Premier League match prediction and preview for Al Nasar vs Al Shabab clash

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Competition: Fri 14.February
Match begins: 13:45 (UTC)
Venue: Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium (10000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Al Nasar languishing in the 9th position so far. The guesting Al Shabab will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

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

With 1 Premier League win, 1 draw and 5 defeats from their home games, Al Nasar are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Al Nasar faced defeat in their previous match, away at Al Salmiyah (0-1). Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Yarmouk.

Heartbreak for Al Nasar in their last match as Al Salmiyah's P. Fabiano scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Al Nasar aren't scoring a lot here at Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.

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Al Shabab form and stats

The visitors are W3-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Al Shabab has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Al Shabab are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Premier League against Kazma (placed 4th). Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Al Arabi's place.

Al Shabab are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 6 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Al Shabab as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Al Shabab - Al Nasar 1-4. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Al Nasar wins - draws - Al Shabab wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Al ShababI. Gueye
I. Gueye
4 goals

Al Nasar missing players

Al Shabab missing players

Al Nasar Al Shabab
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 7 2 Played P 3 6 12
2 1 0 Won W 2 3 4
3 1 1 Drew D 1 1 4
7 5 1 Lost L 0 2 4
13 6 1 Scored S 3 6 14
18 12 2 Conceded C 1 5 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 83% 83%
75% 86% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 67% 75%
42% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 42%
33% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
58% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 58%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 50% 33%
42% 43% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 25%
 
4 4.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 3.2 4
4.5 3.9 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 6.7 5.8
2.3 2.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.5 2.7
4 1 0 Red cards R C 2 3 4
 
97 56 18 Total Shots T S 19 34 72
36 22 11 Shots on Target S O 8 13 27
31% 27% 9% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 46% 44%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Nasar has the fewest clean sheets (0)
  • Al Nasar has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5)
  • Al Nasar have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Al Nasar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Nasar have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Al Nasar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Al Shabab has the fewest matches over the total-line (2)
  • Al Shabab has the fewest points from losing position (0)
  • Al Shabab have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Al Shabab have won significantly less corners away then 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 Qadsia 13 7 6 0 21 7 6 3 3 0 11 4 7 4 3 0 10 3 14 27
2 Al Kuwait 11 7 3 1 27 7 5 3 1 1 15 5 6 4 2 0 12 2 20 24
3 Al Salmiyah 13 7 2 4 27 19 7 4 1 2 15 10 6 3 1 2 12 9 8 23
4 Kazma 13 7 1 5 23 18 7 5 0 2 14 7 6 2 1 3 9 11 5 22
5 Al Arabi 13 5 3 5 15 18 6 3 0 3 6 7 7 2 3 2 9 11 -3 18
6 Al Shabab 12 4 4 4 14 17 6 1 3 2 8 12 6 3 1 2 6 5 -3 16
7 Al Sahel 13 3 5 5 11 24 6 1 4 1 5 6 7 2 1 4 6 18 -13 14
8 Al Tadhamon 13 3 3 7 16 28 7 2 2 3 7 10 6 1 1 4 9 18 -12 12
9 Al Nasar 12 2 3 7 13 18 7 1 1 5 6 12 5 1 2 2 7 6 -5 9
10 Yarmouk 13 1 4 8 12 23 6 0 2 4 6 13 7 1 2 4 6 10 -11 7

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.