National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Kuwait or Al Salmiyah that keep their silverware dream alive.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
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
Kuwait participated in Emir Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.Al Kuwait have collected 11 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-2-1.
The Al Kuwait goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 220 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
The home club members saw a 3-3 draw against Al Tadhamon in the Emir Cup last time out and are looking for a victory here.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Al Tadhamon that ended 0-0.Kuwait are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games.
Al Salmiyah form and stats
Last season their Emir Cup adventure ended in the final.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Salmiyah so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose).
Two away games in a row for Al Salmiyah, whose boss could celebrate last time after the Emir Cup win against Al Shabab.
Before that match, 2-2 away against Al Qadsia in the Federation Cup.
Al Salmiyah are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Salmiyah struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these sides: Al Kuwait won four, Al Salmiyah triumphed in four and we saw two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Al Kuwait missing players
Al Salmiyah missing players
| Al Kuwait | Al Salmiyah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 41 | 18 | Scored | S | 28 | 45 | ||
| 33 | 18 | Conceded | C | 20 | 30 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 72% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 12% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 3 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 5 | ||
| 10.1 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 8.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 36% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 45% | ||
| 7.7 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 2 | Al Arabi | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | Kazma | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Al Jahra | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | Al Qadsia | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 15 |
| 6 | Al Salmiyah | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Al Nasar | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Al Tadhamon | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Al Fahaheel | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 10 | Al Sahel | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 8 |
