East Riffa perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Al Ahli can look both up and down from their 6th position.
- East Riffa have the most scored goals (25) in Premier League
- Al Ahli have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Premier League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
East Riffa form and stats
East Riffa, who have the most scored goals (25) in Premier League, have played 5 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
East Riffa's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Al-Hidd (placed 5th). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the game before, an away victory match versus Busaiteen with a 2-1 scoreline.
The East Riffa manager P. Carmona has got the team scoring with 11 from 5 home games in the league. Riffa have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Ahli form and stats
2-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Ahli in their Premier League matches away.
The Ahli goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 203 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two travels in a row for Ahli, whose manager A. Bahlol could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Manama. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Malkiya that ended 0-0.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ahli as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. 7 goals have been conceded by Al Ahli in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Riffa - Al Ahli 3-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (East Riffa wins - draws - Al Ahli wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.East Riffa missing players
Al Ahli missing players
| East Riffa | Al Ahli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 25 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 57% |
| 57% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 21% | 20% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 36% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 43% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 57% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.6 | 8.8 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.4 | 7.1 |
| 3.5 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 3 |
| 51% | 61% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 21% | 23% |
- Al Ahli have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Premier League
- All of East Riffa's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- East Riffa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- East Riffa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- East Riffa have scored in all their home matches so far.
- East Riffa have scored more than double the goals of Al Ahli.
- East Riffa have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Premier League
- East Riffa have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Premier League
- East Riffa have the most scored goals (25) in Premier League
- East Riffa have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Premier League
- East Riffa 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 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 37 |
| 2 | East Riffa | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | Manama | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| 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 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 13 |
| 8 | Malkiya | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -10 | 12 |
| 9 | Budaiya | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -11 | 11 |
| 10 | Busaiteen | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | -4 | 9 |