Burgan will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Al Jahra.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Burgan form and stats
The story so far in the Division 1 for Burgan, who have the most scored goals (8) at home in Division 1, at their home stadium (Abu Halifa City Stadium) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. It’s been three wins in a row for Burgan here at Abu Halifa City Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Happy days for Burgan in their previous game, a Division 1 match away at Al Fahaheel (placed 4th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Burgan won a home game hosting Al Sulaibikhat (2-1).
The Burgan manager H. Harbi has got the team scoring with 8 from 4 home games in the league. Burgan's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Jahra form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (14) in Division 1, on their Division 1 travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Al Jahra's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Al Sulaibikhat game. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Al Jahra hope to make it five in this match.
It's the second away game in a row for Al Jahra, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Al Sulaibikhat (placed 3rd) in the Division 1 last time out. Before that, Al Jahra secured a home win against Khaitan with the score 2-1.
Al Jahra are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 5 games (in the league). The Al Jahra defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 5 games).
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Al Jahra - Burgan 2-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Burgan won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Al Jahra has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / twoTop Goalscorers
 N. Mbengue 5 goals |  N. Olsen 3 goals |  H. Al Aredi 2 goals |
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| Burgan | Al Jahra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 90% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 80% |
| 44% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 50% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 60% | 40% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 20% |
| 3.1 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 7 | 5.4 |
| 6.2 | 4.8 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 79 | 36 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 44 | 86 |
| 35 | 18 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 20 | 41 |
| 29% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 30% | 32% |
- Al Jahra has the fewest conceded goals (2) away
- Al Jahra has the fewest matches under the total-line (3)
- Al Jahra has the most matches over the total-line (5)
- Al Jahra has the most points (13) away
- Al Jahra has the most scored goals (14)
- Al Jahra has the most scored goals (7) away
- Al Jahra has the most scored goals in the first half (6)
- Al Jahra has the most scored goals in the second half (7)
- Al Jahra has the the best goal difference (+5) away
- Al Jahra has the the best goal difference (+6)
- Al Jahra have not yet lost a game away.
- Al Jahra have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Al Jahra have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Al Jahra is in the best form (5-0-1)
- All of Burgan's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Burgan has the most scored goals (8) at home
- Burgan has the the best goal difference (+4) at home
- Burgan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Burgan have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Burgan haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 Jahra | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 |
| 2 | Burgan | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 3 | Al Sulaibikhat | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Al Fahaheel | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 5 | Khaitan | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 8 |