This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Al Kuwait at Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium when the AFC Cup tournament arrives in town and Al Ansar with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premier League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Al Qadsia, was also a home game here at Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Al Kuwait form and stats
Al Kuwait participated in AFC Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Al Kuwait are 3-1-1 (wins-draw-losses).
Al Kuwait are confident in defense, having played 306 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Al Kuwait, who played 0-0 against Al Qadsia. That match was also played at this venue (Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium). In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Al Tadhamon.
Al Kuwait are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (15 goals in 5 games). 5 goals have been conceded.
Al Ansar form and stats
They also participated in AFC Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.The visitors are W0-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Before that, Al Ansar secured a home win against Shabab Al Sahel with the score 3-1.
E. Tall certainly enjoyed Al Ansar's last game versus Safa, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-1 victory.
It's early days yet, but Al Ansar has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Malick Tall 20 goals |   Y. Nasser Al Salman 9 goals |  H. Chaito 6 goals |
Al Kuwait missing players
Al Ansar missing players
| Al Kuwait | Al Ansar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 9 | 17 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 49 | 28 | Scored | S | 34 | 60 | ||
| 23 | 13 | Conceded | C | 14 | 21 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 91% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 82% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 0.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 301 | 138 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 53 | ||
| 121 | 59 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 29 | ||
| 36% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 73% | 66% | ||
| 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 Faysali | 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 | Wathba | 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 Qadsia | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| 2 | Al Kuwait | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 24 |
| 3 | Kazma | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Al Salmiyah | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 6 | Al Sahel | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -11 | 14 |
| 7 | Al Shabab | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 13 |
| 8 | Al Nasar | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 9 | Al Tadhamon | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -14 | 9 |
| 10 | Yarmouk | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 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 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Bourj | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Al Nejmeh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Shabab Al Sahel | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Al Akhaa Al Ahli | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Safa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | Al Ahed | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Salam Zgharta | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Tripoli | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Shabab El Bourj | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Tadamon Sour | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Shabab Al Ghazieh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 0 |