FOOTBALL – THE curtain comes down on the 2025-26 season of the Nasser Bin Hamad Bahrain Premier Football League this weekend, with the winners of the coveted title to be decided along with the teams that will be playing in the relegation play-offs.
Matches in this campaign’s 22nd and concluding matchweek will be held tonight and tomorrow.
The schedule is to be headlined by the culmination of the hugely exciting, two-horse race for the crown between defending champions and current leaders Muharraq and Al Khaldiya, who are both in action tomorrow.
Muharraq will be facing A’ali at the National Stadium in Riffa, while Khaldiya will be taking on Najma at Khalifa Sports City Stadium in Isa Town. Also tomorrow evening, Malkiya will be taking on Sitra at Al Ahli Club Stadium in Mahooz. The three matches are all scheduled for simultaneous 5.30pm kick-offs.
Tonight, another three games are on the cards. Hidd face relegated Al Shabab at the National Stadium, Riffa take on Bahrain Club – who are also dropping to the Bahrain First Division for next season – at Khalifa Sports City Stadium, and Budaiya go up against Al Ahli at Al Ahli Club Stadium. The fixtures will each be kicking off at 7pm.
Heading into matchweek 22, Muharraq hold a slim, one-point advantage over Khaldiya, which they earned following their thrilling 2-1 triumph against their chief title rivals earlier this week.
Meanwhile, Sitra and Najma are in danger of joining Budaiya in the end-of-season relegation play-offs, which will be contested between the ninth and 10th-placed teams in the premier league and the third and fourth-placed clubs in the first division.
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