This match has been long awaited by fans of both sides, as it's the first Premier League game of the season. Both Al Salmiyah and Al Arabi are looking for a positive start to their campaigns.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Al Salmiyah form and stats
Last season, Al Salmiyah's league statistics were 9 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Premier League. Over these 18 matches they scored 31 goals and conceded 23. Playing at home last season Al Salmiyah managed 5-4-0 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 12 conceded.
Al Arabi form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al Arabi performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 27 and conceded 24 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 1 and lost 3 with 14/11 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Al Salmiyah-Al Arabi H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Salmiyah 5 wins, Al Arabi 3 wins, 2 draws. 6 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
![]() Husain Al Mosawi 17 goals | ![]() Firas Al Khatib 6 goals | ![]() Odai Al Saify 4 goals |
Al Salmiyah missing players
Al Arabi missing players
| Al Salmiyah | Al Arabi | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Salmiyah | Last season | Al Arabi | ||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | Played | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | Won | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | Scored | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | Conceded | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 100% | Over 2.5 | 67% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 33% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 100% | BTTS | 67% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 33% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 8 | Corners For (avg) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al Salmiyah
| 15-02-19 | | Al Jahra | 1 - 0 | Al Salmiyah |
| 23-02-19 | | Al Salmiyah | 1 - 0 | Al Tadhamon |
| 01-03-19 | | Kazma | 0 - 3 | Al Salmiyah |
| 05-03-19 | | Al Salmiyah | 3 - 2 | Al Fahaheel |
| 04-05-19 | | Al Qadsia | 4 - 0 | Al Salmiyah |
| 09-05-19 | | Al Kuwait | 4 - 1 | Al Salmiyah |
| 29-08-19 | | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 3 - 1 | Al Salmiyah |
| 14-09-19 | | Al Salmiyah | 16:35 | Al Arabi |
| 23-09-19 | | Al Shabab | 15:15 | Al Salmiyah |
| 24-09-19 | | Al Salmiyah | 17:15 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya |
Al Arabi
| 16-02-19 | | Al Arabi | 0 - 2 | Al Kuwait |
| 23-02-19 | | Al Arabi | 2 - 2 | Al Nasar |
| 02-03-19 | | Al Jahra | 2 - 1 | Al Arabi |
| 06-03-19 | | Al Arabi | 2 - 2 | Al Tadhamon |
| 04-05-19 | | Kazma | 1 - 3 | Al Arabi |
| 09-05-19 | | Al Arabi | 0 - 3 | Al Fahaheel |
| 26-08-19 | | Al Arabi | 0 - 1 | Al Ittihad |
| 14-09-19 | | Al Salmiyah | 16:35 | Al Arabi |
| 21-09-19 | | Al Qadsia | 16:35 | Al Arabi |
| 27-09-19 | | Al Ittihad | 18:00 | Al Arabi |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Al Arabi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Al Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Al Nasar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Al Qadsia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Al Sahel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Al Salmiyah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Al Shabab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Al Tadhamon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Kazma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Yarmouk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Al Kuwait | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 38 | 42 |
| 2 | Al Qadsia | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 36 |
| 3 | Al Salmiyah | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 33 |
| 4 | Kazma | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 27 |
| 6 | Al Nasar | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 18 |
| 7 | Al Tadhamon | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -9 | 17 |
| 8 | Al Shabab | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -21 | 16 |
| 9 | Al Jahra | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 15 |
| 10 | Al Fahaheel | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -21 | 13 |
| Bookmaker | Home | Draw | Away |
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