Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Salmiyah & Al Kuwait face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Federation Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Al Kuwait could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Federation Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Al Fahaheel, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Al Kuwait.
Al Salmiyah form and stats
Salmiyah was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Federation Cup.Al Salmiyah have played 9 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-5-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Al Salmiyah are returning here after guesting Kazma in a Federation Cup match and winning with a 5-0 scoreline.
In the match before that, Salmiyah hosted Al Kuwait (after extra-time) and drew the Premier League game 2-2.Al Salmiyah has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches.
Al Kuwait form and stats
Kuwait was sent out of Federation Cup in the semi-finals last season.The visitors are W3-D6-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Two trips in a row for Al Kuwait, whose boss Ali could celebrate last time after the Federation Cup win against Al Fahaheel.
A 2-2 draw at Al Salmiyah (after extra-time)'s stadium before that.The Al Kuwait manager Ali has got the team scoring on the road, with 19 away goals in 9 league matches. 13 goals have been conceded by Kuwait in these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings between these contenders: Al Salmiyah won three, Al Kuwait triumphed in four and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals. The games between these sides have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Al Salmiyah missing players
Al Kuwait missing players
| Al Salmiyah | Al Kuwait | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 46 | 19 | Scored | S | 23 | 47 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Conceded | C | 19 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 10% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 16% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 3 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9.3 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | ||
| 47% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 43% | ||
| 8.9 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 7.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Al Salmiyah | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 3 | Khaitan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Al Kuwait | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 5 | Al Fahaheel | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 6 | Yarmouk | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 7 | Kazma | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 5 |
| 8 | Burgan | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -10 | 4 |
| 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 SC | 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 |
