National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Sahel or Al Nasar that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Al Nasar played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match. That game was also an away game, at Al Tadhamon. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Al Sahel form and stats
Last season, Al Sahel's Federation Cup journey ended in the group stage.With 2 Premier League wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Al Sahel are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Al Sahel shared the glory with Kazma in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2.
Preceding that match was a Premier League defeat to Al Fahaheel (2-3).The Al Sahel fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. Sahel have conceded 15 from these games.
Al Nasar form and stats
Al Nasar's mission in Federation Cup last season failed in the final.As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Al Nasar have produced an overall stat of 3-2-4 so far.
Nasar play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 6-3 victory visiting Al Tadhamon. A mental match with masses of goals last time out for Al Nasar, as mentioned above. 9 goals in that fixture, will this fixture be as full of joy?
It was a Premier League defeat before that one as the away game against Al Kuwait wasn't a success with a 2-7 loss.Al Nasar are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 9 away games so far. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Al Nasar concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sahel four wins, zero draws and Al Nasar six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Al Sahel missing players
Al Nasar missing players
| Al Sahel | Al Nasar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Scored | S | 21 | 40 | ||
| 34 | 11 | Conceded | C | 26 | 48 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 64% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 28% | ||
| 3.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 6.6 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 7 | ||
| 9.1 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 35% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 51% | 44% | ||
| 10.6 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 12.5 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 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 Arabi | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Al Sahel | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Al Nasar | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Al Jahra | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 5 | Al Tadhamon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 6 | Al Shabab | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 2 |
| 7 | Al Sulaibikhat | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 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 | 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 |
