1st position in the Premier League table for Al Kuwait so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 5th-placed Al Arabi visits Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Al Kuwait form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium as Al Kuwait, who have the most scored goals (33) in Premier League, have scored 18 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
An away draw last time out for Al Kuwait, facing Wathba in a game that ended 0-0. Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Al Shabab in a game that was won 3-0.
Al Kuwait are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (18 goals in 6 games). Al Kuwait are not conceding a lot of goals here at Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Al Arabi form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Al Arabi have produced an overall stat of 2-3-2 so far.
The Al Arabi goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 315 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Al Arabi won their last game, 3-0 versus Kazma played at home. Prior to that result Al Arabi won their away game at Al Sahel. The scoreline was 2-0.
Al Arabi are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Al Arabi have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Al Arabi - Al Kuwait 0-3 played earlier this season. Al Kuwait-Al Arabi H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Kuwait six wins, Al Arabi one win, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
 Y. Nasser Al Salman 9 goals | J. Saeed 6 goals | F. Al Harbi 4 goals |
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| Al Kuwait | Al Arabi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 33 | 18 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 18 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 79% |
| 62% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 43% |
| 31% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 14% |
| 15% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 14% |
| 46% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 43% |
| 54% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 14% | 21% |
| 5.2 | 5.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.1 | 5.6 |
| 2.8 | 1.8 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 167 | 69 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 62 | 143 |
| 60 | 25 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 20 | 54 |
| 45% | 48% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 35% | 30% |
- Al Arabi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Kuwait has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
- Al Kuwait has the most scored goals (18) at home
- Al Kuwait has the most scored goals (33)
- Al Kuwait has the most scored goals in the first half (16)
- Al Kuwait has the the best goal difference (+13) at home
- Al Kuwait has the the best goal difference (+25)
- Al Kuwait have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Kuwait have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Kuwait have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 Kuwait | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 25 | 30 |
| 2 | Al Qadsia | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 30 |
| 3 | Al Salmiyah | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Kazma | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 22 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 6 | Al Shabab | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 16 |
| 7 | Al Sahel | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -15 | 14 |
| 8 | Al Nasar | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
| 9 | Al Tadhamon | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -14 | 12 |
| 10 | Yarmouk | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -16 | 7 |