With their 14 point advantage in the league table, East Riffa fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Al Shabbab Manama.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
East Riffa form and stats
East Riffa have performed here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium this season with 4 wins from 6 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Riffa after consecutive victories at their own ground.
East Riffa shared the glory with Busaiteen in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. 0-0 away at Manama 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 6 matches. Riffa have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Shabbab Manama form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Shabbab Manama, who have the most conceded goals (30) in Premier League, so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose). It's looking increasingly bleak for Al Shabbab Manama who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Busaiteen was the last time a defeat was avoided. Shabbab seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Two away games in a row for Al Shabbab Manama, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 versus Al-Najma in the Premier League. A loss against Muharraq was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Shabbab have scored 8 goals in 7 league games away. Al Shabbab Manama are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 8 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Al Shabbab Manama - Riffa 1-3, played this season. East Riffa-Al Shabbab Manama H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Riffa five wins, Al Shabbab Manama zero wins, two draws. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Martins da Cruz 2 goals |  L. Corrêa Sales 1 goals |   M. Salman Mahmood Mokhtar 1 goals |
East Riffa missing players
Al Shabbab Manama missing players
| East Riffa | Al Shabbab Manama | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 12 | 5 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 30 |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 92% |
| 67% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 86% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 86% | 67% |
| 33% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 57% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 43% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 71% | 50% |
| 42% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 14% | 17% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 42% |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 5.3 | 4.5 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 6.9 | 7.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 113 | 50 | 35 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 40 | 84 |
| 38 | 18 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 15 | 32 |
| 37% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 47% | 28% |
- Al Shabbab Manama has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2)
- Al Shabbab Manama has the most conceded goals (20) away
- Al Shabbab Manama has the most conceded goals (30)
- Al Shabbab Manama has the most conceded goals in the first half (13)
- Al Shabbab Manama has the most conceded goals in the second half (17)
- Al Shabbab Manama has the the worst goal difference (-20)
- Al Shabbab Manama have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Al Shabbab Manama have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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-Hidd | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 29 |
| 2 | Muharraq | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Al Riffa | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 22 |
| 4 | East Riffa | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Al-Najma | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Manama | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Busaiteen | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 9 |
| 9 | Al Shabbab Manama | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -20 | 7 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 | -14 | 5 |