The season is still fairly new and the Premier League table has to be read with caution. So far Al Arabi find themselves in 9th position and Al Kuwait are placed 1st.
Al Arabi and Al Kuwait should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Al Arabi form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Premier League game of the season here at Sabah Al Salem Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 2 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses from Al Arabi's 9 home games.
The fans are hoping that Al Arabi will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the Premier League game against Kazma (placed 4th). Preceding that match was the home game against Al Sahel that was lost 1-2.
Al Arabi has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Al Kuwait form and stats
Four points from two away games for Al Kuwait, meaning one draw and one victory in the Premier League so far.
The supporters enjoyed Al Kuwait's previous game versus Al Sahel (placed 6th), a Premier League 5-0 win played at home. Before that, Al Kuwait travelled to Al Qadsia and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
As mentioned above, Al Kuwait was the only team on the pitch versus Al Sahel in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
Al Kuwait have the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 1 Al Arabi victory, 3 draws and 6 Al Kuwait wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
Husain Al Mosawi
17 goals
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J. Saeed
11 goals
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Faisal Al Harbi
10 goals
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Al Arabi missing players
Al Kuwait missing players
| Al Arabi | Al Kuwait | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
|
Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.4 | 7 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 5 | 6.2 |
| 2.4 | 1 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6.5 | 3.6 |
| 2.8 | 2 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- Al Arabi have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Al Arabi have lost all their home matches so far.
- Al Arabi have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Al Arabi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Kuwait have not yet lost a game.
- Al Kuwait have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Kuwait have scored in all their matches so far.
- Al Kuwait have scored more than double the goals of Al Arabi.
- Al Kuwait have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Al Kuwait haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Arabi's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Al Kuwait's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
| Al Arabi | Last season | Al Kuwait | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 8 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 27 | 13 | Scored | S | 18 | 52 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 83% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 89% | ||
| 50% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 72% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 56% | ||
| 11% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 33% | ||
| 61% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 22% | 11% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 39% | ||
| 17% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 6% | ||
| 4.6 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.9 | 6.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
- Al Arabi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Kuwait have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Kuwait have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Al Kuwait haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13 |
| 2 | Al Qadsia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | Al Salmiyah | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Kazma | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Al Shabab | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -2 | 7 |
| 6 | Al Sahel | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 7 | Al Tadhamon | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -6 | 6 |
| 8 | Al Nasar | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | Al Arabi | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 2 |
| 10 | Yarmouk | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 1 |