About Match
1 points and 2 places separate them: A'Ali 10th with 1, Malkiya 12th with 0. In league terms the two rates read 1/2 for A'Ali and 0/2 for Malkiya (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.3. Victory would move A'Ali to 4 points and up to 2nd, with other results unchanged.
Defeat has followed defeat for Malkiya — four in succession.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — A'Ali 2, draws 3, Malkiya 2, at 2.57 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 29% of those meetings.
Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium, capacity 20,000, hosts the game.