Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Arabi SC & Al Sulaibikhat face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emir Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This is a match between two teams close to each other, usually meaning added motivation and significance.
Al Arabi SC and Al Sulaibikhat should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Al Arabi SC form and stats
Last season their Emir Cup adventure ended in the 3rd place final.3-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Arabi SC so far this season.
The home club members witnessed a 1-1 draw vs Al Nasar in the Federation Cup last time out and are hoping for a victory here.
Everyone expects Al Arabi SC to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found five games: one home win, one draw and three defeats. Arabi have won with at least two goals margin one time in similar situations.
The Al Arabi SC manager has got the team scoring with 11 from 5 home games in the league.
Al Sulaibikhat form and stats
They also participated in Emir Cup last season. This ended in the round of 16.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Sulaibikhat so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose).
It might be tough going out on the road again for Al Sulaibikhat, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Al Jahra.
The game before that, in the Division 1, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Al Sahel.Al Sulaibikhat are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 33 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were seven wins, six draws and 20 defeats. Of the defeats, 13 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Sulaibikhat's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 7 matches. Al Sulaibikhat have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Al Arabi SC-Al Sulaibikhat H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Arabi SC seven wins, Al Sulaibikhat one win, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Al Arabi SC missing players
Al Sulaibikhat missing players
| Al Arabi SC | Al Sulaibikhat | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 10 | 18 | ||
| 50 | 33 | Scored | S | 9 | 16 | ||
| 26 | 11 | Conceded | C | 28 | 46 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 57% | 56% | ||
| 6 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9.9 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.9 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.7 | 1.1 | ||
| 56% | 59% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 53% | ||
| 6.8 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 9.6 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kazma | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 31 |
| 2 | Al Kuwait | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 30 |
| 3 | Al Arabi SC | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 26 |
| 4 | Al Qadsia | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 26 |
| 5 | Al Salmiyah | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 25 |
| 6 | Al Nasar | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Al Shabab | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 12 |
| 8 | Al Fahaheel | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 11 |
| 9 | Al Tadhamon | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 22 | -14 | 9 |
| 10 | Yarmouk | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -15 | 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 Jahra | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 2 | Khaitan | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 27 |
| 3 | Al Sahel | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Burgan | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 10 |
| 5 | Al Sulaibikhat | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -17 | 8 |
