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.
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.
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 | Statistics | Stat | vs | 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 |