Premier League: Al Sahel - Al Salmiyah preview and statistics

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Competition: Tue 22.December
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sabah Al Salem Stadium (28000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Al Sahel have their presumed home advantage while Al Salmiyah are ahead 9 points in the Premier League table.

Insights:
  • Al Sahel haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Al Salmiyah has the most points from losing position (10) in Premier League

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

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Al Sahel form and stats

Al Sahel have collected 3 points from their Premier League home games so far after 1-0-4. The Al Sahel manager might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

The Sahel crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Al Kuwait here at Sabah Al Salem Stadium in a Premier League match.

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

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Al Sahel here at Sabah Al Salem Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 5 games). 5 goals have been conceded.

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Al Salmiyah form and stats

Al Salmiyah, who have the most points (17) away in Premier League, have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 5-2-0 from 7 games.

Two travels in a row for Salmiyah, whose manager could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Burgan. Before that, Salmiyah travelled to Al Fahaheel and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

After this away game Salmiyah return home for a Premier League game against Al Tadhamon. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The travelling fans enjoy Salmiyah's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 7 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Al Salmiyah as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Sahel, one draw and seven wins for Al Salmiyah. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Al Sahel missing players

Al Salmiyah missing players

Al Sahel Al Salmiyah
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 5 4 Played P 3 7 12
5 1 0 Won W 1 5 7
1 0 0 Drew D 2 2 4
6 4 4 Lost L 0 0 1
14 4 1 Scored S 4 13 21
13 5 5 Conceded C 2 5 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 86% 92%
58% 40% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 75%
42% 40% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 57% 58%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 33%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 17%
42% 20% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 71% 75%
25% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 17%
33% 60% 75% Failed to Score F T 33% 14% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 1.9
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
2 2 2.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 6.8 4.5
0.8 0.8 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.3 1.7
150% 100% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 79% 100%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Sahel haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Al Salmiyah has the most points (17) away in Premier League
  • Al Salmiyah has the most points from losing position (10) in Premier League
  • Al Salmiyah have not yet lost a game away.
  • Al Salmiyah have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Al Salmiyah have scored at least twice as many goals away as Al Sahel have scored 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 Nasar 12 9 2 1 22 3 6 5 1 0 12 2 6 4 1 1 10 1 19 29
2 Al Qadsia 12 9 1 2 24 12 6 5 0 1 10 4 6 4 1 1 14 8 12 28
3 Kazma 12 7 4 1 18 6 5 3 2 0 10 3 7 4 2 1 8 3 12 25
4 Al Salmiyah 12 7 4 1 21 12 5 2 2 1 8 7 7 5 2 0 13 5 9 25
5 Al Kuwait 11 6 3 2 20 11 6 3 2 1 10 4 5 3 1 1 10 7 9 21
6 Al Arabi 11 5 3 3 16 13 6 3 0 3 9 10 5 2 3 0 7 3 3 18
7 Al Shabab 12 5 3 4 17 17 5 1 2 2 6 9 7 4 1 2 11 8 0 18
8 Al Sahel 12 5 1 6 14 13 5 1 0 4 4 5 7 4 1 2 10 8 1 16
9 Khaitan 12 4 2 6 12 23 6 2 1 3 3 9 6 2 1 3 9 14 -11 14
10 Al Fahaheel 12 3 3 6 8 11 7 2 3 2 6 6 5 1 0 4 2 5 -3 12
11 Al Jahra 12 2 5 5 10 15 6 1 3 2 7 7 6 1 2 3 3 8 -5 11
12 Burgan 12 2 5 5 9 14 6 0 1 5 2 9 6 2 4 0 7 5 -5 11
13 Al Tadhamon 11 2 2 7 12 17 6 0 2 4 4 8 5 2 0 3 8 9 -5 8
14 Yarmouk 12 1 2 9 18 33 8 0 2 6 10 21 4 1 0 3 8 12 -15 5
15 Al Sulaibikhat 13 1 2 10 9 30 6 0 0 6 5 20 7 1 2 4 4 10 -21 5

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.