Al Kuwait and Al Salmiyah are both riding high in the Premier League with their 1st and 2nd positions respectively. Expect a great game!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Al Kuwait form and stats
Perfect Premier League season at home so far for Al Kuwait, who have the the best goal difference (+16) in Premier League, 3 wins from 3 appearances.
Al Kuwait manager Mohammad Ali and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Yarmouk (placed 10th) in the Premier League. A strong away win before that one, visiting Al Arabi and winning 3-0.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Al Kuwait is on fire here. A stunning 14 from 3 league matches. On the other hand, Al Kuwait have conceded 3 goals.
Al Salmiyah form and stats
The seven points Al Salmiyah have gathered from their first three away trips in the Premier League is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
The supporters enjoyed Al Salmiyah's previous game versus Al Sahel (placed 6th), a Premier League 5-1 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Al Qadsia that ended 1-1.
As mentioned above, Al Salmiyah was the only team on the pitch versus Al Sahel in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
Al Salmiyah create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 9 goals in 3 travels. The Al Salmiyah manager has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 9 goals in 3 league matches away. Al Salmiyah have conceded 5 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Al Kuwait victories, 6 draws and 0 Al Salmiyah wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Saeed 11 goals |  Faisal Al Harbi 10 goals |
Al Kuwait missing players
Al Salmiyah missing players
| Al Kuwait | Al Salmiyah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 21 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 43% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 29% | 67% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.6 | 7 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| 3.4 | 1.7 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | 28 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 34 | 58 |
| 32 | 13 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 15 | 26 |
| 47% | 62% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 60% | 58% |
- Al Kuwait has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2)
- Al Kuwait has the most scored goals (14) at home
- Al Kuwait has the most scored goals in the first half (12)
- Al Kuwait has the the best goal difference (+11) at home
- Al Kuwait has the the best goal difference (+16)
- Al Kuwait have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Kuwait have scored in all their matches so far.
- Al Kuwait have won all their matches at home so far.
- Al Kuwait have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Al Kuwait have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Al Kuwait haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Kuwait is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Al Salmiyah has the fewest matches under the total-line (1)
- Al Salmiyah has the most matches over the total-line (5)
- Al Salmiyah has the most scored goals (9) away
- Al Salmiyah has the most scored goals in the second half (15)
- Al Salmiyah have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Al Salmiyah have not yet lost a game away.
- Al Salmiyah have scored in all their matches so far.
- Al Salmiyah haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Kuwait's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- All of Al Salmiyah's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
| 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 |