Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Aqaba & Al Salt face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Shield Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both contenders have had plentiful rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic fixture!
Aqaba form and stats
Last season their Shield Cup adventure ended in the group stage.The story so far in the Premier League for Aqaba at their home stadium (Prince Mohammed Stadium) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Aqaba's previous match was also a home event, the loss 1-2 against Al Ramtha (in Shield Cup).
Before that one, a nice away victory at Moghayer Al Sarhan. A Shield Cup game. This is expected to be a close game, with Aqaba perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Aqaba as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Aqaba has won 6 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.
Aqaba have scored {9 league goals} here from 11 matches, not a lot. 12 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Al Salt form and stats
They also participated in Shield Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.Al Salt have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-4-6 (11 played).
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Shield Cup home loss versus Ma'an with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
The match earlier was the Shield Cup-battle against Al Faysali, a home loss (0-2). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Al Salt in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Al Salt, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Salt as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. The Al Salt manager Abed has some worries about the defense as 23 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Aqaba have won or drawn the last 4 matches (1-3-0) versus Al Salt.Aqaba missing players
Al Salt missing players
| Aqaba | Al Salt | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Scored | S | 9 | 25 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Conceded | C | 23 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 72% | ||
| 28% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 8% | ||
| 28% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 47% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 40% | ||
| 3.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 8.3 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.3 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 32% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | ||
| 10.7 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 10.6 | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 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 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 34 | 51 |
| 2 | Al Wihdat | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 50 |
| 3 | Al Hussein | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 50 |
| 4 | Shabab Al Ordon | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 33 |
| 5 | Aqaba | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 31 |
| 6 | Al Ramtha | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 7 | Ma'an | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 26 | -18 | 25 |
| 8 | Sahab | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 24 |
| 9 | Al Salt | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 | -8 | 24 |
| 10 | Moghayer Al Sarhan | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -12 | 19 |
| 11 | Al Sareeh | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 19 | -14 | 17 |
| 12 | Al Jazeera | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -20 | 14 |
