Al Arabi will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Kazma.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Al Arabi form and stats
Al Arabi have collected 9 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-0-3.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 225 minutes.
Al Arabi enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Al Sahel's place. The match ended 2-0. Before that, Al Arabi had a home game versus Al Shabab which ended with a victory 2-0.
The Al Arabi fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 6 matches. On the other hand, Al Arabi have conceded 7 goals.
Kazma form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Kazma playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Kazma, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Al Shabab (placed 6th). A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Al Salmiyah.
Kazma were so close to getting something from the game against Al Shabab, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal five minutes into overtime.
Kazma are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. Kazma have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Kazma - Al Arabi 4-1 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - seven - two (Al Arabi wins - draws - Kazma wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Al Dhafiri 2 goals |   H. Al Mosawi 1 goals |  M. Silva Fernandes 1 goals |
Al Arabi missing players
Kazma missing players
| Al Arabi | Kazma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 23 |
| 18 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 69% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 46% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 69% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 23% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 5.5 | 4.8 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.7 | 4.2 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 129 | 67 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 55 | 123 |
| 47 | 27 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 19 | 46 |
| 28% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 37% | 46% |
- Al Arabi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Arabi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Kazma's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Kazma have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Kazma have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kazma have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Kazma 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 Qadsia | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| 2 | Al Kuwait | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 24 |
| 3 | Kazma | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 22 |
| 4 | Al Salmiyah | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 6 | Al Shabab | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 16 |
| 7 | Al Sahel | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -13 | 14 |
| 8 | Al Nasar | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 9 | Al Tadhamon | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -14 | 9 |
| 10 | Yarmouk | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 7 |