Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Kuwait & Al Nasar face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Federation Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The hosts Kuwait saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Al Fahaheel.
Al Kuwait form and stats
Al Kuwait are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Sabah Al Salem Stadium. 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games.
It's back home for Al Kuwait, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Al Fahaheel away with the result 3-1.
Goals decide football matches and Kuwait are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 7 league matches. Al Kuwait are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sabah Al Salem Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.
Al Nasar form and stats
There's been little loot from Al Nasar's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Premier League. Al Nasar only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.
219 minutes! That's how long the Al Nasar goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Nasar are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the game against Al Shabab.
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Yarmouk.The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
Stats for the previous ten meetings featuring these two teams are: nine wins for Al Kuwait, one draw and zero wins for Al Nasar. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Al Kuwait missing players
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| Al Kuwait | Al Nasar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 48 | 33 | Scored | S | 17 | 37 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Conceded | C | 14 | 33 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 5.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.5 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.4 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 7.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 43% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 57% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 8.5 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 |
