National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Kuwait or Khaitan 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.
The visiting Khaitan played their last game only four days ago, a Crown Prince Cup match.
Al Kuwait form and stats
Al Kuwait have collected 12 points from their Premier League home games so far after 4-0-1. On the other hand, in the Federation Cup, Al Kuwait has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
A nice win for Al Kuwait last time playing, versus Al Shabab. That was also a home game and the match ended 0-1. The spoils were shared in Kuwait's previous game, also at home. Visiting Al Shabab travelled back with a draw after a 0-1 scoreline. The Al Kuwait crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Al Shabab here at Sabah Al Salem Stadium.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Al Arabi and winning 2-0. A 2-0 draw away in the Premier League before that, with Al Arabi the opponent. A Premier League defeat was the result before that one, 2-0 away at Al Arabi.Al Kuwait have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sabah Al Salem Stadium with 10 goals in 5 league matches. Al Kuwait have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Khaitan form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Division 1 travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Federation Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Al Jahra at their stadium, the result 1-0. Preceding that game, the 1-0 draw paying a visit to Al Jahra. Prior to that match, the Khaitan manager faced defeat when travelling to Al Jahra and losing 1-0.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Khaitan have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. As opposed to that, Khaitan have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: nine - one - zero (Al Kuwait wins - draws - Khaitan wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Al Kuwait missing players
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| Al Kuwait | Khaitan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 13 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 43 | 33 | Scored | S | 14 | 36 | ||
| 18 | 11 | Conceded | C | 17 | 40 | ||
| 92% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 8 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 41% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 38% | ||
| 5.7 | 4.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 10.1 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Kuwait | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Khaitan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Al Salmiyah | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Al Jahra | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 5 | Yarmouk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -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 | Kazma | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 20 |
| 2 | Al Kuwait | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | Al Qadsia | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | Al Arabi | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Al Salmiyah | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Al Fahaheel | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 7 | Al Nasar | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 9 |
| 8 | Al Tadhamon | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 7 |
| 9 | Al Shabab | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -9 | 7 |
| 10 | Yarmouk | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 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 Sahel | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | Khaitan | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | Al Jahra | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | Burgan | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 10 |
| 5 | Al Sulaibikhat | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -9 | 5 |
