Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Shabab & Al Salmiyah face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emir Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Al Shabab form and stats
Last season their Emir Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.2 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Al Shabab have to build on here at Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium in the Division 1.
The regulars are hoping that Al Shabab will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 2-4 away defeat in the Federation Cup fixture against Al Nasar.
Previous to that game, a Division 1 home match hosting Al Sulaibikhat in a game that was won 3-2.Al Shabab have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Al Salmiyah form and stats
Last season their Emir Cup adventure ended in the final.Al Salmiyah have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-2-3 (6 played).
It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Al Qadsia in their previous outing. The Federation Cup duel ended 2-2.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Al Arabi SC.Al Salmiyah are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 6 games (in the league). As for defending, Salmiyah rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Al Shabab victories, two draws and five Al Salmiyah wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Al Shabab missing players
Al Salmiyah missing players
| Al Shabab | Al Salmiyah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 7 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Scored | S | 29 | 46 | ||
| 41 | 18 | Conceded | C | 23 | 33 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 76% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 12% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 6.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 5 | ||
| 7.5 | 7.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 40% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 51% | 49% | ||
| 8.3 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 Shabab | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Yarmouk | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Khaitan | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Al Sulaibikhat | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 5 | Burgan | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -9 | 2 |
| 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 |
