National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Arabi SC or Al Salmiyah that keep their silverware dream alive.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Arabi nor Al Salmiyah as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Al Arabi SC form and stats
Al Arabi SC was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Crown Prince Cup.2-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Arabi SC so far this season.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Al Arabi SC handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, one draw and one defeat.
The Arabi manager has got the team scoring with 9 from 4 home games in the league.
Al Salmiyah form and stats
Al Salmiyah's mission in Crown Prince Cup last season failed in the preliminary round.1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Al Salmiyah playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
We have checked recent matches where Al Salmiyah have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were one victory, one draw and three defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Al Salmiyah's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. Salmiyah struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Here's the end result when the sides played each other earlier this campaign; Al Arabi SC - Al Salmiyah 2-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Al Arabi SC wins - draws - Al Salmiyah wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Al Arabi SC missing players
Al Salmiyah missing players
| Al Arabi SC | Al Salmiyah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 56 | 34 | Scored | S | 18 | 38 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Conceded | C | 20 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.8 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 11.1 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 8 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | ||
| 54% | 65% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 41% | ||
| 7.2 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 8.9 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Kuwait | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Al Arabi SC | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Kazma | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Al Qadsia | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Al Salmiyah | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Al Nasar | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 7 | Al Shabab | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 11 |
| 8 | Al Fahaheel | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 9 | Al Tadhamon | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 7 |
| 10 | Yarmouk | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 5 |
