Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Kuwait & Al Salmiyah face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Crown Prince Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Al Kuwait form and stats
Al Kuwait have collected 7 points from their Premier League home games so far after 2-1-1.
The Al Kuwait regulars got no joy from their last fixture, a Crown Prince Cup duel also played here at Sabah Al Salem Stadium: A 2-3 defeat against Al Salmiyah.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Premier League home game that ended 1-1 versus Al Qadsia.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Kuwait's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 8 games, won 4 matches, drawn 2 and lost 2.
The Al Kuwait fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. 5 goals have been conceded.
Al Salmiyah form and stats
Al Salmiyah was sent out of Crown Prince Cup in the 3rd place final last season.The Premier League season is young and Al Salmiyah have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far.
Two away games in a row for Salmiyah, whose manager could celebrate last time after the Crown Prince Cup win against Al Kuwait.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Al Nasar in the Premier League.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Al Salmiyah when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 1 time, drawing 3 and winning 1 game.
The travelling fans enjoy Al Salmiyah's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the previous ten meetings involving these two teams are: four wins for Kuwait, three draws and three wins for Al Salmiyah. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Al Kuwait missing players
Al Salmiyah missing players
| Al Kuwait | Al Salmiyah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 17 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 9 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 50 | 21 | Scored | S | 31 | 42 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Conceded | C | 23 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 24% | ||
| 68% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 16% | ||
| 6.5 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.7 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.7 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 8.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | ||
| 44% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 51% | ||
| 6.9 | 7.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 9.6 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Kazma | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Al Arabi | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Al Salmiyah | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Al Jahra | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | Al Nasar | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Al Fahaheel | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| 8 | Al Qadsia | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 9 | Al Tadhamon | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 10 | Al Sahel | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 2 |
