All the pressure is on Al Kuwait before Yarmouk game

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Competition: Wed 09.February
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Abdullah Al-Khalifa Stadium (16105 seats)

Yarmouk ended up with a 0-1 result versus Al Shabab last match, a match to learn from. Next up is this firm Al Kuwait team.

Insights:
  • Yarmouk is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Al Kuwait have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Premier League

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

Yarmouk and Al Kuwait should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Yarmouk form and stats

Yarmouk, who have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Premier League, have played 4 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Yarmouk to get some points in this home game.

Yarmouk aren't scoring a lot here at Abdullah Al-Khalifa Stadium in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games. Yarmouk have conceded 6 from these games.

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Al Kuwait form and stats

2-1-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Kuwait, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Premier League, in their Premier League matches away.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Al Arabi SC.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Super Cup trip to Al Arabi SC.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al Kuwait as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. Al Kuwait are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these teams get together this campaign, as the history books show this recent fixture: Al Kuwait - Yarmouk 4-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Yarmouk victories, three draws and seven Al Kuwait wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Yarmouk missing players

Al Kuwait missing players

Yarmouk Al Kuwait
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 2 4 9
1 1 0 Won W 2 2 6
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
8 3 1 Lost L 0 1 2
7 3 1 Scored S 3 3 13
17 6 3 Conceded C 0 1 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 89%
56% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 25% 44%
56% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 22%
33% 25% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
56% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 11%
11% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 75% 67%
33% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
1.8 1.5 1 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.8 4.1
7.5 7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 1.5 2.8
2.6 2.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.8 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
6.2 6.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 11.8 11.4
2.9 3.2 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.5 4.6
30% 23% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 17% 30%
 
12 13 17 Shots against (avg) S A 3 4.5 6.2
4.4 4.5 9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0.5 1.5 1.6
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Kuwait have created more than twice as many corners as Yarmouk.
  • Al Kuwait have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Kuwait have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Premier League
  • Al Kuwait have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Premier League
  • Al Kuwait have the most clean sheets (3) away in Premier League
  • Al Kuwait have the most clean sheets (6) in Premier League
  • Al Kuwait have the the best goal difference (+9) in Premier League
  • Al Kuwait have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Yarmouk have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Yarmouk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Yarmouk have the fewest points (3) at home in Premier League
  • Yarmouk have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Premier League
  • Yarmouk have the the worst goal difference (-3) at home in Premier League
  • Yarmouk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Yarmouk is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  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 9 6 2 1 14 8 4 2 1 1 2 3 5 4 1 0 12 5 6 20
2 Al Kuwait 9 6 1 2 13 4 5 4 0 1 10 3 4 2 1 1 3 1 9 19
3 Al Qadsia 9 6 1 2 16 10 5 4 1 0 9 4 4 2 0 2 7 6 6 19
4 Al Arabi SC 9 5 2 2 15 8 4 2 1 1 9 4 5 3 1 1 6 4 7 17
5 Al Salmiyah 9 5 2 2 16 12 5 4 0 1 8 5 4 1 2 1 8 7 4 17
6 Al Fahaheel 9 2 3 4 7 10 5 2 1 2 5 5 4 0 2 2 2 5 -3 9
7 Al Nasar 9 2 3 4 8 12 4 1 2 1 6 8 5 1 1 3 2 4 -4 9
8 Al Tadhamon 9 2 1 6 14 20 4 1 1 2 6 8 5 1 0 4 8 12 -6 7
9 Al Shabab 9 2 1 6 4 13 5 2 1 2 4 6 4 0 0 4 0 7 -9 7
10 Yarmouk 9 1 0 8 7 17 4 1 0 3 3 6 5 0 0 5 4 11 -10 3

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.