The season is still fairly new and the Premier League table has to be read with caution. So far East Riffa find themselves in 3rd position and Muharraq are placed 5th.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Premier League match only four days ago. That game was an away game at Al Riffa, so at least East Riffa are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
East Riffa form and stats
East Riffa must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Premier League games here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium.
The home team returns to Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium after sharing the points with Al Riffa (placed 7th) on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 2-2. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Al-Najma in a game that was won 2-0.
East Riffa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium with 5 goals in 3 league matches. East Riffa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Muharraq form and stats
Muharraq have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premier League were 3 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats from 7 fixtures.
Two away games in a row for Muharraq, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 versus Al-Hidd in the Premier League. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Al Ittihad.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Muharraq has managed 1 goal and let in 4 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for East Riffa, 2 draws and 7 wins for Muharraq. Over 2,5 goals: 7 times; under 2,5 goals: 3 games.Top Goalscorers
  Sami Al Husaini 10 goals |   Mohammed Salih Ali Sola 6 goals |  Ismaeel Abdulatif 5 goals |
East Riffa missing players
Muharraq missing players
| East Riffa | Muharraq | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 40% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.6 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| 5.8 | 5 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8 | 8 | 4.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | 22 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 12 | 9 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 42% | 33% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 44% |
| East Riffa | Last season | Muharraq | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 8 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 21 | 14 | Scored | S | 10 | 35 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | ||
| 83% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 89% | ||
| 72% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 83% | ||
| 44% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 61% | ||
| 11% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 33% | ||
| 6% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 22% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 61% | ||
| 39% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 28% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 22% | ||
| 5 | 6.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 128 | 57 | Total Shots | T S | 79 | 205 | ||
| 48 | 24 | Shots on Target | S O | 31 | 95 | ||
| 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Busaiteen | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | East Riffa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Al Ahli | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Muharraq | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Manama | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Al Riffa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Al-Najma | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Al Shabbab Manama | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -10 | 1 |