Al Shabab will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Al Salmiyah.
- Al Salmiyah have the most scored goals (30) in Premier League
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Al Shabab form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Al Shabab have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Al Qadsia (1-3).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Shabab as they are travelling to their away game against Al Arabi SC in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.
Shabab has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Shabab's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Salmiyah form and stats
Al Salmiyah, who have the most scored goals (30) in Premier League, have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 5-3-0 from 8 games.
Salmiyah's previous game was their home loss versus Al Kuwait (0-1). Preceding that game was the away victory against Khaitan with the score of 4-1.
Late heartbreak for Salmiyah in the Al Kuwait match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime.
The travelling fans enjoy Salmiyah's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Salmiyah as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Al Salmiyah - Shabab 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Shabab victory, two draws and seven Al Salmiyah wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Al Shabab missing players
Al Salmiyah missing players
| Al Shabab | Al Salmiyah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 29 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 8 | 20 | 43 |
| 36 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 25 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 83% | 91% |
| 79% | 64% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 67% | 70% |
| 50% | 45% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 58% | 61% |
| 21% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 25% | 35% |
| 12% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 62% | 55% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 67% | 70% |
| 17% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 25% | 17% |
| 25% | 45% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 25% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.1 | 7.6 | 5.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 6.8 | 6.7 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 0.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| 30% | 28% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 62% | 55% |
- Al Salmiyah have the most points (18) away in Premier League
- Al Salmiyah have the most scored goals (30) in Premier League
| 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 |