East Riffa look to Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī supporters for inspiration before Al Ahli match

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Competition: Bahrain Premier League
Competition: Fri 18.February
Match begins: 16:35 (UTC)
Venue: Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī (35580 seats)

The host team, East Riffa, should be odds-on favourites in this match, but Al Ahli have revealed both capability and spirit. Learn more about the game!

Insights:
  • East Riffa have the most points from losing position (10) in Premier League
  • Al Ahli have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

These are active days for the team playing at home, as they had a game only four days ago in the Premier League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Al-Najma, was also a home game here at Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī. The away team is better rested.

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East Riffa form and stats

East Riffa are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Riffa has won four games in a row. The Al Hala match was the last time out without a victory.

The East Riffa supporters enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Al-Najma and win 3-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Riffa handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, one draw and three defeats.

A decent goal production from East Riffa in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. Riffa are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.

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Al Ahli form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Al Ahli have produced an overall stat of 1-1-3 so far.

Al Ahli play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Budaiya (placed 10th).

We have checked recent matches where Al Ahli have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were one victory, zero draws and three defeats.

For Ahli, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

East Riffa - Al Ahli 2-0 was the outcome when these participants last did battle, some time ago this season. East Riffa-Al Ahli H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: East Riffa four wins, Al Ahli two wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

East Riffa missing players

Al Ahli missing players

East Riffa Al Ahli
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 7 1 Played P 1 5 11
6 4 0 Won W 0 1 2
3 2 1 Drew D 0 1 6
2 1 0 Lost L 1 3 3
17 12 1 Scored S 2 5 11
10 6 1 Conceded C 3 11 16
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 82%
73% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 82%
36% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 36%
27% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 60% 27%
18% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 40% 18%
55% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 64%
27% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 18%
27% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 36%
 
4.7 5 2 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.4 3.9
4.9 5.1 8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.6 4.1
1.6 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.8 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
7.5 8.7 5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 5.4 6.8
3.3 4.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.4 3.3
47% 41% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 42% 31%
 
7.3 7.4 14 Shots against (avg) S A 15 11 8.8
2.8 3.4 9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4 3.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Ahli have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Al Ahli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • East Riffa have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Ahli have scored away.
  • East Riffa have the most points from losing position (10) in Premier League
  • East Riffa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 11 9 2 0 19 3 6 5 1 0 9 3 5 4 1 0 10 0 16 29
2 Manama 11 6 4 1 22 10 5 4 0 1 12 3 6 2 4 0 10 7 12 22
3 East Riffa 11 6 3 2 17 10 7 4 2 1 12 6 4 2 1 1 5 4 7 21
4 Khalidiya 11 5 3 3 12 6 7 4 2 1 9 2 4 1 1 2 3 4 6 18
5 Muharraq 11 5 2 4 15 10 4 1 1 2 6 4 7 4 1 2 9 6 5 17
6 Al Ahli 11 2 6 3 11 16 6 1 5 0 6 5 5 1 1 3 5 11 -5 12
7 Al Hala 11 2 4 5 9 16 6 1 2 3 6 10 5 1 2 2 3 6 -7 10
8 Al-Hidd 11 1 5 5 6 17 5 1 2 2 4 6 6 0 3 3 2 11 -11 8
9 Al-Najma 11 1 3 7 9 21 4 0 1 3 1 7 7 1 2 4 8 14 -12 6
10 Budaiya 11 1 2 8 8 19 5 0 1 4 5 12 6 1 1 4 3 7 -11 5