It's early days in the Premier League and both East Riffa and Busaiteen are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
East Riffa form and stats
Only two Premier League home games for East Riffa so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
Riffa's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Al Ahli (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that match, a Bahrain Cup win away at Al Hala.
At Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium, East Riffa has the goal stats of 4-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Busaiteen form and stats
Busaiteen are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Al-Hidd (placed 3rd). That result followed a home victory 6-1 versus Malkiya.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): East Riffa five wins, four draws and Busaiteen one victory. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.East Riffa missing players
Busaiteen missing players
| East Riffa | Busaiteen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.3 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 6.3 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 62% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| East Riffa | Last season | Busaiteen | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 10 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Scored | S | 8 | 17 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Conceded | C | 16 | 30 | ||
| 83% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 78% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 61% | ||
| 28% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 17% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 39% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 61% | ||
| 39% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 22% | ||
| 39% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 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 | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 6.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.7 | ||
| 25% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 31% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Busaiteen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 3 | Al-Hidd | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Al Riffa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Manama | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Budaiya | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Al-Najma | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 8 | Muharraq | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 9 | Malkiya | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 10 | Al Ahli | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 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 |