Match Report
27 points separated the sides: Al Riffa 3rd on 49, Al-Najma 10th on 22. Per game in the league, Al-Najma were scoring 0.95 and conceding 1.59, Al Riffa 1.86 and 0.77, against a competition average of 1.2 goals per team per game.
Al Riffa came in having won five on the spin. The last-five ledger: Al-Najma 7/15, Al Riffa 15/15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 9 games: 0 Al-Najma wins, 6 for Al Riffa, 3 draws, at 3.11 goals per meeting. Only 11% of these meetings ended in a home win. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 67% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 56%.
Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī (Bahrain National Stadium) (Riffa), capacity 35,580, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Al Riffa led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-2.
Goal scorers
Al-Najma: Achraf Douiri (47') · Al Riffa: Vinícius Vargas (30'), Samuel Toscas (88')
Key stats
Possession: Al-Najma 27% · Al Riffa 73% · Total shots: 6-14 · On target: 2-6 · Corners: 2-6