Evenly matched teams: East Riffa vs Al-Najma match preview

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Competition: Bahrain Premier League
Date: Thu 24.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bahrain National Stadium (35580 seats)

A new Premier League season is about to begin and this is the first game for these teams. Bring it on!

Al-Najma have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3700 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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East Riffa form and stats

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how East Riffa have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found one match with the results: Won 1 Drawn 0 Lost 0.

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Al-Najma form and stats

The last season was not a pleasant experience for Al-Najma as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 7 victories from 23 games, relegation was a fact. Al-Najma's manager F. Labidi are hoping to lead the team right back to Premier League at the first attempt.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for East Riffa, 0 draws and 2 wins for Al-Najma. Over 2,5 goals: 0 times; under 2,5 goals: 3 games.

Top Goalscorers

Al-NajmaM. Dramé
M. Dramé
14 goals
East RiffaSami Al Husaini
Sami Al Husaini
10 goals
Al-NajmaIbrahim Ahmed Habib
Ibrahim Ahmed Habib
4 goals

East Riffa missing players

Al-Najma missing players

East Riffa Al-Najma
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
3 2 0 Played P 0 2 3
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
3 3 0 Scored S 0 1 5
5 4 0 Conceded C 0 2 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 67%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
4 3.5 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 3.5 3.7
4.7 3 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 6.5 5
1.7 2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
East Riffa Last season Al-Najma
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
18 9   Played P   9 18
7 5   Won W   3 8
4 1   Drew D   2 4
7 3   Lost L   4 6
21 14   Scored S   9 27
18 7   Conceded C   14 23
83% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
72% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 78%
44% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   44% 50%
11% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 28%
6% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 17%
44% 33%   BTTS BTTS   56% 50%
39% 44%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 28%
33% 33%   Failed to Score F T   22% 28%
 
5 6.3   Corners For (avg) C F   3 4.3
4.4 4   Corners Against (avg) C A   6.4 5.6
1.6 1.3   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.3
1 0   Red Cards R C   0 1
Key stats last season:
  • Al-Najma have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Al-Najma have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Al-Najma haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • East Riffa have won significantly more corners at home than away.

East Riffa
All Premier League
All Home Away Home vs mid
21-04-19 PL East Riffa 5 - 0 Budaiya
26-04-19 PL East Riffa 2 - 0 Al Shabbab Manama
20-09-19 PL Al-Hidd 1 - 0 East Riffa
27-09-19 PL East Riffa 2 - 1 Busaiteen
01-10-19 PL East Riffa 1 - 3 Al Ahli
24-10-19 PL East Riffa 17:00 Al-Najma
23-11-19 PL East Riffa 18:00 Muharraq
29-11-19 PL East Riffa 16:45 Manama
10-12-19 PL Al Riffa 18:30 East Riffa
19-12-19 PL Al Hala 16:00 East Riffa
Al-Najma
All AFC Cup Premier League
All Home Away Away vs low
30-04-19 AFC Al Jazeera 3 - 0 Al-Najma
14-05-19 AFC Al-Najma 2 - 1 Al Ittihad
21-09-19 PL Al-Najma 4 - 1 Al Hala
27-09-19 PL Al Shabbab Manama 1 - 0 Al-Najma
01-10-19 PL Al-Hidd 1 - 1 Al-Najma
24-10-19 PL East Riffa 17:00 Al-Najma
24-11-19 PL Al Ahli 18:30 Al-Najma
29-11-19 PL Al-Najma 16:00 Busaiteen
10-12-19 PL Al-Najma 16:00 Muharraq
18-12-19 PL Al-Najma 16:00 Manama

  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 Ahli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Al Hala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Al Shabbab Manama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Al-Hidd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Al-Najma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Busaiteen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 East Riffa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Manama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Riffa 17 11 4 2 35 13 8 4 3 1 15 6 9 7 1 1 20 7 22 37
2 Manama 18 10 4 4 35 24 9 6 2 1 18 8 9 4 2 3 17 16 11 34
3 Muharraq 17 9 4 4 33 18 10 6 2 2 25 12 7 3 2 2 8 6 15 31
4 Al-Hidd 18 8 4 6 29 23 9 4 3 2 16 11 9 4 1 4 13 12 6 28
5 Al Najma 18 8 4 6 27 23 9 5 2 2 18 9 9 3 2 4 9 14 4 28
6 East Riffa 18 7 4 7 21 18 9 5 1 3 14 7 9 2 3 4 7 11 3 25
7 Al Shabab 18 5 4 9 22 32 8 4 2 2 12 9 10 1 2 7 10 23 -10 19
8 Al Hala 18 5 4 9 18 29 10 3 1 6 10 18 8 2 3 3 8 11 -11 19
9 Budaiya 18 4 3 11 18 39 8 2 1 5 9 16 10 2 2 6 9 23 -21 15
10 Malkiya 18 4 1 13 15 34 9 2 1 6 8 12 9 2 0 7 7 22 -19 13

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