Soccer match preview: Home supporters with high expectations before Muharraq - East Riffa

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Competition: Bahrain Premier League
Competition: Fri 14.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium (35580 seats)

Welcome to Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium and this fixture involving Muharraq and East Riffa in the Premier League. Tipsway has all you need to know!

Insights:
  • Muharraq have the fewest conceded goals (10) 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.

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Muharraq form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Muharraq at their home stadium (Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats.

The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus East Riffa last time out and are looking for a win here.

In the preceding match a 5-0 victory visiting Al Shabbab Manama.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Muharraq's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 4 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.

The Muharraq fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 9 league matches. From these home matches, Muharraq have conceded only 5 goals.

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East Riffa form and stats

Playing away, East Riffa have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premier League this season.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Muharraq (placed 1st) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Khalidiya.

Low-scoring game? 10 of this club's latest 13 league matches have had two goals or less.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting East Riffa as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

East Riffa have managed a sequence of 7 consecutive games without defeat (3-4-0) when playing Muharraq.

These sides played each other earlier this campaign: Muharraq - East Riffa 2-2.

Muharraq missing players

East Riffa missing players

Muharraq East Riffa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 2 10 19
9 4 2 Won W 1 3 4
7 5 0 Drew D 1 5 8
2 0 0 Lost L 0 2 7
30 14 6 Scored S 2 9 20
10 5 0 Conceded C 1 7 23
83% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 70% 84%
67% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 30% 53%
33% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 26%
22% 22% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 21%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 16%
33% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 30% 42%
56% 56% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 32%
28% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 42%
 
7.2 7.7 10 Corners for (avg) C F 2 5.5 5.4
4.4 4.7 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 9 5 4.4
2.2 2.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.7 2.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
5.3 3.7 5.5 Shots (avg) S ( 3.5 5 5.3
2.9 1.9 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.5 2.3
58% 82% 86% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 36% 45%
 
3.7 2.7 1.5 Shots against (avg) S A 6.5 5.8 5.3
1.3 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 2.2 2.5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • East Riffa have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Premier League
  • East Riffa have the most points from losing position (9) in Premier League
  • Muharraq have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Muharraq have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Muharraq have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Premier League
  • Muharraq have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Premier League
  • Muharraq have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
  • Muharraq have the most clean sheets (10) in Premier League
  • Muharraq have the most points (17) at home in Premier League
  • Muharraq have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Premier League
  • Muharraq have the the best goal difference (+20) 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 Muharraq 18 9 7 2 30 10 9 4 5 0 14 5 9 5 2 2 16 5 20 34
2 Manama 17 10 4 3 28 12 7 3 3 1 13 6 10 7 1 2 15 6 16 34
3 Khalidiya 18 9 5 4 33 19 9 4 3 2 17 8 9 5 2 2 16 11 14 32
4 Sitra 18 8 7 3 22 13 10 3 4 3 9 8 8 5 3 0 13 5 9 31
5 Al Riffa 18 8 6 4 23 15 9 3 3 3 10 9 9 5 3 1 13 6 8 30
6 Al Ahli 19 7 7 5 23 22 10 3 4 3 7 10 9 4 3 2 16 12 1 28
7 Al Shabbab Manama 18 7 2 9 18 22 10 4 1 5 11 15 8 3 1 4 7 7 -4 23
8 Al Hala 18 5 6 7 17 22 9 3 2 4 6 10 9 2 4 3 11 12 -5 21
9 East Riffa 19 4 8 7 20 23 9 1 3 5 11 16 10 3 5 2 9 7 -3 20
10 Al-Hidd 18 5 5 8 21 32 8 2 2 4 11 16 10 3 3 4 10 16 -11 20
11 Bahrain SC 18 3 5 10 17 26 9 3 1 5 10 12 9 0 4 5 7 14 -9 14
12 Budaiya 17 1 2 14 8 44 9 1 1 7 4 22 8 0 1 7 4 22 -36 -1