The league table in Premier League tells a story about these teams so far, with Al Kuwait leading Yarmouk by 25 points. Match preview to follow:
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Al Kuwait form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 7 Premier League games here at Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium for Al Kuwait. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Two home wins in a row for Kuwait bring valid hopes of a third.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Kuwait, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 192 minutes in the Premier League.
Al Kuwait's last game was hosting Al Nasar (placed 9th) and winning 2-0. Preceding that game was the away draw at Wathba that finished 0-0.
Al Kuwait are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 20 goals in 7 matches. Kuwait have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Yarmouk form and stats
Yarmouk have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-2-5 (8 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Yarmouk are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Yarmouk played 1-1 against Al Sahel in their previous match. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Al Qadsia wasn't a success with a 0-5 loss.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Al Arabi.
The attacking power of Yarmouk when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Yarmouk struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Yarmouk - Kuwait 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Kuwait victories, three draws and zero Yarmouk wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Nasser Al Salman 9 goals | J. Saeed 6 goals | F. Al Harbi 4 goals |
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| Al Kuwait | Yarmouk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 35 | 20 | 13 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 29 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 93% |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 93% |
| 57% | 71% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 53% |
| 29% | 43% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 33% |
| 14% | 29% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 7% |
| 43% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 57% | 57% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 13% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 27% |
| 5.2 | 5.9 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| 2.7 | 1.7 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 179 | 81 | 27 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 68 | 110 |
| 66 | 31 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 23 | 43 |
| 44% | 45% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 21% |
- Al Kuwait has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
- Al Kuwait has the most clean sheets (4) at home
- Al Kuwait has the most clean sheets (8)
- Al Kuwait has the most points (16) at home
- Al Kuwait has the most scored goals (20) at home
- Al Kuwait has the most scored goals (35)
- Al Kuwait has the most scored goals in the first half (16)
- Al Kuwait has the the best goal difference (+15) at home
- Al Kuwait has the the best goal difference (+27)
- Al Kuwait have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Kuwait have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Kuwait have scored more than double the goals of Yarmouk.
- Al Kuwait have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Al Kuwait is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Yarmouk has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2)
- Yarmouk has the most conceded goals in the first half (13)
- Yarmouk has the the worst goal difference (-16)
- Yarmouk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Yarmouk is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 27 | 33 |
| 2 | Al Qadsia | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 30 |
| 3 | Al Salmiyah | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Kazma | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 22 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 6 | Al Shabab | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 17 |
| 7 | Al Sahel | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 19 | -15 | 15 |
| 8 | Al Tadhamon | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 20 | -14 | 13 |
| 9 | Al Nasar | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -6 | 12 |
| 10 | Yarmouk | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -16 | 8 |