Al Ansar and Al Kuwait get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this AFC Cup Group Stage fixture.
Al Ansar form and stats
Last season their AFC Cup adventure ended in the group stage.The spoils were shared in Al Ansar's previous game, also at home. Visiting Al Ahed travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Tadamon Sour and winning 2-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ansar as they are travelling to their away game against Jabala in the AFC Cup. That match is three days after this one.
Al Kuwait form and stats
Al Kuwait's mission in AFC Cup last season failed in the zonal finals.Al Kuwait have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 6-2-1 from 9 games.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, a Emir Cup home defeat versus Kazma with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that game was the away Premier League victory against Al Arabi SC with the score of 4-1.After this away game Al Kuwait return home for a AFC Cup game against Al Seeb. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Kuwait are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 9 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Al Kuwait as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
![]() K. Darwiche 8 goals | ![]() A. Hijazi 7 goals | ![]() F. Shamsin 4 goals |
Al Ansar missing players
Al Kuwait missing players
| Al Ansar | Al Kuwait | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 47 | 19 | Scored | S | 23 | 49 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Conceded | C | 9 | 14 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 40% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8.5 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 12 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 43% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 46% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 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 Ansar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Al Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Al Seeb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Jabala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 26 | 42 |
| 2 | Kazma | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| 3 | Al Arabi SC | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 32 |
| 4 | Al Salmiyah | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 31 |
| 5 | Al Qadsia | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 30 |
| 6 | Al Nasar | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 24 |
| 7 | Al Fahaheel | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 18 |
| 8 | Al Tadhamon | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -11 | 16 |
| 9 | Yarmouk | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -15 | 12 |
| 10 | Al Shabab | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | -20 | 12 |