Al Salmiyah contest Al Shabab for acclaim and football prosperity.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Al Salmiyah form and stats
The hosts won their first Premier League game here at Thamir Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Al Salmiyah last season were 2 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses from 9 games.
The Salmiyah supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Al Shabab in Premier League and win 2-0.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Al Nasar (2-3).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Salmiyah have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won three times, drawn three and lost two.
Al Salmiyah has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Al Shabab form and stats
Al Shabab have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premier League were 2 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats from 9 fixtures.
Al Shabab have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 257 minutes ago. O. Cezar was the goal scorer.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Al Shabab, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Al Salmiyah (placed 6th).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Al Qadsia.We have checked recent matches where Shabab have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were one victory, one draw and six defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Al Shabab has managed 0 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
This was the final score when the participants played each other earlier this campaign; Salmiyah - Al Shabab 2-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Salmiyah wins - draws - Al Shabab wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Al Salmiyah missing players
Al Shabab missing players
| Al Salmiyah | Al Shabab | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 7.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9.5 | 8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 6 | 9.5 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 3.5 |
| Al Salmiyah | Last season | Al Shabab | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 15 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 55 | 26 | Scored | S | 21 | 35 | ||
| 45 | 24 | Conceded | C | 22 | 41 | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 72% | ||
| 66% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 41% | ||
| 38% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 19% | 16% | ||
| 22% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 9% | ||
| 69% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 59% | ||
| 19% | 13% | Clean Sheets | C S | 19% | 22% | ||
| 25% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 28% | ||
| 3.4 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 3 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 6.8 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.8 | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | ||
| 47% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 25% | ||
| 7.4 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Kazma | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Al Nasar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Al Arabi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Al Qadsia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Al Salmiyah | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Al Fahaheel | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Yarmouk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 9 | Al Tadhamon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 10 | Al Shabab | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 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 Arabi | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | Al Qadsia | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 36 |
| 3 | Al Kuwait | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Kazma | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 25 |
| 5 | Al Nasar | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -3 | 22 |
| 6 | Al Salmiyah | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | -7 | 20 |
| 7 | Al Shabab | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 8 | Al Fahaheel | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -14 | 16 |
| 9 | Khaitan | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -18 | 14 |
| 10 | Al Sahel | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -15 | 13 |