It's early days in the Premier League and both Al Arabi SC and Al Qadsia are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Al Qadsia could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Al Sahel. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Al Arabi SC form and stats
Al Arabi SC's first Premier League home game here at Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats from 9 matches.
The Arabi crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Burgan here at Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium in a Premier League match. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Al Jahra the opponent.
Al Arabi SC has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Al Qadsia form and stats
Al Qadsia are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Premier League.
Two travels in a row for Qadsia, whose manager Pablo Franco could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Al Sahel. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Burgan at their stadium, the result 3-0.
It's early days yet, but Al Qadsia has scored 5 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Arabi zero wins, five draws and Al Qadsia five victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Al Arabi SC missing players
Al Qadsia missing players
| Al Arabi SC | Al Qadsia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | 13 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 29 | 44 |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 12 | 18 |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 42% | 44% |
| Al Arabi SC | Last season | Al Qadsia | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Scored | S | 11 | 29 | ||
| 21 | 7 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 94% | ||
| 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | ||
| 44% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 22% | 28% | ||
| 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 17% | ||
| 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | ||
| 44% | 22% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 39% | ||
| 39% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 56% | 50% | ||
| 17% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 17% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 167 | 93 | Total Shots | T S | 45 | 156 | ||
| 67 | 40 | Shots on Target | S O | 27 | 68 | ||
| 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Al Fahaheel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Burgan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Al Salmiyah | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Al Nasar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Al Sahel | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Al Kuwait | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Al Tadhamon | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Al Jahra | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Al Sulaibikhat | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 11 | Al Shabab | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 12 | Kazma | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 13 | Al Arabi SC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Khaitan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 1 |
| 15 | Yarmouk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 37 | 43 |
| 2 | Al Qadsia | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 3 | Al Salmiyah | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 35 |
| 4 | Al Arabi SC | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Kazma | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | Al Nasar | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -4 | 21 |
| 7 | Al Sahel | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | -20 | 18 |
| 8 | Al Shabab | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -15 | 17 |
| 9 | Al Tadhamon | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -18 | 13 |
| 10 | Yarmouk | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -23 | 8 |