Football betting preview: Al Shabab vs Kazma

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Date: Fri 07.February
Match begins: 16:10 (UTC)
Venue: Al Shabab Mubarak Alaiar Stadium (17000 seats)

Struggling Al Shabab will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Kazma in the upcoming league round. It’s 7th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Al Shabab and Kazma should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Al Shabab form and stats

0-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Shabab so far this season. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Al Shabab lost their last game at Al Arabi (placed 5th) after a 0-2 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Al Salmiyah.

Al Shabab has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Al Shabab have conceded 11 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Kazma form and stats

Playing away, Kazma have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premier League this season.

Kazma go into this game after a win, the home game against Al Salmiyah that ended 2-1. Preceding that game was the away victory against Yarmouk with the score of 3-1.

The travelling fans enjoy Kazma's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. In the opposite end, Kazma have conceded 9 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Kazma - Al Shabab 0-2. Al Shabab-Kazma H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Shabab one win, Kazma seven wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Al ShababI. Gueye
I. Gueye
4 goals
KazmaA. Al Dhafiri
A. Al Dhafiri
2 goals
KazmaA. Gonzaga de Aquino
A. Gonzaga de Aquino
1 goals

Al Shabab missing players

Kazma missing players

Al Shabab Kazma
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 2 5 12
3 0 0 Won W 1 2 7
4 3 1 Drew D 1 1 1
4 2 0 Lost L 0 2 4
12 6 1 Scored S 4 8 22
16 11 1 Conceded C 2 9 16
82% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
36% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 80% 67%
18% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 60% 42%
18% 40% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
55% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 67%
36% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
27% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 17%
 
4 5.2 0 Corners For (avg) C F 5 4.2 4.3
6.3 5.8 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 6 4.2
2.8 3.2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.8 1.8
4 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
65 31 0 Total Shots T S 17 40 108
23 10 0 Shots on Target S O 8 15 42
43% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 40% 48%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Shabab has the fewest matches over the total-line (2)
  • Al Shabab has the fewest points from losing position (0)
  • Al Shabab have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Shabab have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Al Shabab have yet to win a game at home.
  • All of Kazma's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Kazma have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Kazma have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kazma have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Kazma haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 12 7 5 0 21 7 6 3 3 0 11 4 6 4 2 0 10 3 14 26
2 Al Kuwait 10 7 2 1 27 7 4 3 0 1 15 5 6 4 2 0 12 2 20 23
3 Kazma 12 7 1 4 22 16 7 5 0 2 14 7 5 2 1 2 8 9 6 22
4 Al Salmiyah 12 6 2 4 26 19 6 3 1 2 14 10 6 3 1 2 12 9 7 20
5 Al Arabi 12 4 3 5 13 18 6 3 0 3 6 7 6 1 3 2 7 11 -5 15
6 Al Sahel 12 3 5 4 11 22 5 1 4 0 5 4 7 2 1 4 6 18 -11 14
7 Al Shabab 11 3 4 4 12 16 5 0 3 2 6 11 6 3 1 2 6 5 -4 13
8 Al Nasar 11 2 3 6 13 17 7 1 1 5 6 12 4 1 2 1 7 5 -4 9
9 Al Tadhamon 12 2 3 7 13 27 7 2 2 3 7 10 5 0 1 4 6 17 -14 9
10 Yarmouk 12 1 4 7 11 20 5 0 2 3 5 10 7 1 2 4 6 10 -9 7

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.