Al Arabi hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 12 points and a 7th position in the Premier League table. Visiting Al Shabab holds 5th place with 13 pts.
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!
Al Arabi form and stats
2-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Arabi so far this season.
Al Arabi's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Al Qadsia (placed 1st). Ahead of that match, Al Arabi won a home game hosting Al Salmiyah (1-0).
Al Arabi have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Al Arabi have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Al Shabab form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Al Shabab play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Al Salmiyah (placed 3rd). A draw for Al Shabab before that, at their own venue hosting Yarmouk (0-0).
Al Shabab find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 6 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Al Shabab as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Al Shabab - Al Arabi 1-1 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Al Arabi won 8 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Al Shabab has 1 win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 7 / 3Top Goalscorers
  I. Gueye 4 goals |   H. Al Mosawi 1 goals |  M. Silva Fernandes 1 goals |
Al Arabi missing players
Al Shabab missing players
| Al Arabi | Al Shabab | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 18 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 73% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 70% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 40% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 55% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 60% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 60% | 40% |
| 27% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 5.2 | 4.2 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.8 | 3.9 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 6.4 | 6.1 |
| 2.4 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 96 | 53 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 26 | 57 |
| 35 | 23 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 12 | 22 |
| 26% | 17% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 50% | 45% |
- Al Arabi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Arabi have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Al Arabi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Shabab have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Al Shabab have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 25 |
| 2 | Al Kuwait | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 20 |
| 3 | Al Salmiyah | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | Kazma | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Al Shabab | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | -2 | 13 |
| 6 | Al Sahel | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 17 | -11 | 13 |
| 7 | Al Arabi | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 8 | Al Tadhamon | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 9 |
| 9 | Yarmouk | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 10 | Al Nasar | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -6 | 6 |