Burgan and Al Salmiyah spectators can't wait for Premier League clash at Khaitan Stadium

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Competition: Fri 18.December
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Khaitan Stadium (15000 seats)

Burgan will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind Al Salmiyah.

Insights:
  • Burgan has the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Premier League
  • Al Salmiyah has the most points from losing position (10) in Premier League

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.

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Burgan form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Burgan, who have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Premier League, have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 4 games. Burgan are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Khaitan Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.

Burgan manager H. Harbi and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Al Fahaheel (placed 11th) in the Premier League. Before that, Burgan played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Khaitan.

Burgan has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 1 goal from 4 games. Burgan have conceded 6 from these games.

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Al Salmiyah form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Al Salmiyah have produced an overall stat of 4-1-0 so far. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Al Salmiyah hope to make it five in this match. Al Salmiyah have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Two travels in a row for Salmiyah, whose manager could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Al Arabi. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Al Jahra at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Salmiyah have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 11 goals from 5 away matches. Salmiyah are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - zero - two (Burgan wins - draws - Al Salmiyah wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Burgan missing players

Al Salmiyah missing players

Burgan Al Salmiyah
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 3 5 10
2 0 0 Won W 2 4 6
5 1 0 Drew D 1 1 3
3 3 1 Lost L 0 0 1
8 1 0 Scored S 6 11 19
11 6 3 Conceded C 3 4 11
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 80%
20% 25% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 60% 60%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 40%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 20%
50% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 80%
20% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 10%
40% 75% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.8 1.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
2.8 1.8 2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 5.5 3.3
0.7 0.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 1.8 1.3
133% 100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 129% 142%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Salmiyah has the most points from losing position (10) in Premier League
  • Al Salmiyah have not yet lost a game away.
  • Al Salmiyah have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Al Salmiyah have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Al Salmiyah have scored more than double the goals of Burgan.
  • Al Salmiyah haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Burgan has the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Premier League
  • Burgan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Burgan have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Burgan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Burgan have yet to win a game at home.
  • Burgan 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 11 8 2 1 21 3 5 4 1 0 11 2 6 4 1 1 10 1 18 26
2 Al Qadsia 11 8 1 2 22 12 5 4 0 1 8 4 6 4 1 1 14 8 10 25
3 Kazma 11 6 4 1 16 6 4 2 2 0 8 3 7 4 2 1 8 3 10 22
4 Al Kuwait 11 6 3 2 20 11 6 3 2 1 10 4 5 3 1 1 10 7 9 21
5 Al Salmiyah 10 6 3 1 19 11 5 2 2 1 8 7 5 4 1 0 11 4 8 21
6 Al Arabi 11 5 3 3 16 13 6 3 0 3 9 10 5 2 3 0 7 3 3 18
7 Al Sahel 12 5 1 6 14 13 5 1 0 4 4 5 7 4 1 2 10 8 1 16
8 Al Shabab 10 4 3 3 16 15 5 1 2 2 6 9 5 3 1 1 10 6 1 15
9 Al Jahra 11 3 4 4 11 14 6 2 2 2 8 7 5 1 2 2 3 7 -3 13
10 Burgan 10 2 5 3 8 10 4 0 1 3 1 6 6 2 4 0 7 4 -2 11
11 Al Fahaheel 11 3 2 6 8 11 6 2 2 2 6 6 5 1 0 4 2 5 -3 11
12 Khaitan 11 3 2 6 8 21 6 2 1 3 3 9 5 1 1 3 5 12 -13 11
13 Al Tadhamon 11 2 2 7 12 17 6 0 2 4 4 8 5 2 0 3 8 9 -5 8
14 Yarmouk 11 1 2 8 15 29 7 0 2 5 7 17 4 1 0 3 8 12 -14 5
15 Al Sulaibikhat 12 1 1 10 9 29 6 0 0 6 5 20 6 1 1 4 4 9 -20 4

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.