Premier League match preview: Al Arabi SC versus Al Fahaheel

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Competition: Wed 24.February
Match begins: 16:20 (UTC)
Venue: Sabah Al Salem Stadium (28000 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Al Arabi SC in 6th and Al Fahaheel in 8th place.

Insights:
  • Al Arabi SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Fahaheel has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League

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Al Arabi SC form and stats

Al Arabi SC have played 7 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Arabi are returning here after visiting Al Shabab in a Premier League game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Before that, Arabi had a home game versus Kazma which ended with a victory 2-1.

Arabi are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. Arabi have conceded 13 from these games.

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Al Fahaheel form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Fahaheel so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-4 (win-draw-lose).

Fahaheel has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Al Nasar for a Premier League game that ended a draw (1-1). That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Khaitan.

A new game in only four days for Al Fahaheel, the Premier League home match versus Al Shabab. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Fahaheel as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Al Fahaheel as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Al Fahaheel - Arabi 1-1, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Arabi won six, Al Fahaheel won one and three draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Al Arabi SC missing players

Al Fahaheel missing players

Al Arabi SC Al Fahaheel
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 1 Played P 2 8 17
8 4 1 Won W 1 2 6
5 0 0 Drew D 0 1 4
4 4 0 Lost L 1 5 7
25 11 2 Scored S 2 6 17
19 14 1 Conceded C 1 10 18
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
76% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 71%
53% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 12% 24%
24% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 12%
12% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
59% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 41%
24% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 29%
24% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.1 1.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.2 8.6 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 2 3.2
3.9 3.9 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 1.5
41% 41% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 57% 58%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Arabi SC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Al Arabi SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Arabi SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Al Fahaheel has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League
  • Al Fahaheel haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 Nasar 14 10 2 2 26 5 6 5 1 0 12 2 8 5 1 2 14 3 21 32
2 Al Qadsia 14 10 2 2 28 14 7 6 0 1 13 5 7 4 2 1 15 9 14 32
3 Al Salmiyah 14 8 5 1 30 13 6 3 2 1 17 8 8 5 3 0 13 5 17 29
4 Kazma 14 8 4 2 22 10 6 4 2 0 13 4 8 4 2 2 9 6 12 28
5 Al Kuwait 14 7 3 4 25 16 8 3 2 3 12 9 6 4 1 1 13 7 9 24
6 Al Arabi SC 14 6 4 4 19 17 7 3 0 4 9 13 7 3 4 0 10 4 2 22
7 Al Shabab 14 6 4 4 19 18 7 2 3 2 8 10 7 4 1 2 11 8 1 22
8 Al Fahaheel 14 5 3 6 12 12 8 3 3 2 8 7 6 2 0 4 4 5 0 18
9 Khaitan 14 5 3 6 16 26 7 2 2 3 4 10 7 3 1 3 12 16 -10 18
10 Al Sahel 14 5 2 7 14 15 7 1 1 5 4 7 7 4 1 2 10 8 -1 17
11 Burgan 14 4 5 5 13 16 7 1 1 5 4 10 7 3 4 0 9 6 -3 17
12 Al Jahra 14 2 5 7 13 20 7 1 3 3 9 10 7 1 2 4 4 10 -7 11
13 Yarmouk 14 2 2 10 22 36 8 0 2 6 10 21 6 2 0 4 12 15 -14 8
14 Al Tadhamon 14 2 2 10 14 31 7 0 2 5 4 11 7 2 0 5 10 20 -17 8
15 Al Sulaibikhat 14 1 2 11 9 33 7 0 0 7 5 23 7 1 2 4 4 10 -24 5

Read more about Premier League

The Kuwait Premier League is the top division of the Kuwaiti football pyramid. It was founded in 1961 and has been dominated by the three teams Al-Qadisiya, Al-Arabi and Al-Kuwait. Ten teams play 38 fixtures each to create a final league table. The bottom two teams are relegated.