National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Riffa or East Riffa that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are full days for the home side, as they played only four days ago in the Premier League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Al Ahli, was also a home game here at Madinat 'Isa Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Al Riffa form and stats
Al Riffa have played 4 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). Riffa has a nice streak going on as they have played eleven consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Muharraq defeat 239 days ago.
Riffa's last game was hosting Al Ahli and winning 3-2.
Ahead of that match, Riffa won a home game hosting Khalidiya (1-0).The Riffa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Riffa have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
East Riffa form and stats
Things could have gone better for East Riffa in their Premier League away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right. With three draws in a row for Riffa the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Riffa delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Khalidiya in their previous match; a Premier League game.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Al-Hidd in the Premier League.Riffa find the net regularly in their away games. 3 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. Riffa have conceded 3 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Al Riffa-East Riffa H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Riffa five wins, East Riffa one win, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Al Riffa missing players
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| Al Riffa | East Riffa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 41 | 19 | Scored | S | 18 | 40 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Conceded | C | 15 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 16% | ||
| 6.1 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.6 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 8.4 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 46% | ||
| 7.2 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 8.6 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manama | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Al Riffa | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Khalidiya | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Al-Najma | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | East Riffa | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Al Hala | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| 7 | Al-Hidd | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Budaiya | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 9 | Al Ahli | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Muharraq | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |