Premier League match preview: Al Fahaheel versus Al Arabi SC

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Competition: Tue 11.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mohammed Al-Hammad Stadium (22000 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Al Fahaheel in 8th and Al Arabi SC in 6th place.

Insights:
  • Al Fahaheel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Arabi SC have not yet lost a game away.

It's no vacation for neither Fahaheel nor Al Arabi SC as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Al Fahaheel form and stats

Al Fahaheel have played 8 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). The last three games played by Fahaheel, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Al Salmiyah.

There will be little rest for Fahaheel after this match as they are travelling to Al Shabab for a Premier League game in only three days.

The Fahaheel fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 8 matches. Al Fahaheel are not conceding a lot of goals here at Mohammed Al-Hammad Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Al Arabi SC form and stats

The visitors are W3-D4-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. In general it has been a productive period now for Al Arabi SC as they haven't lost any of their last 15 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Al Jahra game have they lost an away game, meaning Arabi has taken points from 14 away matches in a row.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Al Nasar.

A quick return to home after this game, as Arabi are hosting Al Sahel in the Premier League only three days away.

Arabi find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Arabi as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Al Arabi SC - Fahaheel 3-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - three - six (Fahaheel wins - draws - Al Arabi SC wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Al Fahaheel missing players

Al Arabi SC missing players

Al Fahaheel Al Arabi SC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 15 3 Played P 4 14 29
7 4 1 Won W 3 8 17
9 5 0 Drew D 1 6 8
13 6 2 Lost L 0 0 4
30 15 3 Scored S 8 26 49
42 22 5 Conceded C 0 12 31
93% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 93%
76% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 79% 72%
38% 47% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 55%
24% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 31%
14% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 21% 21%
48% 47% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 55%
21% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 43% 34%
38% 40% 67% Failed to Score F T 25% 7% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
4.5 5.3 4.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 10.2 10.4
2.2 2.6 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5.2 4.9
43% 32% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 37% 37%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Arabi SC have not yet lost a game away.
  • Al Arabi SC have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Al Fahaheel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 Nasar 14 10 2 2 26 5 6 5 1 0 12 2 8 5 1 2 14 3 21 32
2 Al Qadsia 14 10 2 2 28 14 7 6 0 1 13 5 7 4 2 1 15 9 14 32
3 Al Salmiyah 14 8 5 1 30 13 6 3 2 1 17 8 8 5 3 0 13 5 17 29
4 Kazma 14 8 4 2 22 10 6 4 2 0 13 4 8 4 2 2 9 6 12 28
5 Al Kuwait 14 7 3 4 25 16 8 3 2 3 12 9 6 4 1 1 13 7 9 24
6 Al Arabi SC 14 6 4 4 19 17 7 3 0 4 9 13 7 3 4 0 10 4 2 22
7 Al Shabab 14 6 4 4 19 18 7 2 3 2 8 10 7 4 1 2 11 8 1 22
8 Al Fahaheel 14 5 3 6 12 12 8 3 3 2 8 7 6 2 0 4 4 5 0 18
9 Khaitan 14 5 3 6 16 26 7 2 2 3 4 10 7 3 1 3 12 16 -10 18
10 Al Sahel 14 5 2 7 14 15 7 1 1 5 4 7 7 4 1 2 10 8 -1 17
11 Burgan 14 4 5 5 13 16 7 1 1 5 4 10 7 3 4 0 9 6 -3 17
12 Al Jahra 14 2 5 7 13 20 7 1 3 3 9 10 7 1 2 4 4 10 -7 11
13 Yarmouk 14 2 2 10 22 36 8 0 2 6 10 21 6 2 0 4 12 15 -14 8
14 Al Tadhamon 14 2 2 10 14 31 7 0 2 5 4 11 7 2 0 5 10 20 -17 8
15 Al Sulaibikhat 14 1 2 11 9 33 7 0 0 7 5 23 7 1 2 4 4 10 -24 5

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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.