With the volatile opening match out of the way it’s time for the second Premier League clash of the season. Muharraq look forward to welcoming East Riffa in front of their home following.
Muharraq form and stats
In the previous season, Muharraq's league stats were 7 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses, producing 4th place in the Premier League. During these 18 matches they scored 24 goals and gave away 15. Appearing at their own stadium in the last season Muharraq managed 5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 13 goals and 6 conceded. The first Premier League game here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Muharraq's home game statistics were 5 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats from 9 games.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Muharraq, who played 0-0 against Al Riffa. That match was also played at this venue (Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium).
In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Al Ansar.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Khalidiya in only four days. This game is also played here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium.
Muharraq has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
East Riffa form and stats
Let's have a look at how East Riffa performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded 20 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 0 and lost 3 with 14/11 goals scored/conceded. East Riffa have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premier League were 6 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats from 9 fixtures.
Riffa play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Manama (placed 2nd).
A loss against Budaiya was the result prior to that, in a home game.East Riffa have the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - one - two (Muharraq wins - draws - East Riffa wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Muharraq missing players
East Riffa missing players
| Muharraq | East Riffa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Muharraq | Last season | East Riffa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Scored | S | 14 | 32 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 11 | 20 | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 78% | ||
| 39% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 56% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 22% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 17% | ||
| 50% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 50% | ||
| 33% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 39% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 11% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.5 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.7 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 8.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 30% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 51% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Khalidiya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Manama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Al-Najma | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Al Hala | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Al Riffa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Al-Hidd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Muharraq | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | East Riffa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Budaiya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 45 |
| 2 | East Riffa | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | Manama | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 31 |
| 4 | Muharraq | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | Al-Hidd | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 27 |
| 6 | Al Ahli | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 21 |
| 7 | Budaiya | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -8 | 17 |
| 8 | Al-Najma | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 15 |
| 9 | Malkiya | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | -15 | 13 |
| 10 | Busaiteen | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 12 |