The Premier League standings tell the truth about these participants so far, with Manama Club leading East Riffa by 19 points. Match preview to follow:
- Manama Club have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Premier League
- East Riffa have the most points from losing position (9) in Premier League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Manama Club form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Manama Club at their home stadium (Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. Manama has recorded two wins in a row here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Manama Club's last game was hosting East Riffa (placed 10th) and winning 1-0.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Muharraq that finished 1-1.Low on goals? In this club's last 10 league games, 8 have produced zero, one or two goals.
Manama have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium with 17 goals in 9 league matches. Manama Club are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.
East Riffa form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 3 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
East Riffa lost away at Manama Club (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Al Riffa.Lacking goals? 12 of this side's last 15 league fixtures have had two or less goals.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Riffa are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Manama Club have managed a streak of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (3-2-0) when facing East Riffa.The two combatants have played before this season: East Riffa - Manama 3-5.
Manama Club missing players
East Riffa missing players
| Manama Club | East Riffa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 34 | 18 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 25 |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 73% | 86% |
| 52% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 27% | 48% |
| 29% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 18% | 24% |
| 19% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 18% | 19% |
| 19% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 38% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 27% | 38% |
| 48% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 45% | 29% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 55% | 48% |
| 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7.8 | 7.8 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 4.6 | 5.5 |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 59% | 56% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 36% | 43% |
| 5.6 | 6 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 |
- East Riffa have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Premier League
- East Riffa have the most points from losing position (9) in Premier League
- Manama Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Manama Club have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manama Club have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) 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 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 39 |
| 2 | Al Khalidiyah | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 38 |
| 3 | Muharraq | 21 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 20 | 37 |
| 4 | Sitra | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Al Riffa | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 36 |
| 6 | Al Ahli | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 30 |
| 7 | Al-Hidd | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -7 | 27 |
| 8 | Al Shabbab Manama | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -4 | 26 |
| 9 | Al Hala | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -10 | 21 |
| 10 | East Riffa | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -4 | 20 |
| 11 | Bahrain SC | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 15 |
| 12 | Al Budaiya | 20 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 29 | -42 | -1 |
