National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Qadsia or Al Salmiyah that keep their silverware dream alive.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
It's no vacation for neither Al Qadsia nor Al Salmiyah as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Al Qadsia form and stats
Al Qadsia was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Federation Cup.Al Qadsia have collected 15 points from their Premier League home games so far after 4-3-2.
Al Qadsia's previous fixture was a Federation Cup game also played at their own arena, ending 3-0 vs Al Sahel. The home side are looking to repeat that performance.
Preceding that result, a home loss in the Federation Cup against Khaitan. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Qadsia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Al Qadsia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium with 16 goals in 9 league matches. On the other hand, Al Qadsia have conceded 13 goals.
Al Salmiyah form and stats
Salmiyah was sent out of Federation Cup in the group stage last season.There's been little loot from Al Salmiyah's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Premier League. Al Salmiyah only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.
Two away matches in a row for Al Salmiyah, whose coach could celebrate last time after the Federation Cup win against Al Arabi.
Before that, the Federation Cup victory away at Kazma. Al Salmiyah are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
Al Salmiyah find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Salmiyah have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The latest registered scoreline between these sides is the Al Qadsia - Al Salmiyah 2-2 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Qadsia two wins, three draws and Al Salmiyah five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Al Qadsia missing players
Al Salmiyah missing players
| Al Qadsia | Al Salmiyah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 45 | 28 | Scored | S | 27 | 46 | ||
| 28 | 16 | Conceded | C | 17 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 12% | ||
| 68% | 79% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 16% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9.7 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4 | ||
| 48% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 48% | ||
| 7.2 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 8.7 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 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 | 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 |
