Premier League match preview: Al Kuwait versus Al Arabi SC

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Competition: Sat 23.January
Match begins: 15:55 (UTC)

Al Kuwait perform at a high level so far being 5th in the table. Al Arabi SC can look both up and down from their 6th position.

Insights:
  • Al Kuwait has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Premier League
  • Al Arabi SC have not yet lost a game away.

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 Kuwait form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Al Kuwait have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games. The Kuwait manager W. Nassar Mobarak might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

The Kuwait crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Burgan here in a Premier League match. In the game before, an away victory match versus Al Tadhamon with a 3-0 scoreline.

A decent goal production from Kuwait in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Al Arabi SC form and stats

Playing away, Al Arabi SC have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 0 defeats in the Premier League this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Al Jahra game have they lost an away game, meaning Arabi has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

Al Arabi SC have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 183 minutes ago. A. Salman was the goal scorer.

Before that, Al Arabi SC travelled to Al Shabab and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Arabi have scored 10 goals in 7 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Kuwait - Al Arabi SC 1-3 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Kuwait victories, two draws and two Al Arabi SC wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Al Kuwait missing players

Al Arabi SC missing players

Al Kuwait Al Arabi SC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 8 3 Played P 0 7 14
7 3 2 Won W 0 3 6
3 2 1 Drew D 0 4 4
4 3 0 Lost L 0 0 4
25 12 6 Scored S 0 10 19
16 9 1 Conceded C 0 4 17
93% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 86% 93%
79% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 71% 71%
64% 62% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 50%
43% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 29%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
64% 62% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 57%
36% 38% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 21%
7% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.6 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.8 2.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.5 9.6 7 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.3 8.3
5 5.1 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 3.8
34% 27% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 40%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Arabi SC have not yet lost a game away.
  • Al Arabi SC have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Al Kuwait has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Premier League

  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.