Al Shabab greet Yarmouk as clear favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Competition: Fri 08.April
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Abu Halifa City Stadium (5000 seats)

Yarmouk have restored their energy following their 3-3-fixture versus Khaitan and are keen to go again when travelling to Al Shabab. Get all the intelligence!

Insights:
  • Al Shabab have the fewest scored goals (8) in Premier League
  • Yarmouk have the the worst goal difference (-15) in Premier League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Al Shabab form and stats

3-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Shabab so far this season. When Al Shabab hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Al Fahaheel, Al Tadhamon and Al Shabab), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

Salem was the last player to score a league goal for Al Shabab and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Al Shabab haven't scored in 237 minutes.

The home regulars saw a 0-0 draw against Al Tadhamon in the Emir Cup last time out and are hoping for a victory here.

Prior to that, an away loss at Al Nasar in the Premier League.

Shabab aren't scoring a lot here at Abu Halifa City Stadium in the league, with only 5 goals from 7 games. Al Shabab has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Yarmouk form and stats

There's been little loot from Yarmouk's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 6 away games in the Premier League. Yarmouk only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Yarmouk have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Al Jahra game.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Khaitan in their previous outing. The Emir Cup battle ended 3-3.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Al Qadsia.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Yarmouk have conceded 11 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H game ended Yarmouk - Al Shabab 1-0, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Shabab wins - draws - Yarmouk wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Al Shabab missing players

Yarmouk missing players

Al Shabab Yarmouk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 2 6 14
3 3 1 Won W 0 0 1
3 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
8 3 0 Lost L 2 5 10
8 5 2 Scored S 1 4 12
19 7 1 Conceded C 3 11 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 93%
64% 57% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 64%
21% 14% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 57%
7% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 36%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 14%
29% 29% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 57%
14% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 14%
57% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 36%
 
4.1 3.2 2 Corners for (avg) C F 1 2.8 2.3
6.2 6.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 9 7.2 6.8
2.3 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.9 6.5 8 Shots (avg) S ( 5 7.4 7.9
2.5 2.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.8 3.5
22% 29% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 29% 26%
 
9.6 11.7 10 Shots against (avg) S A 14 10.4 12.8
4.1 5.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.6 4.8
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Shabab have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Al Shabab have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Premier League
  • Al Shabab have the fewest scored goals (8) in Premier League
  • Al Shabab have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Premier League
  • Al Shabab have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Premier League
  • Al Shabab have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Al Shabab haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Yarmouk have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Yarmouk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Yarmouk have the fewest points (1) away in Premier League
  • Yarmouk have the the worst goal difference (-15) in Premier League
  • Yarmouk have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Yarmouk have yet to win a game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kazma 14 9 4 1 20 10 7 4 2 1 7 5 7 5 2 0 13 5 10 31
2 Al Kuwait 14 9 3 2 26 8 7 5 1 1 16 5 7 4 2 1 10 3 18 30
3 Al Arabi 14 8 2 4 24 16 5 3 1 1 11 5 9 5 1 3 13 11 8 26
4 Al Qadsia 14 8 2 4 22 17 8 4 2 2 10 9 6 4 0 2 12 8 5 26
5 Al Salmiyah 14 7 4 3 23 18 8 6 1 1 14 9 6 1 3 2 9 9 5 25
6 Al Nasar 14 5 3 6 19 15 6 3 2 1 12 8 8 2 1 5 7 7 4 18
7 Al Shabab 14 3 3 8 8 19 7 3 1 3 5 7 7 0 2 5 3 12 -11 12
8 Al Fahaheel 14 2 5 7 11 21 8 2 3 3 8 10 6 0 2 4 3 11 -10 11
9 Al Tadhamon 14 2 3 9 22 36 6 1 1 4 8 14 8 1 2 5 14 22 -14 9
10 Yarmouk 14 1 3 10 12 27 8 1 2 5 8 16 6 0 1 5 4 11 -15 6

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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.