Al Qadsia perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Al Shabab can look both up and down from their 6th position.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Al Qadsia form and stats
Al Qadsia have performed here at Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium this season with 4 wins from 7 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0.
The Qadsia goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 212 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
Al Qadsia's last game was hosting Yarmouk (placed 10th) and winning 5-0. In the game before, an away victory in the AFC Cup match versus Al Riffa with a 2-1 scoreline.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Al Qadsia played a great game against Yarmouk and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
The Qadsia manager Pablo Franco has got the team scoring with 16 from 7 home games in the league. Al Qadsia are not conceding a lot of goals here at Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 7 matches.
Al Shabab form and stats
Playing away, Al Shabab have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Premier League this season. Bitter travels for Al Shabab as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Al Sahel match.
Shabab delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Al Tadhamon (placed 8th) in their previous match; a Premier League game. A 0-3 defeat away at Al Kuwait before that.
The attacking power of Shabab when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Shabab have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Al Shabab - Al Qadsia 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Qadsia eight wins, one draw and Al Shabab one victory. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Gueye 4 goals |  A. Al Dhefiri 1 goals | B. Al Mutawa 1 goals |
Al Qadsia missing players
Al Shabab missing players
| Al Qadsia | Al Shabab | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 26 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 23 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 87% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 73% |
| 29% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 38% | 47% |
| 21% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 53% |
| 50% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 27% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 5.7 | 6.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.4 | 5.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 146 | 104 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 49 | 94 |
| 62 | 38 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 16 | 34 |
| 35% | 42% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | 41% |
- Al Qadsia has the fewest conceded goals (4) at home
- Al Qadsia has the fewest conceded goals (7)
- Al Qadsia has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2)
- Al Qadsia have not yet lost a game.
- Al Qadsia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Qadsia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Qadsia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Shabab have scored away.
- Al Qadsia have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Al Qadsia have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Al Qadsia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Al Shabab has the fewest matches over the total-line (3)
- Al Shabab has the fewest points from losing position (1)
- 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.
- All of Al Qadsia's home-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 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 27 | 33 |
| 2 | Al Qadsia | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 30 |
| 3 | Al Salmiyah | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Kazma | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 22 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 6 | Al Shabab | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 17 |
| 7 | Al Sahel | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 19 | -15 | 15 |
| 8 | Al Tadhamon | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 20 | -14 | 13 |
| 9 | Al Nasar | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -6 | 12 |
| 10 | Yarmouk | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -16 | 8 |