Jordan Cup: Buckle up for the Sahab - Al Faysali clash

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Competition: Jordan Jordan Cup
Competition: Wed 14.September
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: King Abdullah International Stadium (25000 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sahab or Al Faysali that keep their silverware dream alive.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

Sahab and Al Faysali should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Sahab form and stats

Sahab was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Jordan Cup.

The complete Premier League statistics playing at home this season for Sahab are 2-5-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Stress levels are on the rise for Sahab's attacking players as they have now played 189 minutes without scoring in a league game. The Sahab goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 212 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.

An away draw last time out for Sahab, facing Moghayer Al Sarhan in a game that ended 0-0.

A 0-0 draw away in the Premier League before that, with Aqaba the opponent.

Sahab has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Sahab's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Al Faysali form and stats

Nothing but glory last season for Al Faysali, as they won the Jordan Cup.

Al Faysali's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Faysali collect 18 points from their 8 away matches in the Premier League. 5 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats).

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Faysali goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 202 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 5-0 against Al Salt in their previous game. As mentioned above, Al Faysali was the only team on the pitch versus Al Salt in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task. Which player has scored four games in a row for the away team? The correct answer is I and that is quite the accomplishment!

Prior to that match, a home win 5-0 against Ma'an in the Premier League.

Al Faysali has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 8 games. Faysali are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's one Sahab victory, five draws and three Al Faysali wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Sahab missing players

Al Faysali missing players

Sahab Al Faysali
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   11 25
6 4   Won W   8 18
11 6   Drew D   3 6
8 3   Lost L   0 1
22 15   Scored S   18 49
26 14   Conceded C   5 12
76% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 92%
52% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   45% 56%
36% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   18% 36%
24% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 28%
4% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 20%
48% 54%   BTTS BTTS   27% 36%
40% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   73% 64%
36% 23%   Failed to Score F T   9% 8%
 
4.4 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 6
4.4 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   2.4 3
2 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.5
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
10.1 9.5   Shots (avg) S (   11.4 13.5
3.5 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.9 5.5
25% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 37%
 
7.1 6.7   Shots against (avg) S A   4.7 5.5
2.8 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   1.2 1.8

  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 17 12 4 1 35 10 9 7 1 1 20 5 8 5 3 0 15 5 25 40
2 Al Wihdat 17 12 4 1 27 9 6 6 0 0 15 3 11 6 4 1 12 6 18 40
3 Al Hussein 17 11 5 1 28 9 9 6 2 1 17 6 8 5 3 0 11 3 19 38
4 Aqaba 17 6 7 4 16 18 9 3 4 2 9 9 8 3 3 2 7 9 -2 25
5 Shabab Al Ordon 17 7 1 9 25 25 9 4 0 5 13 14 8 3 1 4 12 11 0 22
6 Al Ramtha 17 6 3 8 23 21 9 4 2 3 14 11 8 2 1 5 9 10 2 21
7 Sahab 17 4 9 4 13 14 8 2 5 1 9 9 9 2 4 3 4 5 -1 21
8 Moghayer Al Sarhan 17 4 5 8 16 23 9 2 3 4 8 11 8 2 2 4 8 12 -7 17
9 Al Salt 17 4 5 8 17 25 8 3 2 3 8 6 9 1 3 5 9 19 -8 17
10 Al Jazeera 17 3 5 9 17 28 8 1 3 4 7 12 9 2 2 5 10 16 -11 14
11 Ma'an 17 3 4 10 17 38 8 2 3 3 8 14 9 1 1 7 9 24 -21 13
12 Al Sareeh 17 3 2 12 16 30 10 2 2 6 8 14 7 1 0 6 8 16 -14 11