Exciting top table thriller in Premier League as Muharraq have come the 0 miles needed to confront Manama at their Madinat 'Isa Stadium.
- Manama have the most scored goals in the second half (10) in Premier League
- Muharraq have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Premier League
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Manama and Muharraq should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Manama form and stats
Manama are yet to win a home game, having collected 2 points from their first two Premier League games here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium.
Happy days for Manama in their previous game, a fixture away at Budaiya (placed 12th) that ended with a 5-0 victory. As mentioned above, Manama "killed" Budaiya in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Bahrain SC that ended 1-1.At Madinat 'Isa Stadium, Manama has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Muharraq form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Muharraq playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Muharraq have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 338 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.
It's the second away game in a row for Muharraq, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Al Riffa (placed 3rd) last time out.
That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Budaiya.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Muharraq have scored 5 goals in 4 league games away. Muharraq are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only {1 goals} away.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these squads: Manama won three, Muharraq were winners in six and we saw one draw. eight games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.
Manama missing players
Muharraq missing players
| Manama | Muharraq | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 86% |
| 57% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 71% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 43% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 5.7 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 7.5 | 9.6 |
| 4.7 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.1 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8 | 7.3 |
| 3 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 62% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 38% | 59% |
| 3.7 | 6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
| 1.6 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
- All of Manama's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Manama have not yet lost a game at home.
- Manama have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manama have the most scored goals in the second half (10) in Premier League
- Manama have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Manama have yet to win a game at home.
- Muharraq have not yet lost a game.
- Muharraq have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Muharraq have scored at least twice as many goals away as Manama have scored home.
- Muharraq have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Premier League
- Muharraq have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Premier League
- Muharraq have the most clean sheets (5) in Premier League
- Muharraq have the the best goal difference (+11) in Premier League
- Muharraq have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Muharraq have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | Muharraq | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 17 |
| 2 | Khalidiya | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Al Riffa | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Manama | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | Al Hala | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Sitra | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Al Shabbab Manama | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | East Riffa | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 7 |
| 10 | Al-Hidd | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 11 | Bahrain SC | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | Budaiya | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -15 | 2 |
