Struggling Al Sahel will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Al Kuwait in the upcoming league round. It’s 7th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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 Sahel form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Al Sahel have managed 1 win, 4 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games.
The Al Sahel crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Al Arabi here at Al Sahel Stadium in a Premier League match. Before that, Al Sahel played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Al Qadsia.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Al Sahel here at Al Sahel Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). Al Sahel have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Al Kuwait form and stats
Al Kuwait, who have the the best goal difference (+20) in Premier League, have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 4-2-0 from 6 games. Al Kuwait love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Al Kuwait have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 306 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.
Al Kuwait won their last game, 1-0 versus Al Ansar played at home. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Al Qadsia.
A quick return to home after this game, as Al Kuwait are hosting Al Shabab in the Premier League only four days away.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Al Kuwait are regular goalscorers on their travels. The Al Kuwait defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 6 games).
Head 2 Head
Al Sahel and Al Kuwait have met before this season: Al Kuwait - Al Sahel 5-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Al Sahel, zero draws and ten wins for Al Kuwait. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Nasser Al Salman 9 goals |  J. Saeed 4 goals |  F. Al Harbi 3 goals |
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| Al Sahel | Al Kuwait | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 27 |
| 24 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 85% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 46% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 55% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 54% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 45% |
| 15% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 67% | 55% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 3.3 | 3.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4 | 4.9 |
| 6.7 | 4.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.1 |
| 3.6 | 4.7 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 55 | 25 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 47 | 78 | 130 |
| 27 | 10 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 28 | 48 |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 43% | 44% |
- Al Kuwait has the fewest conceded goals (2) away
- Al Kuwait has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3)
- Al Kuwait has the most scored goals in the first half (13)
- Al Kuwait has the the best goal difference (+10) away
- Al Kuwait has the the best goal difference (+20)
- Al Kuwait have not yet lost a game away.
- Al Kuwait have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Kuwait have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Al Kuwait have scored more than double the goals of Al Sahel.
- Al Kuwait have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Al Kuwait haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Al Sahel has the fewest scored goals (11)
- Al Sahel has the fewest scored goals (5) at home
- Al Sahel has the most points from losing position (9)
- Al Sahel has the the worst goal difference (-13)
- Al Sahel have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- All of Al Kuwait's away-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 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 |