Premier League match preview and statistics: Al Qadsia fight Al Shabab

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Competition: Thu 18.March
Match begins: 14:10 (UTC)
Venue: Mohammed Al-Hammad Stadium (22000 seats)

It's advantage Al Qadsia so far with their 2nd position in the Premier League table, welcoming Al Shabab who are placed 7th.

Insights:
  • Al Qadsia have the most points (18) at home in Premier League
  • Al Shabab have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Al Shabab could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Al Fahaheel, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Al Shabab.

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Al Qadsia form and stats

Home games in the Premier League have been a walk in the park for Al Qadsia so far, with 18 points won from 7 matches; 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.

A decent goal production from Qadsia in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. Qadsia are not conceding a lot of goals here at Mohammed Al-Hammad Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.

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Al Shabab form and stats

The visitors are W4-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.

Shabab has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 7 games. Al Shabab have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Qadsia - Al Shabab 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: eight wins for Qadsia, one draw and one win for Al Shabab. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Al Qadsia missing players

Al Shabab missing players

Al Qadsia Al Shabab
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 4 11 22
14 9 3 Won W 1 6 8
5 1 0 Drew D 1 1 5
3 1 0 Lost L 2 4 9
42 22 9 Scored S 5 17 27
22 9 3 Conceded C 8 15 32
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
82% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 77%
50% 45% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 55% 50%
32% 36% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 18% 18%
23% 27% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 18% 14%
59% 55% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 59%
32% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 18%
9% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.2 1.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
12.2 11.5 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 7 7.3
5 4.9 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 2.7 2.5
38% 41% 90% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 37% 33%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Qadsia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Al Qadsia have the most points (18) at home in Premier League
  • Al Qadsia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Al Shabab have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Shabab haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 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

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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.