A home victory is anticipated from this fixture if the league standings is a guide to future results. The Al Kuwait club members are positive that the difference between 1st and Al Shabab's 9th position in the table will be revealed on the arena.
- Al Kuwait have the most scored goals (31) in Premier League
- Al Shabab have the fewest scored goals (9) in Premier League
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only four days ago.
Al Kuwait form and stats
Al Kuwait have performed here at Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium this season with 6 wins from 8 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1.
Al Kuwait enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Al Nasar's place. The match ended 3-2.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Kazma in a game that was won 2-0.Everyone expects Al Kuwait to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found ten games: seven home wins, two draws and one defeat. Al Kuwait have won with at least two goals margin five times in similar situations.
Al Kuwait can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 18 times. From these home matches, Kuwait have conceded only 5 goals.
Al Shabab form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Shabab so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-5 (win-draw-lose). With the Al Shabab losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
The manager was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Al Ahmadi Stadium. Al Shabab suffered a 1-4 loss to Al Arabi SC (placed 3rd).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Yarmouk.Nobody expects Al Shabab to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath seven times before, with the overall statistics of won one, draw three and lost three. When defeated, two matches have been lost by two or more goals.
Goals are few and far between in Shabab's away league games. Only 3 goals from 7 travels. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Al Shabab struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H encounter ended Al Shabab - Al Kuwait 0-2, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Al Kuwait won seven games, three matches ended with a tie and Al Shabab managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being hostile, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.Al Kuwait missing players
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| Al Kuwait | Al Shabab | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 31 | 18 | 11 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 69% |
| 38% | 38% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 31% |
| 25% | 25% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 19% | 25% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 38% | 38% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 71% | 56% |
| 5.9 | 5.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2.2 | 3.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6.1 | 6.3 |
| 2.3 | 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.7 | 13.3 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.1 | 7.8 |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 40% | 43% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 6 | 7.4 | 3.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 7.9 | 9.7 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.5 |
- Al Kuwait have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Kuwait have scored more than double the goals of Al Shabab.
- Al Kuwait have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Premier League
- Al Kuwait have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Premier League
- Al Kuwait have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Premier League
- Al Kuwait have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Al Kuwait have the most clean sheets (8) in Premier League
- Al Kuwait have the most scored goals (18) at home in Premier League
- Al Kuwait have the most scored goals (31) in Premier League
- Al Kuwait have the most scored goals in the second half (19) in Premier League
- Al Kuwait have the the best goal difference (+13) at home in Premier League
- Al Kuwait have the the best goal difference (+21) in Premier League
- Al Kuwait have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Al Kuwait haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Al Kuwait is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier League
- Al Shabab have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Al Shabab have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Al Shabab have the fewest points (2) away in Premier League
- Al Shabab have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Premier League
- Al Shabab have the fewest scored goals (9) in Premier League
- Al Shabab have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Premier League
- Al Shabab have the the worst goal difference (-17) in Premier League
- Al Shabab have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Al Shabab have yet to win a game away.
- Al Shabab haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 36 |
| 2 | Kazma | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 34 |
| 3 | Al Arabi SC | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | Al Qadsia | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 29 |
| 5 | Al Salmiyah | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Al Nasar | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Yarmouk | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -11 | 12 |
| 8 | Al Fahaheel | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 12 |
| 9 | Al Shabab | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -17 | 12 |
| 10 | Al Tadhamon | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -15 | 10 |
