The fresh new season is about to begin and the fans are tingling with optimism. It’s square one as Al Shabab host Al Qadsia for the opening game at Abu Halifa City Stadium. Read on!
Al Shabab form and stats
The season before, Al Shabab's league results were 6 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses, providing 7th place in the Premier League. During these 14 matches they scored 19 goals and let in 18. Appearing as the home team in the last season Al Shabab managed 2-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with 8 goals and 10 conceded.
Al Qadsia form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al Qadsia performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 28 and conceded 14 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 1 with 15/9 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings between these squads: Al Shabab won two, Al Qadsia triumphed in seven and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.Al Shabab missing players
Al Qadsia missing players
| Al Shabab | Al Qadsia | ||||||
| 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 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Shabab | Last season | Al Qadsia | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 17 | 32 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 9 | 20 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 35 | 14 | Scored | S | 29 | 60 | ||
| 41 | 19 | Conceded | C | 16 | 30 | ||
| 91% | 81% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 72% | 56% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 78% | ||
| 41% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 50% | ||
| 16% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 31% | ||
| 9% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 19% | ||
| 59% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 56% | ||
| 22% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 35% | 34% | ||
| 28% | 44% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9.8 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 12.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.5 | ||
| 25% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 35% | ||
| 8.8 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 7.3 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 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 Arabi | 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 Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Al Nasar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Al Qadsia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Al Salmiyah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Al Shabab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Al Tadhamon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Kazma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 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 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 |