National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Qadsia or Kazma that keep their silverware dream alive.
This is a local fight, usually meaning increased stress and importance.
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 Qadsia form and stats
Qadsia was eliminated in the final last season in the Emir Cup.4-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Qadsia so far this season.
The home regulars witnessed a 0-0 draw versus Kazma in the Emir Cup last time out and are looking for a victory here.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Al Qadsia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won five times, drawn three and lost one.
Qadsia has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Al Qadsia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kazma form and stats
Last season their Emir Cup adventure ended in the 3rd place final.Kazma's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Kazma collect 17 points from their 7 away matches in the Premier League. 5 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats).
It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Al Qadsia in their previous outing. The Emir Cup fixture ended 0-0.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Al Arabi.We have checked recent matches where Kazma have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were two victories, two draws and two defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Kazma's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 7 league matches away. Kazma are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Qadsia victories, four draws and zero Kazma wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less. One of the profiles has been Mutawa with 8 goals scored against Kazma in these 10 games.Al Qadsia missing players
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| Al Qadsia | Kazma | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 39 | 24 | Scored | S | 20 | 35 | ||
| 30 | 19 | Conceded | C | 15 | 21 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 24% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9.5 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8.5 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 45% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 41% | ||
| 8.4 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 7.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.8 | ||
| 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 | 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 |
