 20
5 Al-Hidd 14 5 3 6 18 18 6 5 1 0 13 5 8 0 2 6 5 13 0 18
6 Al Ahli 14 4 5 5 11 17 7 2 3 2 7 10 7 2 2 3 4 7 -6 17
7 Al-Najma 15 3 5 7 13 22 8 2 1 5 7 14 7 1 4 2 6 8 -9 14
8 Malkiya 15 2 6 7 9 20 10 2 6 2 8 9 5 0 0 5 1 11 -11 12
9 Budaiya 15 2 6 7 6 17 8 2 2 4 4 10 7 0 4 3 2 7 -11 12
10 Busaiteen 15 1 7 7 12 16 7 1 4 2 11 8 8 0 3 5 1 8 -4 10