Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Fahaheel & Al Salmiyah face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Federation Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Al Fahaheel form and stats
Last season, Al Fahaheel's Federation Cup journey ended in the group stage.All-inclusive Premier League stats playing at home this season for Al Fahaheel are 3-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Fahaheel's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-4 versus Al Jahra.
Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Al Sahel in a game that was won 2-0.A decent goal production from Al Fahaheel in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Al Salmiyah form and stats
Al Salmiyah was sent out of Federation Cup in the group stage last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
There might be some fixture complaints from Al Salmiyah as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-2 against Al Kuwait.
Preceding that game was the away Premier League victory against Al Jahra with the score of 2-0.Salmiyah has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. Al Salmiyah's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 8 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these participants: Al Fahaheel won two, Al Salmiyah triumphed in five and we saw three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Al Fahaheel missing players
Al Salmiyah missing players
| Al Fahaheel | Al Salmiyah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 9 | 13 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Scored | S | 32 | 51 | ||
| 44 | 20 | Conceded | C | 21 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 94% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 72% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 3.4 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 7.5 | 7.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9.1 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 44% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 54% | ||
| 10 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 10 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Qadsia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Al Kuwait | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Kazma | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Al Salmiyah | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Burgan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 6 | Yarmouk | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 7 | Khaitan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 8 | Al Fahaheel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 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 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 2 | Al Arabi | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Kazma | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Al Salmiyah | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | Al Jahra | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | Al Fahaheel | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 7 | Al Qadsia | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 8 | Al Nasar | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -4 | 10 |
| 9 | Al Tadhamon | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | Al Sahel | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 5 |
