National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Khaitan or Al Salmiyah that keep their silverware dream alive.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Khaitan form and stats
Last season, Khaitan's Federation Cup journey ended in the group stage.0 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Khaitan have to build on here at Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium in the Division 1.
The Khaitan manager and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Kazma in the Federation Cup.
Preceding that match was a Division 1 defeat to Al Sulaibikhat (0-2).Early season league goal statistics from Khaitan's 1 home game: 0 goals, 2 conceded.
Al Salmiyah form and stats
They also participated in Federation Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.Still no away game victory in the Premier League for Al Salmiyah with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a Federation Cup home loss versus Burgan with 2-3 on the scoreboard.
It was a Premier League defeat before that one as the away game against Al Fahaheel wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.Al Salmiyah have the goal stats of 4-5 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Khaitan three wins, three draws and Al Salmiyah four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Khaitan missing players
Al Salmiyah missing players
| Khaitan | Al Salmiyah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 34 | 16 | Scored | S | 26 | 41 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Conceded | C | 20 | 32 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 12% | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 8.6 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 43% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 48% | ||
| 8.2 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.5 | ||
| 2.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 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 Qadsia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Burgan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Kuwait | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Kazma | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Khaitan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Yarmouk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Al Salmiyah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Al Fahaheel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yarmouk | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Al Shabab | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Burgan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 4 | Al Sulaibikhat | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Khaitan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kazma | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Al Kuwait | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Al Jahra | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Al Salmiyah | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Al Fahaheel | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Al Qadsia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 7 | Al Nasar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Al Tadhamon | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | Al Arabi | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Al Sahel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
