Only the second game in the Premier League for these teams and it's all to play for here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium as East Riffa welcomes Al-Najma. Check out this preview!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
These teams have little in common geographically as Al-Najma have to travel 3700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
East Riffa form and stats
Nothing to worry about in defence for East Riffa, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 306 minutes in the Premier League.
Riffa are returning here after visiting Budaiya in a Premier League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Budaiya.
Last season, East Riffa's league statistics were 7 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the Premier League. Over these 18 matches they scored 18 goals and conceded 20. Playing at home last season East Riffa managed 4-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with 9 goals and 12 conceded.
Al-Najma form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Premier League away game of the season. During their previous season 9 away games resulted in 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Al-Najma are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Al-Hidd (placed 3rd). A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Malkiya.
It's early days yet, but Al-Najma has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Let's have a look at how Al-Najma performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 27 and conceded 22 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 4 with 7/12 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last five meetings between the teams: Riffa won two, Al-Najma won three and zero draws. zero games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.East Riffa missing players
Al-Najma missing players
| East Riffa | Al-Najma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| East Riffa | Last season | Al-Najma | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 10 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Scored | S | 7 | 27 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 83% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 94% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 33% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | ||
| 39% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | ||
| 39% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 28% | ||
| 39% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 56% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.4 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 25% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | East Riffa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Al-Hidd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Al-Najma | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Malkiya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Al Riffa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Busaiteen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Manama | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Muharraq | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Budaiya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Last season | 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-Hidd | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 41 |
| 2 | Muharraq | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 40 |
| 3 | Al Riffa | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 26 | 38 |
| 4 | Al-Najma | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | East Riffa | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 25 |
| 6 | Manama | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -4 | 20 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 8 | Busaiteen | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -13 | 16 |
| 9 | Al Shabbab Manama | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -22 | 14 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | -16 | 10 |