Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Nasar & 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!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Al Nasar form and stats
Al Nasar participated in Crown Prince Cup the last season, where they reached the preliminary round.Al Nasar have collected 8 points from their Premier League home games so far after 2-2-1.
A nice win for Al Nasar last time playing, versus Al Fahaheel. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0.
Heartbreak before that as Nasar lost 0-1 at Al Salmiyah's place.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Al Nasar have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost two.
Al Nasar have conceded 8 from these games.
Al Salmiyah form and stats
They also participated in Crown Prince Cup last season. This ended in the preliminary round.Playing away, Al Salmiyah have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premier League this season.
Al Salmiyah are travelling again after losing away to Al Shabab in their previous match (0-1).
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Al Nasar in the Premier League.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Salmiyah in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Al Salmiyah, one draw and four defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Al Salmiyah's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. Al Salmiyah's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 8 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the prior ten meetings featuring these two sides are: three wins for Nasar, two draws and five wins for Al Salmiyah. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Al Nasar missing players
Al Salmiyah missing players
| Al Nasar | Al Salmiyah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Scored | S | 17 | 37 | ||
| 33 | 20 | Conceded | C | 19 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 6.6 | 7.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 8.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 55% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | ||
| 9.1 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Al Arabi | 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 |
