Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Nasar & Al Shabab face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emir Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nasar and Al Shabab.
Al Nasar form and stats
Last season, Al Nasar's Emir Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.The total Premier League results at home this season for Al Nasar are 4-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Al Nasar's last game was hosting Al Qadsia and winning 3-1.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Al Tadhamon (2-5).Goals decide football matches and Nasar are scoring many of them at home; 17 on target from 8 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
Al Shabab form and stats
They also participated in Emir Cup last season. This ended in the round of 16.Al Shabab have only collected 2 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 0-2-7 (9 played).
Al Shabab have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 206 minutes ago. Boumarioum was the goal scorer.
Shabab lost away at Al Tadhamon (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Prior to that match, the Al Shabab manager faced defeat when travelling to Al Kuwait and losing 0-2.Al Shabab are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 9 away games. Shabab have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Al Nasar won seven games, two matches ended in a draw and Al Shabab managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixAl Nasar missing players
Al Shabab missing players
| Al Nasar | Al Shabab | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 10 | 16 | ||
| 42 | 21 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Conceded | C | 27 | 43 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 82% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 69% | 56% | ||
| 4.3 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 7.7 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 6.7 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 55% | 64% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 25% | ||
| 9.4 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.6 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 Kuwait | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 26 | 42 |
| 2 | Kazma | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| 3 | Al Arabi | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 32 |
| 4 | Al Salmiyah | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 31 |
| 5 | Al Qadsia | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 30 |
| 6 | Al Nasar | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 24 |
| 7 | Al Fahaheel | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 18 |
| 8 | Al Tadhamon | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -11 | 16 |
| 9 | Yarmouk | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -15 | 12 |
| 10 | Al Shabab | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | -20 | 12 |
