National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Arabi SC or Al Tadhamon that keep their silverware dream alive.
Al Tadhamon could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Federation Cup game only four sleeps ago.
Al Arabi SC form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Al Arabi SC at their home stadium (Sabah Al Salem Stadium) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
In their previous game, the manager Trenchovski led his Al Arabi SC to a defeat away at Al Qadsia (after extra-time). The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sabah Al Salem Stadium.
Preceding that match was the home Premier League game against Kazma (after extra-time) that was lost 0-2.Arabi have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sabah Al Salem Stadium with 15 goals in 9 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Al Tadhamon form and stats
They also participated in Federation Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.There's been little loot from Al Tadhamon's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Premier League. Al Tadhamon only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
The club members enjoyed Al Tadhamon's previous match versus Al Sulaibikhat, a Federation Cup win (2-1) played at home.
A 3-6 loss hosting Al Nasar (after extra-time) before that.Al Tadhamon have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 11 goals have been scored. 12 goals have been conceded by Tadhamon in these games.
Head 2 Head
Al Arabi SC have pulled off a sequence of 17 consecutive games without defeat (12-5-0) when playing Al Tadhamon.Al Arabi SC missing players
Al Tadhamon missing players
| Al Arabi SC | Al Tadhamon | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 52 | 32 | Scored | S | 17 | 31 | ||
| 24 | 14 | Conceded | C | 19 | 47 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 44% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11.4 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 43% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 39% | ||
| 7.2 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 11.5 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 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 Arabi SC | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Al Sahel | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Al Nasar | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Al Tadhamon | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 5 | Al Shabab | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 5 |
| 6 | Al Jahra | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 4 |
| 7 | Al Sulaibikhat | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 1 |
| 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 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 37 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 35 |
| 2 | Kazma | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 29 |
| 3 | Al Qadsia | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 29 |
| 4 | Al Arabi SC | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 28 |
| 5 | Al Fahaheel | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 24 |
| 6 | Al Salmiyah | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 | Al Jahra | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -4 | 23 |
| 8 | Al Nasar | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 24 | -10 | 21 |
| 9 | Al Tadhamon | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -16 | 16 |
| 10 | Al Sahel | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 14 |
