Al Arabi SC receive Al Salmiyah for another exciting Premier League match here at Sabah Al Salem Stadium.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Al Arabi SC form and stats
The hosts won their first Premier League game here at Sabah Al Salem Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Al Arabi SC last season were 7 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses from 9 games.
No payout for Arabi in their previous match, an away game at Al Qadsia that ended in defeat 0-1.
Before that, Arabi had a home game versus Al Tadhamon which ended with a victory 4-1.Early season league goal statistics from Al Arabi SC's 1 home game: 4 goals, 1 conceded.
Al Salmiyah form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Premier League ended in defeat. Last season Al Salmiyah had these away match statistics: Played 9; won 4, drew 1 and lost 4.
The supporters enjoyed Salmiyah's previous game versus Al Shabab (placed 10th), a Premier League 2-0 win played at home.
Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Al Nasar's place.Al Salmiyah have the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Arabi wins - draws - Al Salmiyah wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Al Arabi SC missing players
Al Salmiyah missing players
| Al Arabi SC | Al Salmiyah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 5.5 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| 2 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 6 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11 | 9.5 |
| 2.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 1.5 |
| Al Arabi SC | Last season | Al Salmiyah | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 17 | 32 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Won | W | 9 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 58 | 26 | Scored | S | 29 | 55 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Conceded | C | 21 | 45 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 75% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 66% | ||
| 31% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 38% | ||
| 22% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 22% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 69% | ||
| 34% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 19% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 25% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.6 | 3 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 10.7 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 6.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3 | ||
| 38% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 51% | 47% | ||
| 7.6 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.6 | 7.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Kazma | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Al Qadsia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Al Nasar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Al Arabi SC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Al Salmiyah | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Al Fahaheel | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Yarmouk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 9 | Al Tadhamon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 10 | Al Shabab | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 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 Arabi SC | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | Al Qadsia | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 36 |
| 3 | Al Kuwait | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Kazma | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 25 |
| 5 | Al Nasar | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -3 | 22 |
| 6 | Al Salmiyah | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | -7 | 20 |
| 7 | Al Shabab | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 8 | Al Fahaheel | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -14 | 16 |
| 9 | Khaitan | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -18 | 14 |
| 10 | Al Sahel | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -15 | 13 |