National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Salmiyah or Burgan that keep their silverware dream alive.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
It's no vacation for neither Al Salmiyah nor Burgan 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 Salmiyah form and stats
Al Salmiyah was eliminated in the 3rd place final last season in the Crown Prince Cup.2-2-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Salmiyah so far this season.
Salmiyah's previous fixture was a Crown Prince Cup game also played at their home, finishing 6-1 vs Burgan. The home side are looking to continue in that form.
Before that game, a strong away win at Al Kuwait (after extra-time). A Crown Prince Cup game.
Al Salmiyah have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Burgan form and stats
They also participated in Crown Prince Cup last season. This ended in the preliminary round.Still no away game victory in the Division 1 for Burgan with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Two away games in a row for Burgan, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-6 against Al Salmiyah in the Crown Prince Cup.
Ahead of that, the Crown Prince Cup win away at Yarmouk.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Burgan has managed {1 goals} and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Last four meetings featuring these participants: Salmiyah won three, Burgan triumphed in one and we saw zero draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.
Al Salmiyah missing players
Burgan missing players
| Al Salmiyah | Burgan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 9 | 17 | ||
| 48 | 17 | Scored | S | 11 | 21 | ||
| 33 | 11 | Conceded | C | 30 | 54 | ||
| 96% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 72% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.4 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 7.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 58% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 41% | ||
| 9.5 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 |
| 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 Shabab | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Yarmouk | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Al Sulaibikhat | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 4 | Khaitan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 5 | Burgan | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 2 |
