Premier League: Al Salmiyah - Al Qadsia preview and statistics

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Competition: Sun 25.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Thamir Stadium (16105 seats)

A key match in Premier League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Al Salmiyah in 3rd position and Al Qadsia placed 2nd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Al Salmiyah have the most scored goals (30) in Premier League
  • Al Qadsia have the most scored goals (15) away in Premier League

The visiting Al Qadsia played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match.

This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.

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Al Salmiyah form and stats

3-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Salmiyah, who have the most scored goals (30) in Premier League, so far this season. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Al Salmiyah to get some points in this home game. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Salmiyah, their manager and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Salmiyah lost their last game at Al Shabab after a 1-2 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Salmiyah lost 1-3 at home to Kazma.

Salmiyah are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Thamir Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 17 goals in 6 matches. On the other hand, Al Salmiyah have conceded 8 goals.

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Al Qadsia form and stats

Al Qadsia, who have the most scored goals (15) away in Premier League, have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 4-2-1 from 7 games.

The Qadsia goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 182 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-0 against Al Nasar in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Al Fahaheel at their stadium, the result 3-0.

The Al Qadsia manager Pablo Franco has got the team scoring on the road, with 15 away goals in 7 league matches. Al Qadsia have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Al Qadsia - Salmiyah 1-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Salmiyah, two draws and four wins for Al Qadsia. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Al Salmiyah missing players

Al Qadsia missing players

Al Salmiyah Al Qadsia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 6 Played P 3 12 25
12 5 1 Won W 1 6 17
5 2 1 Drew D 1 4 5
8 5 4 Lost L 1 2 3
45 24 6 Scored S 3 23 50
30 18 11 Conceded C 3 13 23
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 92% 84%
64% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 58% 52%
36% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 32%
16% 17% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 20%
72% 75% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 58% 56%
16% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 36%
20% 17% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 8% 8%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 1.9 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2 2.1
2 2 2 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
6.5 6.9 6.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10 13.1 12.2
2.8 3.2 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 5.4 5.2
52% 44% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 35% 38%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Qadsia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Qadsia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Qadsia have the most scored goals (15) away in Premier League
  • Al Qadsia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Al Salmiyah have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Salmiyah have the most matches over the total-line (14) in Premier League
  • Al Salmiyah have the most scored goals (17) at home in Premier League
  • Al Salmiyah have the most scored goals (30) in Premier League
  • Al Salmiyah haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 Nasar 14 10 2 2 26 5 6 5 1 0 12 2 8 5 1 2 14 3 21 32
2 Al Qadsia 14 10 2 2 28 14 7 6 0 1 13 5 7 4 2 1 15 9 14 32
3 Al Salmiyah 14 8 5 1 30 13 6 3 2 1 17 8 8 5 3 0 13 5 17 29
4 Kazma 14 8 4 2 22 10 6 4 2 0 13 4 8 4 2 2 9 6 12 28
5 Al Kuwait 14 7 3 4 25 16 8 3 2 3 12 9 6 4 1 1 13 7 9 24
6 Al Arabi 14 6 4 4 19 17 7 3 0 4 9 13 7 3 4 0 10 4 2 22
7 Al Shabab 14 6 4 4 19 18 7 2 3 2 8 10 7 4 1 2 11 8 1 22
8 Al Fahaheel 14 5 3 6 12 12 8 3 3 2 8 7 6 2 0 4 4 5 0 18
9 Khaitan 14 5 3 6 16 26 7 2 2 3 4 10 7 3 1 3 12 16 -10 18
10 Al Sahel 14 5 2 7 14 15 7 1 1 5 4 7 7 4 1 2 10 8 -1 17
11 Burgan 14 4 5 5 13 16 7 1 1 5 4 10 7 3 4 0 9 6 -3 17
12 Al Jahra 14 2 5 7 13 20 7 1 3 3 9 10 7 1 2 4 4 10 -7 11
13 Yarmouk 14 2 2 10 22 36 8 0 2 6 10 21 6 2 0 4 12 15 -14 8
14 Al Tadhamon 14 2 2 10 14 31 7 0 2 5 4 11 7 2 0 5 10 20 -17 8
15 Al Sulaibikhat 14 1 2 11 9 33 7 0 0 7 5 23 7 1 2 4 4 10 -24 5

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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.