Al Fahaheel vs Al Salmiyah: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Competition: Wed 12.April
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Al Ramadi Stadium (15000 seats)

Al Fahaheel and Al Salmiyah have both played out a "par" performance until now, to use a golfing expression. The teams both have mid-table places in the Premier League.

Insights:
  • Al Salmiyah have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

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Al Fahaheel form and stats

4-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Fahaheel so far this season.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 211 minutes without scoring a league goal. Tararwa was the last player to find the net.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Al Fahaheel, who played 0-0 against Al Kuwait. That match was also played at this venue (Al Ramadi Stadium).

Heartbreak before that as Fahaheel lost 0-2 at Kazma's place.

The Al Fahaheel fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Fahaheel defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Al Salmiyah form and stats

There's been little loot from Al Salmiyah's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Premier League. Al Salmiyah only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.

Al Salmiyah delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Al Qadsia in their previous fixture.

Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Al Kuwait's place.

Observe! Both sides have scored in 8 of this club's latest 10 league fixtures.

A quick return to home after this game, as Al Salmiyah are hosting Kazma in the Premier League only four days away.

Salmiyah find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. Al Salmiyah have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Al Fahaheel and Al Salmiyah have met earlier this season: Al Salmiyah - Al Fahaheel 2-2. Fahaheel-Al Salmiyah H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Fahaheel two wins, Al Salmiyah four wins, four draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Al Fahaheel missing players

Al Salmiyah missing players

Al Fahaheel Al Salmiyah
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 1 Played P 1 10 20
7 4 0 Won W 0 2 5
4 2 0 Drew D 1 3 9
9 4 1 Lost L 0 5 6
31 16 1 Scored S 2 14 28
33 15 3 Conceded C 2 16 27
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
85% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 80%
65% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 55%
45% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 40% 40%
25% 40% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
55% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 70% 70%
20% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 20%
30% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 15%
 
3.5 3.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.6 4.9
5 4.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.2 3.7
3 3.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 7 3.5 3.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
9.3 9.2 13 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.3 9.7
4.2 3.9 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.8 3.8
36% 41% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 37% 37%
 
10.9 10.8 16 Shots against (avg) S A 11 9.8 9.8
4 3.5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.8 3.8
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Salmiyah have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Salmiyah haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Kuwait 18 9 8 1 37 22 9 6 2 1 18 9 9 3 6 0 19 13 15 35
2 Kazma 18 8 5 5 33 27 9 5 2 2 21 14 9 3 3 3 12 13 6 29
3 Al Qadsia 18 8 5 5 30 24 9 4 3 2 16 13 9 4 2 3 14 11 6 29
4 Al Arabi 18 7 7 4 31 22 9 4 4 1 15 10 9 3 3 3 16 12 9 28
5 Al Fahaheel 18 7 3 8 31 31 9 4 1 4 16 15 9 3 2 4 15 16 0 24
6 Al Salmiyah 18 5 8 5 25 22 9 3 5 1 12 9 9 2 3 4 13 13 3 23
7 Al Jahra 18 6 5 7 21 25 9 2 3 4 9 15 9 4 2 3 12 10 -4 23
8 Al Nasar 18 5 6 7 30 40 9 2 4 3 13 16 9 3 2 4 17 24 -10 21
9 Al Tadhamon 18 4 4 10 19 35 9 2 2 5 8 23 9 2 2 5 11 12 -16 16
10 Al Sahel 18 3 5 10 22 31 9 2 2 5 12 15 9 1 3 5 10 16 -9 14

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.