Second Division preview: Can Al-Tadhmon edge out victory against Isa Town?

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Competition: Bahrain Second Division
Competition: Tue 18.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Riffa Club Stadium (9000 seats)

Al-Tadhmon should be probable winners of this home match vs Isa Town, if the league standings are thought to provide some clues. Or are we eyeing a possible shock?

Insights:
  • Al-Tadhmon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

It's no vacation for neither Al-Tadhmon nor Isa Town 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.

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Al-Tadhmon form and stats

Al-Tadhmon have played 9 Second Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The home fans saw a 0-0 draw versus Isa Town last time out and are looking for a victory here.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Al Ittihad with a 2-1 scoreline.

A decent goal production from Al-Tadhmon in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. Al-Tadhmon's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Isa Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Isa Town so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose).

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Isa Town goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 189 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Isa Town are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Al-Tadhmon (placed 4th).

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Al Reef.

Isa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

Isa Town have conceded 15 goals in these games. Isa Town has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Isa Town - Al-Tadhmon 3-3 was the end result in these teams' last head-to-head fixture, played this season.

Al-Tadhmon missing players

Isa Town missing players

Al-Tadhmon Isa Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 3 10 19
7 5 1 Won W 0 2 5
7 3 2 Drew D 0 3 6
5 2 0 Lost L 3 5 8
25 15 6 Scored S 1 9 24
24 12 4 Conceded C 7 15 30
84% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 89%
79% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 60% 74%
53% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 63%
32% 30% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 30% 26%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 16%
58% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 58%
32% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 26%
26% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 30% 26%
 
3.7 4.4 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.5 5.5
5.3 4.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 3.1 3.2
1.7 1.1 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.8 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
3.2 3 2.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5.3 6.5 7.5
2.1 1.9 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.8 3.7
65% 82% 86% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 32% 35%
 
5.4 5 1.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 7 7.2
2.7 2.6 1.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.5 3.5
Key stats in Second Division this season:
  • Al-Tadhmon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al-Tadhmon have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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-Najma 18 14 4 0 44 14 10 8 2 0 24 8 8 6 2 0 20 6 30 46
2 Busaiteen 19 10 5 4 36 19 9 5 2 2 18 7 10 5 3 2 18 12 17 35
3 A'Ali 19 10 4 5 29 17 9 4 2 3 14 7 10 6 2 2 15 10 12 34
4 Al-Tadhmon 18 7 6 5 25 24 9 5 2 2 15 12 9 2 4 3 10 12 1 27
5 Al Ittihad 19 6 8 5 22 19 9 3 3 3 11 9 10 3 5 2 11 10 3 26
6 Alhassam 18 6 6 6 22 25 9 3 4 2 14 13 9 3 2 4 8 12 -3 24
7 Qalali 19 5 8 6 23 21 10 2 5 3 11 11 9 3 3 3 12 10 2 23
8 Malkiya 19 6 5 8 24 25 10 4 3 3 18 14 9 2 2 5 6 11 -1 23
9 Al Ittifaq Maqaba 18 6 5 7 23 25 9 5 1 3 13 10 9 1 4 4 10 15 -2 23
10 Isa Town 18 5 5 8 24 30 9 3 3 3 15 15 9 2 2 5 9 15 -6 20
11 Al Reef 19 3 4 12 15 41 9 2 2 5 8 17 10 1 2 7 7 24 -26 13
12 Al Tadamun Buri 18 0 6 12 12 39 9 0 4 5 3 12 9 0 2 7 9 27 -27 6