It's the first game of the new season for Al Salmiyah and Khaitan. The canvas is blank, the possibilities endless.
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 Salmiyah form and stats
Last season, Al Salmiyah's league statistics were 11 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Premier League. Over these 18 matches they scored 42 goals and conceded 26. Playing at home last season Al Salmiyah managed 5-1-3 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 14 conceded.
Khaitan form and stats
A job perfectly done for Khaitan last season as they secured promotion from Division 1. With a grand total of 6 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 3 were in away matches.
Head 2 Head
Al Salmiyah-Khaitan H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Salmiyah seven wins, Khaitan one win, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Al Salmiyah missing players
Khaitan missing players
| Al Salmiyah | Khaitan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Al Salmiyah | Last season | Khaitan | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 8 | 16 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 42 | 19 | Scored | S | 10 | 18 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Conceded | C | 10 | 17 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 81% | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 69% | ||
| 78% | 78% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | ||
| 50% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 6% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 6% | ||
| 72% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 38% | ||
| 17% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 44% | ||
| 11% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 132 | 43 | Total Shots | T S | 52 | 93 | ||
| 60 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 32 | ||
| 55% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 44% | ||
| 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 SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Al Fahaheel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Al Jahra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Al Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Al Nasar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Al Qadsia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Al Sahel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Al Salmiyah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Al Shabab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Al Sulaibikhat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Al Tadhamon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Burgan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Kazma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Khaitan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Yarmouk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 Kuwait | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 37 | 43 |
| 2 | Al Qadsia | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 3 | Al Salmiyah | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 35 |
| 4 | Al Arabi SC | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Kazma | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | Al Nasar | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -4 | 21 |
| 7 | Al Sahel | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | -20 | 18 |
| 8 | Al Shabab | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -15 | 17 |
| 9 | Al Tadhamon | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -18 | 13 |
| 10 | Yarmouk | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -23 | 8 |
| 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 Jahra | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 32 |
| 2 | Al Fahaheel | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 23 |
| 3 | Khaitan | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 4 | Al Sulaibikhat | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Burgan | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 18 |