Thamir Stadium: Al Arabi SC vs Yarmouk Premier League preview

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Competition: Sat 07.November
Match begins: 16:40 (UTC)
Venue: Thamir Stadium (16105 seats)

The Al Arabi SC manager attacks this game with the team placed 10th so far. In the visitors dressing room Yarmouk are in 15th place before this match.

The hosts Arabi saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier League. That game was an away game at Al Tadhamon, so at least Al Arabi SC are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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Al Arabi SC form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Al Arabi SC's two home games in the Premier League so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Thamir Stadium.

Before that, Al Arabi SC had a home game versus Al Qadsia which ended with a victory 3-2.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Al Arabi SC at home in the league. 3 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Yarmouk form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Premier League ended in defeat. Last season Yarmouk had these away match statistics: Played 9; won 1, drew 2 and lost 6. It's looking increasingly bleak for Yarmouk who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Al Sahel was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Yarmouk play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Al Salmiyah (placed 3rd). A loss against Burgan was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Yarmouk has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: eight wins for Arabi, one draw and one win for Yarmouk. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Al Arabi SC missing players

Yarmouk missing players

Al Arabi SC Yarmouk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 1 5
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 1 5
5 3 0 Scored S 0 1 4
5 3 0 Conceded C 0 2 13
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
25% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 80%
25% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 60%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 80%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.5 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
46 24 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
20 12 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
25% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Yarmouk has the fewest points (0) away in Premier League
  • Yarmouk has the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Premier League
  • Yarmouk has the the worst goal difference (-9) in Premier League
  • Yarmouk is in the worst form (0-0-5)
Al Arabi SC Last season Yarmouk
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
18 9   Played P   9 18
9 6   Won W   1 1
4 0   Drew D   2 5
5 3   Lost L   6 12
26 12   Scored S   6 16
21 7   Conceded C   18 39
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 94%
78% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 94%
44% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 61%
22% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 39%
11% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
44% 22%   BTTS BTTS   44% 67%
39% 56%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 11%
17% 22%   Failed to Score F T   44% 28%
 
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   2.2 2.1
0 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
167 93   Total Shots T S   71 118
67 40   Shots on Target S O   23 45
33% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   17% 27%

  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 5 4 0 1 12 6 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 1 7 4 6 12
2 Al Kuwait 5 2 3 0 9 3 4 2 2 0 8 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 9
3 Al Salmiyah 5 2 3 0 9 5 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 5 2 4 9
4 Al Fahaheel 5 3 0 2 5 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 9
5 Al Nasar 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 7
6 Burgan 4 2 1 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 2 1 0 4 1 0 7
7 Al Jahra 4 1 3 0 3 1 3 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 6
8 Al Sahel 5 2 0 3 7 8 2 0 0 2 1 3 3 2 0 1 6 5 -1 6
9 Al Tadhamon 5 1 2 2 7 7 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 5 4 0 5
10 Al Arabi SC 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 5
11 Al Shabab 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 5
12 Kazma 4 1 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 5
13 Khaitan 5 1 1 3 4 10 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 8 -6 4
14 Al Sulaibikhat 5 1 0 4 6 13 2 0 0 2 3 7 3 1 0 2 3 6 -7 3
15 Yarmouk 5 0 0 5 4 13 4 0 0 4 3 11 1 0 0 1 1 2 -9 0

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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.