The season has been hard for East Riffa so far, while Sitra have played well. Will the visiting team chalk up another victory at Al Najma Sports Club?
- East Riffa have the most points from losing position (7) in Premier League
- Sitra is in the best form (4-2-0) in Premier League
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
This promises to be an absorbing game with lots of spark and excitement as both contenders are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
East Riffa form and stats
With 1 Premier League win, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, East Riffa are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Riffa are returning here after visiting Bahrain SC and winning with a 4-2 scoreline. A goal frenzy last time out for East Riffa, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Bahrain SC. Fun stuff to watch!
0-0 away at Al-Hidd before that.East Riffa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games.
Sitra form and stats
Sitra have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 4-2-0 from 6 games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Sitra goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 476 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's the second away game in a row for Sitra, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Al-Hidd (placed 8th) last time out.
A draw for Sitra before that, at their own venue hosting Al Ahli (0-0).Low-scoring game? 8 of this club's most recent 10 league matches have contained two goals or less.
The travelling fans enjoy Sitra's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Sitra as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Riffa have managed a sequence of 10 consecutive matches without losing (7-3-0) when facing Sitra.The most up to date archived result between these squads is the Sitra - East Riffa 0-1 played previously this season.
East Riffa missing players
Sitra missing players
| East Riffa | Sitra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 18 | 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 80% |
| 47% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 60% |
| 27% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 20% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 20% | 29% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 47% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 53% |
| 40% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 27% |
| 5.9 | 6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| 2.3 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5.6 | 5.1 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7 | 5.7 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
| 42% | 60% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 47% | 46% |
| 5.9 | 4.9 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 6 | 5.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
- East Riffa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- East Riffa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- East Riffa have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Premier League
- East Riffa have the most points from losing position (7) in Premier League
- East Riffa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sitra have not yet lost a game away.
- Sitra have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Sitra have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Premier League
- Sitra is in the best form (4-2-0) in Premier League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manama Club | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 31 |
| 2 | Khalidiya | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 30 |
| 3 | Muharraq | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 27 |
| 4 | Sitra | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Al Riffa | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Al Ahli | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 7 | Al Shabbab | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | Al-Hidd | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 19 |
| 9 | East Riffa | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -2 | 18 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | Bahrain SC | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 13 |
| 12 | Al Budaiya | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 19 | -29 | 5 |
