The Premier League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Al Kuwait and Al Sulaibikhat are placed 5th and 13th respectively.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Al Kuwait form and stats
Al Kuwait, who have the most scored goals (5) at home in Premier League, must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Premier League games here at Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Kuwait. Two draws in a row at home now for Kuwait.
Kuwait drew their last game, also a home match. Al Nasar (placed 3rd) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. 1-1 away at Kazma before that.
The Al Kuwait fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. Defensively Kuwait have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Sulaibikhat form and stats
Things could have gone better for Al Sulaibikhat in their Premier League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Two travels in a row for Sulaibikhat, whose manager could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Al Tadhamon. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-4 defeat against Al Salmiyah.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Burgan.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Al Sulaibikhat has managed 2 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Al Kuwait won ten games, zero matches ended with a draw and Al Sulaibikhat has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / oneAl Kuwait missing players
Al Sulaibikhat missing players
| Al Kuwait | Al Sulaibikhat | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 75% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 50% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | 33 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 24 | 20 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 25% | 25% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 40% |
- Al Kuwait has the most scored goals (5) at home in Premier League
- Al Kuwait has the the best goal difference (+4) at home in Premier League
- Al Sulaibikhat has the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Premier League
| Al Kuwait | Last season | Al Sulaibikhat | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 8 | 16 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 49 | 25 | Scored | S | 9 | 14 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | ||
| 94% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 81% | ||
| 94% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 50% | ||
| 67% | 78% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 31% | ||
| 39% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 12% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 50% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 38% | ||
| 50% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 38% | ||
| 6% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 44% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 224 | 98 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 86 | ||
| 90 | 39 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 36 | ||
| 46% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 28% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Al Fahaheel | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Al Nasar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Burgan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Al Kuwait | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Al Salmiyah | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Al Sahel | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Kazma | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Al Tadhamon | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Al Arabi SC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Khaitan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 12 | Al Jahra | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Al Sulaibikhat | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 14 | Al Shabab | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 15 | Yarmouk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 | 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 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 37 | 43 |
| 2 | Al Qadsia | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 3 | Al Salmiyah | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 35 |
| 4 | Al Arabi SC | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Kazma | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | Al Nasar | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -4 | 21 |
| 7 | Al Sahel | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | -20 | 18 |
| 8 | Al Shabab | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -15 | 17 |
| 9 | Al Tadhamon | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -18 | 13 |
| 10 | Yarmouk | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -23 | 8 |
| 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 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 32 |
| 2 | Al Fahaheel | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 23 |
| 3 | Khaitan | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 4 | Al Sulaibikhat | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Burgan | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 18 |