A short look at the Premier League standings imply an advantage to Al Khalidiyah when they go to East Riffa. Even so; let's play the match before select a winner!
- East Riffa have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Premier League
- Al Khalidiyah have the most scored goals (32) in Premier League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for East Riffa and Al Khalidiyah.
East Riffa form and stats
East Riffa's results here at Al-Ahli Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Yuri was the last player to score a league goal for Riffa and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as East Riffa haven't scored in 180 minutes.
The home club members saw a 1-1 draw versus Al Khalidiyah last time out and are looking for a victory here.
Preceding that match, a home defeat in the Federation Cup against Sitra.
It should be noted that a glance at the 12 most recent league matches reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
East Riffa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Riffa defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Al Khalidiyah form and stats
Al Khalidiyah's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Khalidiyah 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 Khalidiyah has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to East Riffa for a 1-1 draw.
Ahead of that, 2-2 at home against Manama in the Federation Cup.
The travelling fans enjoy Al Khalidiyah's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Al Khalidiyah have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Riffa have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive matches without losing (1-4-0) when facing Al Khalidiyah.The latest recorded meeting involving both these squads is the Al Khalidiyah - East Riffa 1-1 played earlier this season.
East Riffa missing players
Al Khalidiyah missing players
| East Riffa | Al Khalidiyah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 16 | 33 |
| 21 | 16 | 8 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 72% |
| 22% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 50% |
| 17% | 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 33% |
| 17% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 11% | 11% |
| 39% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 56% |
| 33% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 44% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 11.5 | 6.8 | 6.2 |
| 4.3 | 3.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.4 | 5.6 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 6.9 | 8 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
| 43% | 58% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 64% | 53% |
| 5.4 | 4.6 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 6.9 | 6.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 3 |
- Al Khalidiyah have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Khalidiyah have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Al Khalidiyah have the most points from losing position (7) in Premier League
- Al Khalidiyah have the most scored goals (32) in Premier League
- Al Khalidiyah have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Premier League
- Al Khalidiyah haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- East Riffa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- East Riffa have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Premier League
- East Riffa have the most matches under the total-line (13) 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 | Manama | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 34 |
| 2 | Al Khalidiyah | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Sitra | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Muharraq | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 5 | Al Riffa | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Al Ahli | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 27 |
| 7 | Al Shabbab Manama | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 23 |
| 8 | Al Hala | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 9 | Al-Hidd | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -11 | 20 |
| 10 | East Riffa | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | Bahrain SC | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 13 |
| 12 | Budaiya | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 22 | -36 | -1 |
