East Riffa vs Al-Ahli Manama Prediction: An evenly matched contest

The match between East Riffa and Al-Ahli Manama, which is part of the first round of the Bahrain Premier League, will take place at the Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium. Both squads will go into the game with the goal of securing all three points to keep their seasons alive. How will this particular match come to a conclusion?

Following on from their previous result, East Riffa will be hoping for more of the same after a successful Premier League match against Al-Hala, in which they won 3-1. In recent times, there have been far too few instances in which East Riffa have not conceded. They will be troubled by the fact that East Riffa have let their opponents score in all six of their most recent matches, resulting in a total of seven goals conceded in that span of play.

In their most recent meeting, which took place in the Premier League, Al-Ahli and Manama played to a 1-1 draw. The Al-Ahli defense corps has been so consistent in their play that in their previous six matches combined, they have only conceded three goals, bringing their overall tally of goals allowed down to three. During that same span of time, their own forwards have been able to score seven goals.

East Riffa has won three of their head-to-head matches against Al-Ahli, and Al-Ahli has won three of their matches against East Riffa dating back to late 2020. In those head-to-head matches, East Riffa and Al-Ahli combined for a total of 21 goals, with East Riffa scoring 12 of them and Al-Ahli scoring 9. This results in an average of 3.5 goals scored per game for both teams.

We are of the opinion that both Al-Ahli and East Riffa should have the ability to find the back of the net in this situation; nonetheless, it is tough to choose a clear winner. There shouldn't be much of a difference, and it appears that a tie is the most likely outcome at this point. As a result, we believe that the game will end in a 1-1 tie despite both teams giving their all.