Football preview: Home fans have high hopes when Al Arabi SC greet Al Sahel

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Competition: Mon 20.February
Match begins: 16:20 (UTC)
Venue: Sabah Al Salem Stadium (28000 seats)

Welcome to Sabah Al Salem Stadium and this match between Al Arabi SC and Al Sahel in the Premier League. Tipsway has all you should know!

Insights:
  • Al Arabi SC have the the best goal difference (+5) at home in Premier League
  • Al Sahel have the the worst goal difference (-6) in Premier League

Both sides have had adequate rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's hope for an in-your-face game!

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Al Arabi SC form and stats

3 victories, 4 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Al Arabi SC have to build on here at Sabah Al Salem Stadium in the Premier League. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

No payout for Al Arabi SC in their previous match, an away game at Al Jahra that ended in defeat 1-2. This club achieved a ten league rounds long run without a loss until that game!

In the game before, an away victory match versus Al Tadhamon with a 4-0 scoreline.

Arabi are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 6 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 6, drew 0 and lost 0.

A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 14 latest league matches reveals that 11 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

Al Arabi SC have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sabah Al Salem Stadium with 13 goals in 7 league matches. On the other hand, Arabi have conceded 8 goals.

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Al Sahel form and stats

Al Sahel have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-1-4 (6 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Al Sahel are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Al Sahel won their last game, 1-0 versus Al Tadhamon played at home. That win felt sweet as this side had gone three league games without victory.

Prior to that match, the Sahel manager faced defeat when travelling to Al Kuwait and losing 1-2.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Al Sahel played away with similar odds. This revealed 8 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 7 times.

Al Sahel are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 6 games (in the league).

Head 2 Head

Arabi have pulled off a sequence of 7 consecutive games without defeat (6-1-0) when facing Al Sahel.

Al Arabi SC and Al Sahel have played each other earlier this season: Al Sahel - Al Arabi SC 0-0.

Al Arabi SC missing players

Al Sahel missing players

Al Arabi SC Al Sahel
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 1 6 14
5 3 0 Won W 0 1 3
7 4 3 Drew D 0 1 3
2 0 0 Lost L 1 4 8
25 13 5 Scored S 1 8 18
17 8 5 Conceded C 2 12 24
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
93% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 79%
57% 57% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 57%
43% 43% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 43%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 29%
79% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 71%
21% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
7% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 21%
 
4.4 4.7 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.5 3.6
4.1 4 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.2 6
3.4 4 4.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.3 2.5
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.4 12.3 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 11 10.2
4.7 5.1 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.5 3.7
38% 36% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 30% 35%
 
8.4 8.4 7 Shots against (avg) S A 26 11.3 11.1
3.1 2.7 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.5 4.2
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Arabi SC have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Al Arabi SC have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Al Arabi SC have the the best goal difference (+5) at home in Premier League
  • Al Arabi SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Al Sahel have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Al Sahel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Sahel have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Premier League
  • Al Sahel have the the worst goal difference (-6) in Premier League
  • Al Sahel have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Al Sahel haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • All of Al Arabi SC's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Al Sahel's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

  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 15 8 6 1 27 17 8 5 2 1 11 7 7 3 4 0 16 10 10 30
2 Al Arabi SC 14 5 7 2 25 17 7 3 4 0 13 8 7 2 3 2 12 9 8 22
3 Kazma 15 6 4 5 24 23 7 4 1 2 14 10 8 2 3 3 10 13 1 22
4 Al Qadsia 15 6 4 5 22 22 7 3 2 2 13 11 8 3 2 3 9 11 0 22
5 Al Jahra 14 6 3 5 18 17 7 2 2 3 8 11 7 4 1 2 10 6 1 21
6 Al Fahaheel 14 5 2 7 22 24 8 4 1 3 15 12 6 1 1 4 7 12 -2 17
7 Al Nasar 14 4 5 5 21 26 7 2 3 2 12 12 7 2 2 3 9 14 -5 17
8 Al Salmiyah 15 3 7 5 17 19 7 2 4 1 7 6 8 1 3 4 10 13 -2 16
9 Al Tadhamon 14 3 5 6 12 17 6 2 2 2 5 9 8 1 3 4 7 8 -5 14
10 Al Sahel 14 3 3 8 18 24 8 2 2 4 10 12 6 1 1 4 8 12 -6 12

Read more about Premier League

The Kuwait Premier League is the top division of the Kuwaiti football pyramid. It was founded in 1961 and has been dominated by the three teams Al-Qadisiya, Al-Arabi and Al-Kuwait. Ten teams play 38 fixtures each to create a final league table. The bottom two teams are relegated.