Delightful dogfight as daring Al Arabi SC duel with determined Kazma

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Competition: Fri 03.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sabah Al Salem Stadium (28000 seats)

Lots to play for in this match, with Al Arabi SC placed 2nd and Kazma placed 3rd. Here's our match guide!

Insights:
  • Al Arabi SC have the most scored goals (30) in Premier League
  • Kazma haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

Both sides have had enough days rest since their previous competitive action. Let's wish for an animated fixture!

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Al Arabi SC form and stats

Al Arabi SC have performed here at Sabah Al Salem Stadium this season with 4 wins from 8 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 0.

A strong away win for Al Arabi SC against Al Fahaheel the last match.

Before that, Al Arabi SC had a home game versus Al Sahel which ended with a victory 2-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Al Arabi SC have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.

If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 10 most recent league games reveals that 8 of them had at least one goal from each side.

The Arabi fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 8 league matches.

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Kazma form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Kazma have produced an overall stat of 2-3-3 so far. Kazma seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Kazma go into this game after a win, the home game against Al Tadhamon that ended 5-2. As you can tell from the result, the match against Al Tadhamon was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Al Kuwait's place.

We have checked recent matches where Kazma have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Observe that 9 of this team's 11 most recent league rounds have ended with three goals or more.

Kazma have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 10 goals have been scored. Kazma's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have faced each other already this season, with the final score Kazma - Arabi 2-3 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Al Arabi SC wins - draws - Kazma 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

Kazma missing players

Al Arabi SC Kazma
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 1 Played P 1 8 16
7 4 0 Won W 0 2 7
7 4 1 Drew D 0 3 4
2 0 0 Lost L 1 3 5
30 15 1 Scored S 0 10 29
18 8 1 Conceded C 1 13 25
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
94% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 81%
56% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 69%
44% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 56%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 19%
75% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 75%
25% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 19%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 12% 6%
 
4.7 5.1 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5.6 5.3
4 3.6 8 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.1 3.7
3.1 3.6 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.9 2.7
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
12.2 13.1 12 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.2 10.1
4.8 5.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.6 3.8
39% 36% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 48% 48%
 
8.5 8 13 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9 8.4
3.3 2.5 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.2 3.7
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 most scored goals (30) in Premier League
  • Al Arabi SC have the the best goal difference (+12) in Premier League
  • Al Arabi SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • All of Al Arabi SC's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Kazma haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 16 8 7 1 28 18 8 5 2 1 11 7 8 3 5 0 17 11 10 31
2 Al Arabi SC 16 7 7 2 30 18 8 4 4 0 15 8 8 3 3 2 15 10 12 28
3 Kazma 16 7 4 5 29 25 8 5 1 2 19 12 8 2 3 3 10 13 4 25
4 Al Fahaheel 17 7 2 8 29 29 9 4 1 4 16 15 8 3 1 4 13 14 0 23
5 Al Qadsia 16 6 5 5 23 23 8 3 3 2 14 12 8 3 2 3 9 11 0 23
6 Al Jahra 16 6 4 6 18 20 8 2 2 4 7 13 8 4 2 2 11 7 -2 22
7 Al Salmiyah 16 4 7 5 20 19 7 2 4 1 7 6 9 2 3 4 13 13 1 19
8 Al Nasar 16 4 6 6 22 30 9 2 4 3 13 16 7 2 2 3 9 14 -8 18
9 Al Tadhamon 16 4 4 8 16 24 7 2 2 3 5 12 9 2 2 5 11 12 -8 16
10 Al Sahel 17 3 4 10 20 29 9 2 2 5 12 15 8 1 2 5 8 14 -9 13

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.