Al Arabi vs Yarmouk: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Date: Fri 20.December
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premier League, Al Arabi holding 9th place and Yarmouk lying 10th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Yarmouk could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only four sleeps ago.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Al Arabi form and stats

Al Arabi have less points than they have played home games in the Premier League so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 0 points. Al Arabi are very eager to stop a potential losing streak, having lost their two previous games here.

Al Arabi are returning here after visiting Al Nasar in a Premier League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home game against Al Kuwait that was lost 0-3.

Early season league goal statistics from Al Arabi's 2 home games: 1 goal, 5 conceded.

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Yarmouk form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Premier League for Yarmouk with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.

Yarmouk's last game was the home draw against Al Kuwait (1-1). A 1-1 draw at Al Sahel's stadium before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Yarmouk as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Yarmouk have conceded 5 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Al Arabi won 8 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Yarmouk has 1 win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5

Top Goalscorers

Al ArabiHusain Al Mosawi
Husain Al Mosawi
17 goals
Al ArabiAli Khalaf
Ali Khalaf
4 goals
Al ArabiAli Al Maqseed
Ali Al Maqseed
2 goals

Al Arabi missing players

Yarmouk missing players

Al Arabi Yarmouk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 2 0 Played P 1 3 7
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
4 2 0 Lost L 1 2 4
7 1 0 Scored S 1 2 6
15 5 0 Conceded C 2 5 12
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
57% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 43%
29% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
29% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 71%
14% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
29% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 29%
 
5.9 5.5 0 Corners For (avg) C F 5 3.7 3.4
2.4 1.5 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 4.3 4
3 3 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 2 2.9
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
63 20 0 Total Shots T S 10 31 47
20 8 0 Shots on Target S O 2 12 18
30% 12% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 17% 22%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Arabi has the fewest points (0) at home
  • Al Arabi has the fewest scored goals (1) at home
  • Al Arabi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Al Arabi have lost all their home matches so far.
  • Al Arabi have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Al Arabi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Al Arabi's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Yarmouk's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Yarmouk has the fewest scored goals (2) away
  • Yarmouk has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0)
  • Yarmouk has the most conceded goals in the first half (7)
  • Yarmouk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Yarmouk have yet to win a game.
  • Yarmouk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Yarmouk is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  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 Kuwait 7 5 2 0 21 5 3 3 0 0 14 3 4 2 2 0 7 2 16 17
2 Al Salmiyah 7 4 2 1 21 12 4 2 1 1 12 7 3 2 1 0 9 5 9 14
3 Kazma 7 4 1 2 13 9 4 3 0 1 9 4 3 1 1 1 4 5 4 13
4 Al Qadsia 6 3 3 0 10 3 4 2 2 0 7 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 7 12
5 Al Shabab 6 3 1 2 10 11 3 0 1 2 5 10 3 3 0 0 5 1 -1 10
6 Al Sahel 7 2 2 3 6 15 3 1 2 0 3 2 4 1 0 3 3 13 -9 8
7 Al Tadhamon 7 2 0 5 8 17 3 2 0 1 4 2 4 0 0 4 4 15 -9 6
8 Al Nasar 7 1 2 4 8 11 4 0 1 3 2 7 3 1 1 1 6 4 -3 5
9 Al Arabi 7 1 2 4 7 15 2 0 0 2 1 5 5 1 2 2 6 10 -8 5
10 Yarmouk 7 0 3 4 6 12 4 0 2 2 4 7 3 0 1 2 2 5 -6 3

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.