Manama will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 17 points behind Muharraq.
It's no vacation for neither Manama nor Muharraq as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Manama form and stats
Manama, who have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Premier League, are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium. 4 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 8 games.
Manama lost their last game at Al-Hidd (placed 1st) after a 1-2 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Al Shabbab Manama.
Manama have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium with 12 goals in 8 league matches. Manama have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Muharraq form and stats
Muharraq have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 6-1-2 from 9 games.
Two travels in a row for Muharraq, whose manager S. Sharida could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Al Hala. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Al Riffa wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
Muharraq are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 9 away games so far. As opposed to that, Muharraq have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Muharraq - Manama 4-0 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Manama victory, two draws and seven Muharraq wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  É. Nascimento de Mendonça 2 goals |  M. Mohamed Ali Hasan 1 goals | A. Nabeel 1 goals |
Manama missing players
Muharraq missing players
| Manama | Muharraq | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | 12 | 8 | Scored | S | 7 | 15 | 31 |
| 21 | 5 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 16 |
| 71% | 62% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 89% | 88% |
| 65% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 71% |
| 41% | 25% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 53% |
| 29% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 29% |
| 12% | 25% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 22% | 18% |
| 53% | 38% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 59% |
| 41% | 62% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 41% |
| 35% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 11% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 112 | 57 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 96 | 201 |
| 41 | 20 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 30 | 77 |
| 34% | 40% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 47% | 39% |
- Manama has the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Premier League
- Manama has the most clean sheets (5) at home in Premier League
- Manama has the most matches under the total-line (10) in Premier League
- Manama have not yet lost a game at home.
- Manama have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Muharraq has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Muharraq have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 38 |
| 2 | Al Riffa | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 26 | 37 |
| 3 | Muharraq | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 37 |
| 4 | Al-Najma | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | East Riffa | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 24 |
| 6 | Manama | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -3 | 20 |
| 7 | Busaiteen | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -11 | 16 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 14 |
| 9 | Al Shabbab Manama | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -20 | 14 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | -15 | 10 |