Muharraq have performed better than East Riffa so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Muharraq form and stats
Muharraq are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium. 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games. Muharraq has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Al-Hidd defeat 255 days ago.
Muharraq's last game was hosting Al Ahli (placed 7th) and winning 1-0. In the match before that, Muharraq hosted Al-Hidd and drew the game 1-1.
Goals decide football matches and Muharraq are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 7 league matches. From these home matches, Muharraq have conceded only 6 goals.
East Riffa form and stats
2-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for East Riffa in their Premier League matches away. Visiting Riffa has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
The attacking players of East Riffa have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 184 minutes.
Riffa failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Al-Hidd (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-3. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Al Shabbab Manama.
Riffa are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 6 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Riffa have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: East Riffa - Muharraq 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Muharraq six wins, three draws and East Riffa one victory. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  É. Nascimento de Mendonça 2 goals |  E. Martins da Cruz 2 goals | I. Hasan 1 goals |
Muharraq missing players
East Riffa missing players
| Muharraq | East Riffa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 25 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 86% |
| 69% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 64% |
| 46% | 43% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 31% | 29% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 29% |
| 23% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 54% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 43% |
| 46% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 36% |
| 7.8 | 7.4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.2 | 5.3 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 157 | 100 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 63 | 147 |
| 58 | 45 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 20 | 48 |
| 41% | 36% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 40% | 29% |
- East Riffa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Muharraq has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Muharraq have not yet lost a game at home.
- Muharraq have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Muharraq have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Muharraq haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Muharraq is in the best form (4-2-0)
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 32 |
| 2 | Muharraq | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 30 |
| 3 | Al Riffa | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 25 |
| 4 | Al-Najma | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | East Riffa | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 6 | Manama | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Al Shabbab Manama | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -19 | 10 |
| 9 | Busaiteen | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -12 | 9 |
| 10 | Al Hala | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 | -14 | 6 |