Match Report
22 points separated the sides: Al Riffa 3rd on 49, Sitra 8th on 27. Sitra's recent output outran their position: 4th on form over five rounds, 8th in the table. Per game in the league, Sitra were scoring 1 and conceding 1.41, Al Riffa 1.86 and 0.77, against a competition average of 1.2 goals per team per game.
Six consecutive wins preceded this game for Al Riffa, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 8/15 points for Sitra, 15/15 for Al Riffa.
The sides have met 7 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Sitra, 2 draws and 3 for Al Riffa, at 2.86 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 14% of meetings won.
Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī (Bahrain National Stadium) (Riffa), capacity 35,580, hosted the game. Al Riffa led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Sitra: Abdulwasea Al-Matari (90') · Al Riffa: Samuel Toscas (26'), Gabryel (70'), Ali Madan (68')
Key stats
Possession: Sitra 45% · Al Riffa 55% · Total shots: 8-13 · On target: 1-5 · Corners: 2-7