Can Al Salmiyah beat Al Sahel in Thamir Stadium clash?

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Competition: Wed 24.February
Match begins: 13:55 (UTC)
Venue: Thamir Stadium (16105 seats)

Al Salmiyah perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Al Sahel can look both up and down from their 10th position.

Insights:
  • Al Salmiyah has the most scored goals (30) in Premier League
  • Al Sahel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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Al Salmiyah form and stats

3-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Salmiyah, who have the most scored goals (30) in Premier League, so far this season.

In their previous game, led his Salmiyah to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Al Qadsia. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Thamir Stadium. Before that game, the home loss against Al Shabab with the scoreline 1-2.

Heartbreak for Salmiyah in their last match as Al Qadsia's Odai Al Saify scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Salmiyah are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (17 goals in 6 games). Salmiyah's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Al Sahel form and stats

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

Sahel has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Kazma for a Premier League game that ended a draw (1-1). The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Al Kuwait.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Al Sahel have scored 10 goals in 7 league games away. 8 goals have been conceded by Sahel in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Al Sahel - Salmiyah 0-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Al Salmiyah won seven games, two matches ended with a draw and Al Sahel has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Al Salmiyah missing players

Al Sahel missing players

Al Salmiyah Al Sahel
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 7 2 Played P 1 9 17
9 3 0 Won W 0 5 6
5 2 1 Drew D 1 2 3
3 2 1 Lost L 0 2 8
33 18 3 Scored S 1 14 20
17 10 4 Conceded C 1 10 20
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
71% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 65%
59% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 41%
29% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 24%
18% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 12%
71% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 47%
18% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 24%
24% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.1 1.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
4.9 3.7 7 Shots (avg) S ( 4 3.6 3.1
1.7 1.2 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1.3 1.2
88% 129% 150% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 133% 106%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Sahel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Sahel haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Al Salmiyah has the most points from losing position (10) in Premier League
  • Al Salmiyah has the most scored goals (17) at home in Premier League
  • Al Salmiyah has the most scored goals (30) in Premier League
  • Al Salmiyah have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Al Salmiyah have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Salmiyah haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 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 SC 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

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.