National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Sulaibikhat or Burgan that keep their silverware dream alive.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Al Sulaibikhat form and stats
Last season, Sulaibikhat's Emir Cup journey ended in the round of 16.Al Sulaibikhat have played three Division 1 home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 0 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Al Sulaibikhat are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus Al Shabab.
Preceding that match was the home Division 1 game against Khaitan that was lost 0-2.Al Sulaibikhat has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: {1 goals} from 3 games.
Burgan form and stats
They also participated in Emir Cup last season. This ended in the round of 16.Still no away game victory in the Division 1 for Burgan with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Yarmouk in their previous outing. The Federation Cup duel ended 2-2.
The game before that, in the Division 1, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Yarmouk.Burgan are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 3 away games. As opposed to that, Burgan have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Al Sulaibikhat-Burgan H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Sulaibikhat three wins, Burgan five wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Al Sulaibikhat missing players
Burgan missing players
| Al Sulaibikhat | Burgan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Lost | L | 8 | 18 | ||
| 22 | 8 | Scored | S | 11 | 19 | ||
| 47 | 25 | Conceded | C | 30 | 61 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 40% | ||
| 2.8 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.3 | ||
| 5 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6.1 | 7.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.4 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 1.9 | ||
| 40% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 26% | ||
| 11.1 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 10.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Yarmouk | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Khaitan | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Al Sulaibikhat | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 5 | Burgan | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -9 | 2 |
