Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Kuwait & Al Tadhamon face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emir Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Al Kuwait form and stats
Last season, Kuwait's Emir Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.When playing at home in the Premier League, Al Kuwait have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Al Kuwait, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 220 minutes in the Premier League.
The home supporters witnessed a 0-0 draw against Kazma in the Federation Cup last time out and are hoping for a victory here.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Al Tadhamon that ended 0-0.The Kuwait fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches.
Al Tadhamon form and stats
Al Tadhamon's mission in Emir Cup last season failed in the round of 16.There's been little loot from Al Tadhamon's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 6 away games in the Premier League. Al Tadhamon only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 2 draws.
Al Tadhamon have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 329 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a Federation Cup home loss versus Al Jahra with 0-4 on the scoreboard.
Before that, Al Tadhamon travelled to Al Kuwait and returned home with a draw after the Premier League game finished 0-0.{6 goals} so far away for Al Tadhamon, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 6. All from 6 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Kuwait have managed a sequence of 30 consecutive matches without defeat (27-3-0) when facing Al Tadhamon.Al Kuwait missing players
Al Tadhamon missing players
| Al Kuwait | Al Tadhamon | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 42 | 15 | Scored | S | 15 | 32 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Conceded | C | 18 | 33 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 10.3 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 36% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 35% | ||
| 7.6 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 12.7 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 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 Kuwait | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 2 | Al Arabi SC | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | Kazma | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Al Jahra | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | Al Qadsia | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 15 |
| 6 | Al Salmiyah | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Al Nasar | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Al Tadhamon | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Al Fahaheel | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 10 | Al Sahel | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 8 |
