National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Arabi SC or Al Salmiyah that keep their silverware dream alive.
This is a battle between neighbours, usually meaning more mental strain and significance.
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 Arabi SC form and stats
4-4-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Arabi SC so far this season.
Arabi's previous fixture was a Federation Cup game also played at their own stadium, ending 2-0 vs Al Tadhamon. The home team are looking to build on that result.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Al Qadsia (after extra-time) (1-2).The Al Arabi SC fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Al Salmiyah form and stats
Last season their Federation Cup adventure ended in the group stage.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Salmiyah so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
The club members enjoyed Al Salmiyah's previous game versus Al Kuwait, a Federation Cup win (3-0) played at home.
Previously, the Federation Cup win away at Kazma (after extra-time).
The visiting Salmiyah have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 13 goals have been conceded by Al Salmiyah in these games.
Head 2 Head
Al Salmiyah have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (2-3-0) when facing Al Arabi SC.Al Arabi SC missing players
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| Al Arabi SC | Al Salmiyah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 53 | 33 | Scored | S | 24 | 46 | ||
| 23 | 13 | Conceded | C | 16 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 16% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10.8 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 9 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 47% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 49% | ||
| 6.8 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8.5 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 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 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 37 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 35 |
| 2 | Kazma | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 29 |
| 3 | Al Qadsia | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 29 |
| 4 | Al Arabi SC | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 28 |
| 5 | Al Fahaheel | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 24 |
| 6 | Al Salmiyah | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 | Al Jahra | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -4 | 23 |
| 8 | Al Nasar | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 24 | -10 | 21 |
| 9 | Al Tadhamon | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -16 | 16 |
| 10 | Al Sahel | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 14 |
