Al-Muharraq vs Al-Shabbab Prediction: The home team will open their season with a win

Khalifa Sports City Stadium will be the venue for round 1 of the Bahrain Premier League encounter between Al-Muharraq and Al-Shabbab. The last meeting between these sides ended in a 3-0 win for Al-Muharraq. How will this encounter end?

Al-Muharraq will look to do better this season after finishing third the previous season in the league. In 22 matches, this team accumulated 37 points from 66. In those matches, Al-Muharraq scored 40 goals while conceding 28. Heading into the new season, Al-Muharraq failed to win any of their last three matches, losing one and drawing three. 

Al-Shabbab ended the previous season in the 7th spot in the standings with 27 points from 22 matches. In those matches, Al-Shabbab scored 28 goals while conceding 33 in the same number of games. However, entering the new season, Al-Shabbab had two consecutive wins, defeating Busaiteen and Al-Ahli Manama in games that ended 3-2 and 0-1, respectively. 

Al-Shabbab have not been too good in this fixture, but they have not been too poor. While Al-Muharraq are at home, they have not lost recently in this fixture. This should be a close game, as the two teams will look to score here, but at home, I am certain Al-Muharraq will win.