No shortage of ups and downs for these squads so far, holding positions near the middle of the Premier League table. Here's the East Riffa - Al Hala latest:
- East Riffa have the most points from losing position (10) in Premier League
- Al Hala have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Premier League
It's no vacation for neither East Riffa nor Al Hala 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.
East Riffa form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, East Riffa have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games. The Riffa manager Carmona might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The East Riffa crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Al Hala here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium.
1-1 away at Khalidiya before that.A decent goal production from Riffa in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. On the other hand, East Riffa have conceded 12 goals. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Al Hala form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Al Hala, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus East Riffa (placed 6th) last time out.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Al Ahli that ended 1-1.Al Hala have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 10 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Hala have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Here's what happened when the contenders met earlier this campaign; East Riffa - Al Hala 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Riffa five wins, one draw and Al Hala four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.East Riffa missing players
Al Hala missing players
| East Riffa | Al Hala | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 24 | 16 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 21 |
| 22 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| 89% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 89% | 89% |
| 72% | 89% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 72% |
| 39% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 39% |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 56% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 61% |
| 22% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 28% |
| 33% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 4.7 | 4.9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| 5.3 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6.9 | 8.6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6.6 | 6.7 |
| 2.9 | 3.9 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 46% | 46% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 42% | 42% |
| 7.2 | 7.6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8.4 | 7.7 |
| 3.1 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
- Al Hala have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Premier League
- East Riffa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 20 | 39 |
| 2 | Manama | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 36 |
| 3 | Khalidiya | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 30 |
| 4 | Muharraq | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 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 |
