It's still early in the Premier League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Shorta - Wathba preview!
Shorta form and stats
A Premier League draw at home so far for Shorta. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats from 13 matches. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Shorta.
Shorta manager P. da Silva and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Al Sahel (placed 13th) in the Premier League. Before that, Shorta drew at home versus Wahda.
At Al Jalaa Stadium, Shorta has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Wathba form and stats
Things could have gone better for Wathba in their Premier League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Two away games in a row for Wathba, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Wahda in the Premier League. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Horriya.
It's early days yet, but Wathba has scored 2 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Shorta victories, one draw and three Wathba wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Shorta missing players
Wathba missing players
| Shorta | Wathba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 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% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 7 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 43% |
- Shorta has the most points from losing position (3) in Premier League
| Shorta | Last season | Wathba | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Scored | S | 20 | 42 | ||
| 27 | 13 | Conceded | C | 9 | 13 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 62% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 35% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 38% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 32% | ||
| 31% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 52% | ||
| 42% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 212 | 112 | Total Shots | T S | 131 | 268 | ||
| 86 | 42 | Shots on Target | S O | 58 | 139 | ||
| 29% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Teshrin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Wahda | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Al Jaish | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Karama | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Hottin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Taliya | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Jabala | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Wathba | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Shorta | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Horriya | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 11 | Al Ittihad | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Foutoua | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 13 | Al Sahel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 14 | Al-Horgelah | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 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 | Teshrin | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 29 | 59 |
| 2 | Wathba | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 32 | 56 |
| 3 | Hottin | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 23 | 53 |
| 4 | Al Jaish | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 26 | 49 |
| 5 | Wahda | 26 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 44 |
| 6 | Al Ittihad | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 43 |
| 7 | Shorta | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 35 |
| 8 | Karama | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 33 |
| 9 | Taliya | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 13 | -5 | 29 |
| 10 | Foutoua | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 49 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -29 | 23 |
| 11 | Jabala | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -18 | 22 |
| 12 | Al Sahel | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 25 | -22 | 22 |
| 13 | Nawaeir | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 | -18 | 19 |
| 14 | Al-Jazira | 26 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 57 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 29 | -42 | 7 |