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 Salt with it. Read all about the Zonal Semi-Finals match here!
The visiting Al Salt played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match.
These teams have little in common geographically as Al Salt have to travel 1400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Al Kuwait form and stats
Kuwait was eliminated in the group stage last season in the AFC Cup.This match is a AFC Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses in this competition.
It's back home for Al Kuwait, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Al Faysali away with the result 1-0. A. Akaïchi found the net in that victory.
Ahead of that match, Kuwait won a home game hosting Shabab Al Am'ari (4-1).Al Salt form and stats
Al Salt's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Salt collect 16 points from their 8 away matches in the Premier League. 4 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). Total AFC Cup statistics for Al Salt: 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Al Ramtha game have they lost an away game, meaning Al Salt has taken points from twelve away matches in a row.
Salt's previous game was their home loss versus Al Wihdat (0-1).
A draw for Salt before that, at their own venue hosting Al Jalil (1-1).Al Salt are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Salt's manager J. Abu Abed has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 4 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
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| Al Kuwait | Al Salt | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 51 | 26 | Scored | S | 14 | 37 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 68% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.2 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 47% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 33% | ||
| 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 Wihdat | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 24 | 39 |
| 2 | Al Ramtha | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 34 |
| 3 | Al Salt | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 32 |
| 4 | Al Faysali | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 27 |
| 5 | Al Hussein | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 25 |
| 6 | Al Jazeera | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 22 |
| 7 | Shabab Al Ordon | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | Sahab | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 18 |
| 9 | Ma'an | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -8 | 16 |
| 10 | Aqaba | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 16 |
| 11 | Al Jalil | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 13 |
| 12 | Al Buqa'a | 17 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 26 | -38 | 1 |