A key match in Premier League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Al Salmiyah in 3rd position and Al Kuwait placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Al Salmiyah form and stats
Al Salmiyah have collected 13 points from their Premier League home games so far after 4-1-3.
Salmiyah enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Al Sahel's place. The match ended 4-0. Preceding that match was the home game against Al Qadsia that was lost 2-3.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Salmiyah played a great game against Al Sahel and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. The 4-0 win against Al Sahel was decided after a strong and deadly first half, making the second half more of a journey towards the final whistle.
Salmiyah are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Yarmouk awaits in three days.
Al Salmiyah can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 17 times. Salmiyah have conceded 13 from these games.
Al Kuwait form and stats
Al Kuwait, who have the most scored goals (40) in Premier League, have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 5-2-0 from 7 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Kuwait on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Al Kuwait go into this game after a win, the home game against Yarmouk that ended 3-0.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Kuwait manager W. Nassar Mobarak as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Al Shabab.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Kuwait are regular goalscorers on their travels. Al Kuwait's manager W. Nassar Mobarak has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 3 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Al Kuwait - Al Salmiyah 1-2, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Salmiyah won one game, five matches ended with a draw and Al Kuwait has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  Y. Nasser Al Salman 9 goals | J. Saeed 6 goals | F. Al Harbi 4 goals |
Al Salmiyah missing players
Al Kuwait missing players
| Al Salmiyah | Al Kuwait | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 15 | 40 |
| 23 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 62% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 25% | 38% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 44% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 57% | 56% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 5.6 | 6.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.7 | 2.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 129 | 40 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 98 | 196 |
| 57 | 20 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 35 | 74 |
| 49% | 45% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 43% | 43% |
- Al Kuwait has the fewest conceded goals (3) away
- Al Kuwait has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5)
- Al Kuwait has the most clean sheets (9)
- Al Kuwait has the most scored goals (40)
- Al Kuwait has the most scored goals in the first half (18)
- Al Kuwait has the most scored goals in the second half (22)
- Al Kuwait has the the best goal difference (+12) away
- Al Kuwait has the the best goal difference (+30)
- Al Kuwait have not yet lost a game away.
- Al Kuwait have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Kuwait have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Al Kuwait have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Al Kuwait haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Al Salmiyah haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Kuwait's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 30 | 37 |
| 2 | Al Qadsia | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 22 | 36 |
| 3 | Al Salmiyah | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 29 |
| 4 | Kazma | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 25 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 25 |
| 6 | Al Shabab | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 17 |
| 7 | Al Nasar | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -6 | 15 |
| 8 | Al Sahel | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 19 | -19 | 15 |
| 9 | Al Tadhamon | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 20 | -15 | 13 |
| 10 | Yarmouk | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -19 | 8 |