East Riffa will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Al-Hidd.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
East Riffa form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for East Riffa at their home stadium (Madinat 'Isa Stadium) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The East Riffa fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Al Shabbab Manama (placed 8th). 2-2 away at Busaiteen before that.
The Riffa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. Riffa are not conceding a lot of goals here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Al-Hidd form and stats
Al-Hidd's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al-Hidd, who have the most points (16) away in Premier League, collect 16 points from their 8 away matches in the Premier League. 5 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
Al-Hidd lost away at Al-Najma (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A 1-1 draw at Muharraq's stadium before that.
Al-Hidd have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 11 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Al-Hidd - Riffa 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Riffa wins - draws - Al-Hidd wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Martins da Cruz 2 goals |  L. Corrêa Sales 1 goals |  M. Fares 1 goals |
East Riffa missing players
Al-Hidd missing players
| East Riffa | Al-Hidd | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 20 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| 85% | 86% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 62% |
| 46% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 38% |
| 31% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 12% | 15% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 15% |
| 46% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 46% |
| 38% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 31% | 29% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 12% | 8% |
| 4.4 | 4.9 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 7.8 | 7.8 |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 123 | 60 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 90 | 141 |
| 41 | 21 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 26 | 40 |
| 34% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 38% |
- Al-Hidd has the fewest conceded goals (10)
- Al-Hidd has the most clean sheets (4) away
- Al-Hidd has the most points (16) away
- Al-Hidd has the the best goal difference (+4) away
- Al-Hidd 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 | Muharraq | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 30 |
| 2 | Al-Hidd | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 29 |
| 3 | Al Riffa | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 25 |
| 4 | Al-Najma | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | East Riffa | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Manama | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Al Shabbab Manama | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -19 | 10 |
| 9 | Busaiteen | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -12 | 9 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 | -14 | 6 |