Match Report
19 points separated the sides: Al Riffa 3rd on 49, Al-Hidd 6th on 30. Scoring rates set the scale: Al Riffa 1.86 scored and 0.77 conceded per game, Al-Hidd 1.32 and 1.05, with the league averaging 1.2.
Al Riffa carried an 8-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 8 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Al Riffa held 13 points of 15 and Al-Hidd 6.
7 meetings are on record — 2 won by Al Riffa, 0 by Al-Hidd, 5 drawn, at 2.29 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 14% of meetings won. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 29% of the meetings.
The venue was Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī (Bahrain National Stadium) (Riffa), with room for 35,580 spectators. Al-Hidd led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 0-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Al-Hidd: Adnan Fawaz (18'), Ibrahim Al-Wali (64'), Mohammad Al Eikish (73')
Key stats
Possession: Al Riffa 50% · Al-Hidd 50%