Malkiya hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 2 points and a 10th position in the Premier League table. Visiting Al-Hidd holds 5th place with 8 pts.
- Malkiya has the most conceded goals (11) in Premier League
- Al-Hidd has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Premier League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Al-Hidd, who are travelling more than 2500 kilometers to play this game.
Malkiya form and stats
Two Premier League home games so far for Malkiya, who are yet to win here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium. Only 2 points so far. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in twelve attempts. Malkiya are slowly digging their own grave here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Al Shabbab Manama match.
Malkiya are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 414 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Issa Abd Al Wahab).
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Malkiya, who played 0-0 against Budaiya. That match was also played at this venue (Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium). Prior to that, an away loss at Manama.
Malkiya has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Al-Hidd form and stats
The Premier League season is young and Al-Hidd have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
Al-Hidd are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Manama (placed 3rd). Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Muharraq's place.
The attacking power of Al-Hidd when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. As for defending, Al-Hidd rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 5 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Malkiya three wins, three draws and Al-Hidd four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Malkiya missing players
Al-Hidd missing players
| Malkiya | Al-Hidd | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 83% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.2 | 7.5 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 9.7 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 13% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 27% |
- Al-Hidd has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Premier League
- Al-Hidd has the most dropped points from leading position (4) in Premier League
- Al-Hidd have scored more than double the goals of Malkiya.
- Al-Hidd have yet to win a game away.
- Al-Hidd haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Malkiya has the most conceded goals (11) in Premier League
- Malkiya has the most conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premier League
- Malkiya has the most conceded goals in the second half (7) in Premier League
- Malkiya has the the worst goal difference (-9) in Premier League
- Malkiya have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Malkiya have not yet lost a game at home.
- Malkiya have yet to win a game.
- Malkiya is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | East Riffa | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Manama | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | Muharraq | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Al-Hidd | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | Budaiya | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Busaiteen | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Al-Najma | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 9 | Al Ahli | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 10 | Malkiya | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -9 | 2 |