This could be an interesting match as Al Arabi have their presumed home advantage while Al Salmiyah are ahead 8 points in the Premier League table.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
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
Three Premier League home games done for Al Arabi, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.
The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with Al Tadhamon (placed 8th) on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 1-1. Ahead of that match, Al Arabi won a home game hosting Yarmouk (2-1).
Al Arabi has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Al Arabi are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (6 from 3 played).
Al Salmiyah form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Al Salmiyah, who have the most scored goals (23) in Premier League, playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Al Salmiyah failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Yarmouk (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 0-2. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Al Kuwait.
Al Salmiyah create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 11 goals in 4 travels. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Al Salmiyah have conceded 6 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Al Salmiyah - Al Arabi 3-3. Al Arabi-Al Salmiyah H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Arabi 2 wins, Al Salmiyah 5 wins, 3 draws. 6 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
 A. Lima 3 goals |   H. Al Mosawi 1 goals |  M. Silva 1 goals |
Al Arabi missing players
Al Salmiyah missing players
| Al Arabi | Al Salmiyah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 56% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 56% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 25% | 33% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 5.4 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 3 | 2.3 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | 35 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 40 | 64 |
| 27 | 15 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 18 | 29 |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 83% | 61% | 59% |
- Al Arabi have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Al Arabi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Salmiyah has the fewest matches under the total-line (2)
- Al Salmiyah has the most matches over the total-line (5)
- Al Salmiyah has the most scored goals (11) away
- Al Salmiyah has the most scored goals (23)
- Al Salmiyah has the most scored goals in the second half (16)
- Al Salmiyah have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Al Salmiyah have not yet lost a game away.
- Al Salmiyah have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Al Salmiyah have scored more than double the goals of Al Arabi.
- Al Salmiyah haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Salmiyah is in the best form (4-1-1)
- All of Al Arabi's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Al Salmiyah's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
| 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 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 19 |
| 2 | Al Kuwait | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| 3 | Al Salmiyah | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Kazma | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Al Shabab | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | -1 | 12 |
| 6 | Al Arabi | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 9 |
| 7 | Al Sahel | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 16 | -12 | 9 |
| 8 | Al Tadhamon | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | -9 | 8 |
| 9 | Al Nasar | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 10 | Yarmouk | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 6 |