Evenly matched teams: Al Nasar vs Al Jahra match preview

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Competition: Mon 20.February
Match begins: 13:50 (UTC)
Venue: Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium (10000 seats)

Al Nasar are willing to blank out the league table before this game versus Al Jahra. Here's everything you should know pre-match!

Insights:
  • Al Nasar have the most conceded goals (26) in Premier League
  • Al Jahra have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Premier League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Al Nasar form and stats

Al Nasar have played 7 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Nasar bring valid hopes of a third.

In their previous game, led his Al Nasar to a defeat away at Al Qadsia. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium. As you see from the result above, Al Nasar suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Kazma in a game that was won 4-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Al Nasar have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 0 and lost 2.

Lots of goals and action? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 most recent league games with this side has had three or more goals.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Nasar, as the Premier League home game vs Al Salmiyah is only four days away.

A decent goal production from Al Nasar in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. Nasar have conceded 12 from these games.

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Al Jahra form and stats

4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Al Jahra playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.

Al Jahra are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Al Arabi SC (placed 2nd).

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Al Qadsia.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Al Jahra in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Jahra, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Al Jahra are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Al Jahra are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The 4 latest fixtures featuring these opponents have all finished as Nasar wins. Are we destined for another one?

Al Nasar and Al Jahra have faced off earlier this season: Al Jahra - Al Nasar 1-2.

Al Nasar missing players

Al Jahra missing players

Al Nasar Al Jahra
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 2 7 14
4 2 0 Won W 1 4 6
5 3 1 Drew D 0 1 3
5 2 1 Lost L 1 2 5
21 12 1 Scored S 1 10 18
26 12 3 Conceded C 1 6 17
86% 86% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 86% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 57% 79%
71% 71% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 43%
64% 71% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 21%
29% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
71% 71% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 57%
14% 14% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 14%
29% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 29%
 
3.9 4 1.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3 3.4
4.6 4.9 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 6.7 6.9
3 3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.9 3.1
7 3 2 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
8.4 8.7 5.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9 8.1
3.4 4.1 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.1 3.4
44% 41% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 45% 38%
 
13.3 14.4 15 Shots against (avg) S A 12 13.4 12.9
4.9 5.4 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.3 4.4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Jahra have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Al Jahra have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Premier League
  • Al Jahra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Al Nasar have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Premier League
  • Al Nasar have the most conceded goals (26) in Premier League
  • Al Nasar have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in Premier League
  • Al Nasar have the most points from losing position (11) 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 Kuwait 15 8 6 1 27 17 8 5 2 1 11 7 7 3 4 0 16 10 10 30
2 Al Arabi SC 14 5 7 2 25 17 7 3 4 0 13 8 7 2 3 2 12 9 8 22
3 Kazma 15 6 4 5 24 23 7 4 1 2 14 10 8 2 3 3 10 13 1 22
4 Al Qadsia 15 6 4 5 22 22 7 3 2 2 13 11 8 3 2 3 9 11 0 22
5 Al Jahra 14 6 3 5 18 17 7 2 2 3 8 11 7 4 1 2 10 6 1 21
6 Al Fahaheel 14 5 2 7 22 24 8 4 1 3 15 12 6 1 1 4 7 12 -2 17
7 Al Nasar 14 4 5 5 21 26 7 2 3 2 12 12 7 2 2 3 9 14 -5 17
8 Al Salmiyah 15 3 7 5 17 19 7 2 4 1 7 6 8 1 3 4 10 13 -2 16
9 Al Tadhamon 14 3 5 6 12 17 6 2 2 2 5 9 8 1 3 4 7 8 -5 14
10 Al Sahel 14 3 3 8 18 24 8 2 2 4 10 12 6 1 1 4 8 12 -6 12

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.