This could be an interesting match as Manama have their presumed home advantage while East Riffa are ahead 5 points in the Premier League table.
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 form and stats
Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Manama are 3-2-0 (wins-draw-losses). 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.
The Manama supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Al-Najma in Premier League and win 1-0. A Bahrain Cup defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Muharraq.
The Manama manager M. Basheer Al Shamlan has got the team scoring with 10 from 5 home games in the league. Manama's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
East Riffa form and stats
The visitors are W2-D0-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Momentum is building for East Riffa in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
East Riffa won their last game, 1-0 versus Al Hala played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Al Shabbab Manama with the score of 3-1.
East Riffa has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. As opposed to that, East Riffa have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the East Riffa - Manama 2-1 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Manama won two games, three matches ended with a draw and East Riffa has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
 M. Barbosa Vieira Junior 2 goals |  E. Martins da Cruz 2 goals |  M. Mohamed Ali Hasan 1 goals |
Manama missing players
East Riffa missing players
| Manama | East Riffa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 70% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 70% |
| 40% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 30% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 30% |
| 20% | 40% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 3.4 | 2.8 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 5.7 | 6.2 | 11 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 7.5 | 5.7 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 75 | 38 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 3 | 44 | 94 |
| 29 | 17 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 14 | 32 |
| 31% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 43% | 38% |
- East Riffa has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- East Riffa haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Manama have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Manama have not yet lost a game at home.
- Manama have won significantly less corners at home than away.
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 2 | Muharraq | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | East Riffa | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Al Riffa | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | Manama | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Al-Najma | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Busaiteen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 9 | Al Shabbab Manama | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -16 | 7 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -10 | 5 |