Al Arabi SC vs Kazma match preview: Even contest expected at Sabah Al Salem Stadium

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Competition: Mon 01.February
Match begins: 13:35 (UTC)
Venue: Sabah Al Salem Stadium (28000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Al Arabi SC have their presumed home advantage while Kazma are ahead 6 points in the Premier League table.

Insights:
  • Al Arabi SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Al Arabi SC and Kazma 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.

These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.

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Al Arabi SC form and stats

Al Arabi SC have collected 9 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-0-4. Three consecutive losses here at Sabah Al Salem Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Arabi have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won two, drawn three and lost two.

There will be little rest for Arabi after this match as they are travelling to Al Shabab for a Premier League game in only four days.

Arabi has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Al Arabi SC have conceded 13 from these games.

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Kazma form and stats

Playing away, Kazma have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premier League this season.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Kazma in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Kazma, one draw and zero defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Al Sahel in just four days.

Kazma are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Kazma as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Arabi - Kazma 0-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Al Arabi SC won two games, six matches ended with a draw and Kazma has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

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Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 3 Played P 4 8 15
6 3 1 Won W 3 4 8
5 0 0 Drew D 0 2 4
4 4 2 Lost L 1 2 3
20 9 4 Scored S 6 9 23
18 13 8 Conceded C 2 6 12
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 93%
73% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 38% 67%
47% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 25% 40%
27% 43% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 27%
13% 29% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 12% 7%
60% 57% 67% BTTS BTTS 25% 38% 53%
20% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 40%
27% 43% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 13%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.7 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.5 1
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
7.8 8.3 8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 4.6 5.8
3.5 3.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 1.4 1.9
41% 43% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 82% 62%
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.

  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.