National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Arabi SC or Al Qadsia 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.
These are hustling days for the hosts, as they had a game only four days ago in the Premier League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Kazma.
Al Arabi SC form and stats
Al Arabi SC have collected 10 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-1-1.
Arabi lost their last game at Kazma after a 1-3 scoreline.
Goals decide football matches and Al Arabi SC are scoring many of them at home; 11 on target from 5 league matches.
Al Qadsia form and stats
Al Qadsia have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 4-0-2 from 6 games.
It's the second away game in a row for Al Qadsia, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Yarmouk last time out.
Preceding that game was the away Premier League victory against Al Tadhamon with the score of 3-1.As opposed to that, Qadsia have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings between these two sides are: two wins for Al Arabi SC, three draws and five wins for Al Qadsia. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Al Arabi SC missing players
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| Al Arabi SC | Al Qadsia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 48 | 33 | Scored | S | 15 | 38 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Conceded | C | 12 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 6.3 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.4 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10.2 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | ||
| 55% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 43% | ||
| 7 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 8.7 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.9 | ||
| 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 |
