National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Kuwait or Al Shabab that keep their silverware dream alive.
Al Kuwait have less rest than Al Shabab in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Al Tadhamon, was also a home game here at Sabah Al Salem Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Al Kuwait form and stats
Al Kuwait have been outstanding at home so far in the Premier League with 5 wins, 0 draws and only 1 loss.
A nice win for Al Kuwait last time playing, versus Al Tadhamon. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-1.
Goals decide football matches and Kuwait are scoring many of them at home; 15 on target from 6 league matches. Al Kuwait are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sabah Al Salem Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.
Al Shabab form and stats
Al Shabab's mission in Crown Prince Cup last season failed in the preliminary round.0 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Al Shabab playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 1-0 against Al Salmiyah in their previous game.
Before that, Shabab travelled to Al Qadsia and returned home with a draw after the Premier League game finished 1-1.Goals are few and far between in Al Shabab's away league games. Only 1 goal from 5 travels. In the opposite end, Al Shabab have conceded 8 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings between these teams: Al Kuwait won seven, Al Shabab triumphed in zero and we saw three draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals. The games between these clubs have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.Al Kuwait missing players
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| Al Kuwait | Al Shabab | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 13 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 45 | 32 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 19 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 44% | ||
| 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11.4 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 8.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.6 | ||
| 36% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 22% | ||
| 5.7 | 4.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 |
