Khaitan vs Al Sulaibikhat: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Kuwait Division 1
Date: Sun 02.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Khaitan Stadium (15000 seats)

Khaitan hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 8 points and a 5th position in the Division 1 table. Visiting Al Sulaibikhat holds 3rd place with 12 pts.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.

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Khaitan form and stats

Khaitan, who have the most conceded goals (12) in Division 1, have played 4 Division 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Khaitan lost their last game at Al Jahra (placed 1st) after a 1-2 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Al Fahaheel.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Khaitan here at Khaitan Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). Khaitan's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Al Sulaibikhat form and stats

Playing away, Al Sulaibikhat, who have the most clean sheets (6) in Division 1, have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Division 1 this season. Recent form does not give Al Sulaibikhat much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Khaitan will be a tough nut to crack. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Al Sulaibikhat have lost on their last two travels.

Al Sulaibikhat failed to get anything from their last game, a Division 1 home match vs Al Jahra (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 1-2. A 0-1 defeat away at Al Fahaheel before that.

Al Sulaibikhat have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Al Sulaibikhat as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Al Sulaibikhat - Khaitan 0-0 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Khaitan won two, Al Sulaibikhat won six and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

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Al Sulaibikhat missing players

Khaitan Al Sulaibikhat
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 2 5 10
2 1 1 Won W 1 2 3
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
5 2 0 Lost L 1 2 4
6 3 2 Scored S 2 5 7
12 4 0 Conceded C 1 3 6
78% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 70%
78% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 40%
44% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 20%
33% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 60% 60%
56% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 50%
 
6.1 5.5 5 Corners For (avg) C F 3 2.2 2.8
2.7 2.2 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 6.4 6.5
2.9 3.2 5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 2.9
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 3 3
 
85 39 5 Total Shots T S 18 35 81
25 11 2 Shots on Target S O 5 14 34
24% 27% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 36% 21%
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Al Sulaibikhat has the fewest conceded goals (6)
  • Al Sulaibikhat has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1)
  • Al Sulaibikhat has the fewest matches over the total-line (2)
  • Al Sulaibikhat has the fewest scored goals in the second half (3)
  • Al Sulaibikhat has the most clean sheets (3) away
  • Al Sulaibikhat has the most clean sheets (6)
  • Al Sulaibikhat has the most matches under the total-line (7)
  • Al Sulaibikhat have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Al Sulaibikhat have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Khaitan has the fewest points (4) at home
  • Khaitan has the fewest scored goals (6)
  • Khaitan has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2)
  • Khaitan has the most conceded goals (12)
  • Khaitan has the most conceded goals in the second half (8)
  • Khaitan has the the worst goal difference (-6)
  • Khaitan have created more than twice as many corners as Al Sulaibikhat.
  • Khaitan have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

  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 Jahra 10 7 1 2 14 8 5 3 0 2 7 6 5 4 1 0 7 2 6 22
2 Burgan 9 5 0 4 10 9 4 3 0 1 8 4 5 2 0 3 2 5 1 15
3 Al Sulaibikhat 10 3 3 4 7 6 5 1 2 2 2 3 5 2 1 2 5 3 1 12
4 Al Fahaheel 10 4 0 6 8 10 6 2 0 4 3 5 4 2 0 2 5 5 -2 12
5 Khaitan 9 2 2 5 6 12 4 1 1 2 3 4 5 1 1 3 3 8 -6 8

Read more about Division 1

The Kuwaiti Division One is the second highest level of football in Kuwait. This league usually holds seven teams but due to an expansion of the Kuwait Premier League in the 2019 season only five teams entered. These played a total of 16 fixtures to create a final league table.