National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Sahel or Al Sulaibikhat that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sahel and Al Sulaibikhat.
Al Sahel form and stats
Al Sahel was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Federation Cup.Al Sahel's results here at Al Ramadi Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 1 victory, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Sahel are returning here after visiting Al Jahra in a Federation Cup match and winning with a 3-1 scoreline.
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Kazma.Al Sahel has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Al Sahel have conceded 11 from these games.
Al Sulaibikhat form and stats
Last season their Federation Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Things could have gone better for Al Sulaibikhat in their Division 1 away matches, but 5 points from 3 games is all right.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Federation Cup home loss versus Al Arabi SC with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Before that, Sulaibikhat travelled to Yarmouk and returned home with a draw after the Division 1 game finished 0-0.Al Sulaibikhat are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only {1 goals} away.
Head 2 Head
Al Sahel have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive games without defeat (4-1-0) when facing Al Sulaibikhat.Al Sahel missing players
Al Sulaibikhat missing players
| Al Sahel | Al Sulaibikhat | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 15 | ||
| 35 | 25 | Scored | S | 11 | 19 | ||
| 28 | 20 | Conceded | C | 22 | 43 | ||
| 88% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 48% | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 9.7 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 36% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 38% | ||
| 8.7 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 10.7 | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 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 Arabi SC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Al Sahel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Al Nasar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Al Shabab | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Al Sulaibikhat | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 6 | Al Jahra | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| 7 | Al Tadhamon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 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 SC | 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 |
| 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 Shabab | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Yarmouk | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Khaitan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 4 | Al Sulaibikhat | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 5 | Burgan | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 2 |
