Al Salmiyah perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Al Shabab can look both up and down from their 5th position.
The visiting Al Shabab played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match.
Al Salmiyah form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Al Salmiyah, who have the most scored goals (23) in Premier League, have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.
Stress levels are on the rise for Al Salmiyah's attacking players as they have now played 216 minutes without scoring in a league game. Mohammad Swedan was their last goal scorer.
The fans are hoping that Al Salmiyah will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Premier League game against Al Arabi (placed 6th). Ahead of that match, Al Salmiyah lost 0-2 at home to Yarmouk.
Goals decide football matches and Al Salmiyah are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 5 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Al Salmiyah defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Al Shabab form and stats
The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (3) away in Premier League, are W3-D1-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Al Shabab have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.
Al Shabab aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 246 league minutes without a goal. I. Gueye was the last player to find the net. The Al Shabab goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 229 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Al Shabab delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Yarmouk (placed 9th) in their previous match; a Premier League game. Before that, Al Shabab travelled to Al Sahel and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
Al Shabab find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. Al Shabab's manager has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Al Salmiyah and Al Shabab have met before this season: Al Shabab - Al Salmiyah 3-5. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 9 - 1 - 0 (Al Salmiyah wins - draws - Al Shabab wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Gueye 4 goals |  A. Lima 3 goals |  N. Zuwaid 1 goals |
Al Salmiyah missing players
Al Shabab missing players
| Al Salmiyah | Al Shabab | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 16 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 78% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 70% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 50% | 60% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 30% | 40% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 56% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 75% | 44% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 75 | 24 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 24 | 55 |
| 32 | 11 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 11 | 21 |
| 53% | 55% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 45% | 43% |
- Al Salmiyah has the most scored goals (23)
- Al Salmiyah has the most scored goals in the second half (16)
- Al Salmiyah have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Al Salmiyah have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Salmiyah have scored more than double the goals of Al Shabab.
- Al Salmiyah haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Shabab has the fewest conceded goals (1) away
- Al Shabab has the most clean sheets (3) away
- Al Shabab have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Al Shabab have not yet lost a game away.
- Al Shabab have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Al Shabab have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- All of Al Salmiyah'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 Qadsia | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 22 |
| 2 | Al Kuwait | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| 3 | Al Salmiyah | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Kazma | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Al Shabab | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | -1 | 13 |
| 6 | Al Arabi | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 12 |
| 7 | Al Sahel | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 17 | -11 | 12 |
| 8 | Al Tadhamon | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 8 |
| 9 | Yarmouk | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 10 | Al Nasar | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -6 | 6 |