Delightful dogfight as daring Al Salmiyah duel with determined Al Nasar

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Competition: Fri 14.October
Match begins: 17:05 (UTC)
Venue: Thamir Stadium (16105 seats)

The home advantage belongs to Al Salmiyah in this game versus Al Nasar, but the away side will resist to the end. Here's our complete match preview!

Insights:
  • Al Salmiyah have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Al Nasar have the most points from losing position (6) in Premier League

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 Salmiyah and Al Nasar.

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Al Salmiyah form and stats

Seven points from three Premier League home games is a great start for Al Salmiyah, who are hoping to build on that form here at Thamir Stadium.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Al Salmiyah, who played 0-0 against Al Nasar. That match was also played at this venue (Thamir Stadium).

Preceding that game was the away draw at Al Qadsia that finished 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Al Salmiyah handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

The Al Salmiyah fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Salmiyah are not conceding a lot of goals here at Thamir Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.

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Al Nasar form and stats

Al Nasar have six points from their first three away games in the Premier League, meaning two victories and a loss.

Al Nasar are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Al Salmiyah (placed 5th).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Al Jahra at their stadium, the result 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Nasar have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 4 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

Al Nasar has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the prior ten meetings involving these two contenders are: six wins for Al Salmiyah, one draw and three wins for Al Nasar. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Al Salmiyah missing players

Al Nasar missing players

Al Salmiyah Al Nasar
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 4 2 Played P 1 4 7
2 2 2 Won W 1 2 2
4 2 0 Drew D 0 1 3
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
9 4 3 Scored S 2 5 7
8 2 1 Conceded C 1 3 7
86% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 71%
71% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 57%
43% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 43%
29% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 29%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
71% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 57%
29% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 29%
14% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 43%
 
4.6 3.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 11 4.5 4
4.3 4.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.8 4.1
3.7 3.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.2 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
8.1 9.2 12 Shots (avg) S ( 13 9.5 8.3
2.7 3.5 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.2 3
47% 29% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 38% 33%
 
9 9 14.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9 11.4
3.6 3.2 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.5 3.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Nasar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Nasar have the most points from losing position (6) in Premier League
  • Al Salmiyah have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Al Salmiyah have won significantly less corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kazma 7 3 4 0 13 7 3 2 1 0 6 2 4 1 3 0 7 5 6 13
2 Al Kuwait 6 4 1 1 12 8 3 2 0 1 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 4 4 13
3 Al Arabi 7 2 4 1 10 8 4 2 2 0 7 4 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 10
4 Al Jahra 7 3 1 3 7 7 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 2 0 2 2 3 0 10
5 Al Salmiyah 6 2 3 1 9 8 3 2 1 0 4 2 3 0 2 1 5 6 1 9
6 Al Fahaheel 7 3 0 4 10 11 3 2 0 1 5 3 4 1 0 3 5 8 -1 9
7 Al Nasar 6 2 2 2 7 7 3 0 2 1 2 4 3 2 0 1 5 3 0 8
8 Al Qadsia 6 2 2 2 7 9 2 0 1 1 2 4 4 2 1 1 5 5 -2 8
9 Al Tadhamon 7 1 3 3 5 9 4 1 2 1 4 5 3 0 1 2 1 4 -4 6
10 Al Sahel 7 0 2 5 7 13 5 0 1 4 5 10 2 0 1 1 2 3 -6 2

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.