Al Kuwait vs Al Jahra pre-match info: Visitors in for a difficult 90 minutes at Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Competition: Fri 26.August
Match begins: 15:50 (UTC)
Venue: Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium (14000 seats)

After the first game it's Al Kuwait - Al Jahra 0-3 in points. Who will conquer the points in this second Premier League match of the season?

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Al Kuwait and Al Jahra.

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Al Kuwait form and stats

Last season, Al Kuwait's league statistics were 13 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, resulting in 1st position in the Premier League. Over these 18 matches they scored 37 goals and let in 11. Performing as the home side in the last season Al Kuwait managed 7-1-1 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 5 conceded. The home fans saw their team lose the first Premier League game of the season here at Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss from Al Kuwait's 9 home games.

The Al Kuwait crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Al Jahra here at Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium.

Before that result, a home win against Al Seeb in the AFC Cup.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Al Kuwait at home in the league. 0 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Al Jahra form and stats

Let's have a look at how Al Jahra performed last season in the Division 1: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 26 and conceded 10 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 2 with 13/7 goals scored/conceded. Only one away game in the Premier League so far for Al Jahra and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 victories, 2 draws and 2 losses from 8 travels.

It's the second away game in a row for Jahra, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Al Kuwait (placed 9th) last time out. Hooray; their first victory in the league after eight matches not winning.

Prior to that result Al Jahra won their away game at Burgan in the Division 1. The scoreline was 4-2.

It's early days yet, but Al Jahra has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

The contenders have met each other previously this season, with the result Kuwait - Al Jahra 0-1 entered in the official records. Al Kuwait-Al Jahra H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Kuwait seven wins, Al Jahra three wins, zero draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Al Kuwait missing players

Al Jahra missing players

Al Kuwait Al Jahra
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 1 1
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 3
3 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 6
5 5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 7 7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
20 20 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13 13
5 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 33%
 
13 13 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 20 20
3 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 5
Al Kuwait Last season Al Jahra
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
18 9   Played P   8 16
13 7   Won W   4 10
3 1   Drew D   2 3
2 1   Lost L   2 3
37 20   Scored S   13 26
11 5   Conceded C   7 10
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 88%
72% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 69%
39% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   25% 31%
28% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 19%
22% 22%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 12%
39% 33%   BTTS BTTS   38% 31%
50% 56%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 50%
17% 11%   Failed to Score F T   38% 31%
 
6.1 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 5
2.2 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   3.8 3.8
2.1 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.7
4 2   Red cards R C   2 3
 
13.8 13.5   Shots (avg) S (   8.8 7.5
4.9 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.6 2.3
42% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   62% 64%
 
5.9 7   Shots against (avg) S A   5.4 3.8
1.5 1.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   1.2 0.9

  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 Jahra 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
2 Al Salmiyah 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Al Arabi 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
4 Al Nasar 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Al Fahaheel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Al Qadsia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Al Sahel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Kazma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Al Kuwait 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Al Tadhamon 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 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 Kuwait 18 13 3 2 37 11 9 7 1 1 20 5 9 6 2 1 17 6 26 42
2 Kazma 18 10 5 3 24 17 9 5 2 2 11 10 9 5 3 1 13 7 7 35
3 Al Arabi 18 10 2 6 32 23 8 4 1 3 15 11 10 6 1 3 17 12 9 32
4 Al Salmiyah 18 9 4 5 32 24 9 6 1 2 14 10 9 3 3 3 18 14 8 31
5 Al Qadsia 18 9 3 6 25 23 10 4 3 3 10 12 8 5 0 3 15 11 2 30
6 Al Nasar 18 7 3 8 28 24 8 4 2 2 17 12 10 3 1 6 11 12 4 24
7 Al Fahaheel 18 4 6 8 16 26 9 2 3 4 8 12 9 2 3 4 8 14 -10 18
8 Al Tadhamon 18 4 4 10 30 41 9 3 2 4 15 17 9 1 2 6 15 24 -11 16
9 Yarmouk 18 3 3 12 20 35 10 2 2 6 13 21 8 1 1 6 7 14 -15 12
10 Al Shabab 18 3 3 12 9 29 9 3 1 5 6 14 9 0 2 7 3 15 -20 12
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 Jahra 16 10 3 3 26 10 8 6 1 1 13 3 8 4 2 2 13 7 16 33
2 Al Sahel 16 9 4 3 27 14 8 6 2 0 19 5 8 3 2 3 8 9 13 31
3 Khaitan 16 9 1 6 24 17 8 4 1 3 11 8 8 5 0 3 13 9 7 28
4 Burgan 16 4 1 11 14 32 8 2 1 5 8 14 8 2 0 6 6 18 -18 13
5 Al Sulaibikhat 16 2 3 11 9 27 8 1 1 6 5 14 8 1 2 5 4 13 -18 9

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.