National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Aqaba or Al Hussein that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Aqaba form and stats
Last season their Jordan Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Aqaba have collected 13 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-4-4.
Aqaba haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 373 minutes ago.
Aqaba's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Ma'an.
Ahead of that match, Aqaba lost 0-2 at home to Al Sareeh.Aqaba aren't scoring a lot here at Prince Mohammed Stadium in the league, with only {9 goals} from 11 games. 12 goals have been conceded.
Al Hussein form and stats
They also participated in Jordan Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.Al Hussein have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 6-3-1 from 10 games.
It's the second away game in a row for Al Hussein, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Al Wihdat last time out. Late drama in the previous game, when Khlan scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time to defeat Al Wihdat.
A 0-3 defeat away at Al Faysali before that.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Al Hussein have scored 12 goals in 10 league games away. Al Hussein are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Al Hussein have put together a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (3-2-0) when facing Aqaba.Aqaba missing players
Al Hussein missing players
| Aqaba | Al Hussein | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 21 | 14 | Scored | S | 14 | 40 | ||
| 27 | 13 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | ||
| 84% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 3.6 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9.6 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 9.8 | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 27% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 37% | ||
| 10.6 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 9 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 Faysali | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 28 | 44 |
| 2 | Al Wihdat | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 43 |
| 3 | Al Hussein | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 41 |
| 4 | Shabab Al Ordon | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 26 |
| 5 | Aqaba | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 25 |
| 6 | Sahab | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 24 |
| 7 | Al Ramtha | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Al Salt | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -10 | 20 |
| 9 | Moghayer Al Sarhan | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 10 | Ma'an | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -19 | 19 |
| 11 | Al Jazeera | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -13 | 14 |
| 12 | Al Sareeh | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -14 | 14 |