National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kazma or Al Salmiyah that keep their silverware dream alive.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Kazma form and stats
Kazma participated in Emir Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd place final.The story so far in the Premier League for Kazma at their home stadium (Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Kazma are returning here after guesting Al Fahaheel in a Emir Cup match and winning with a 3-0 scoreline.
This is expected to be a close game, with Kazma perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kazma as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Kazma has won 4 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Kazma has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Kazma have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Al Salmiyah form and stats
Al Salmiyah was sent out of Emir Cup in the round of 16 last season.As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Al Salmiyah have produced an overall stat of 3-3-3 so far.
Two trips in a row for Al Salmiyah, whose boss could celebrate last time after the Emir Cup win against Al Nasar.
hometeam won So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Al Salmiyah playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 3 Al Salmiyah wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Salmiyah struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Kazma wins - draws - Al Salmiyah wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.Kazma missing players
Al Salmiyah missing players
| Kazma | Al Salmiyah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 36 | 16 | Scored | S | 27 | 43 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Conceded | C | 20 | 30 | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 12% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.1 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 8.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 40% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 51% | ||
| 7.2 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 9.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 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 | 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 |
