Delightful dogfight as daring Kazma duels with determined Al Arabi

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Date: Sat 02.November
Match begins: 16:50 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium (21500 seats)

It's still early in the Premier League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Kazma - Al Arabi preview!

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

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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Kazma form and stats

Only two Premier League home games for Kazma so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Kazma's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Al Shabab (placed 4th). Before that match, a win away at Al Salmiyah.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Kazma have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found one game) they have won 1 time, drawn 0 and lost 0.

Early season league goal statistics from Kazma's 2 home games: 2 goals, 2 conceded.

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Al Arabi form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Premier League for Al Arabi with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Al Sahel with 1-2 on the scoreboard. A 1-1 draw at Al Shabab's stadium before that.

We have checked recent matches where Al Arabi have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were W1-D2-L0.

Al Arabi have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. Al Arabi have conceded 6 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 1 - 7 - 2 (Kazma wins - draws - Al Arabi wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Al ArabiHusain Al Mosawi
Husain Al Mosawi
17 goals
Al ArabiAli Khalaf
Ali Khalaf
4 goals

Kazma missing players

Al Arabi missing players

Kazma Al Arabi
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 3 4
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 1 2 2
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
5 2 2 Scored S 1 4 5
6 2 0 Conceded C 1 6 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 50%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 25%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 75%
25% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 25%
 
5.5 7 4 Corners For (avg) C F 11 7 7
4 1 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 3 2.5
1.5 0.5 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.5
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Kazma Last season Al Arabi
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
18 9   Played P   9 18
7 4   Won W   5 7
7 2   Drew D   1 6
4 3   Lost L   3 5
30 15   Scored S   14 27
24 15   Conceded C   11 24
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
83% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 83%
67% 78%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 50%
44% 44%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 33%
6% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
67% 67%   BTTS BTTS   56% 61%
28% 22%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 22%
11% 11%   Failed to Score F T   11% 17%
 
4.5 5.5   Corners For (avg) C F   4.2 4.6
4.3 3.8   Corners Against (avg) C A   6.4 4.8
2.6 2.4   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.9
3 2   Red Cards R C   1 4
Key stats last season:
  • Al Arabi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Arabi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kazma have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kazma have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Kazma 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 Kuwait 5 4 1 0 17 4 3 3 0 0 14 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 13 13
2 Al Qadsia 5 3 2 0 9 2 3 2 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 7 11
3 Al Salmiyah 5 3 1 1 15 10 3 1 1 1 7 6 2 2 0 0 8 4 5 10
4 Al Shabab 5 2 1 2 9 11 3 0 1 2 5 10 2 2 0 0 4 1 -2 7
5 Al Sahel 5 2 1 2 4 9 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 2 8 -5 7
6 Kazma 4 2 0 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 6
7 Al Tadhamon 5 2 0 3 7 13 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 3 3 12 -6 6
8 Al Nasar 5 1 1 3 7 9 2 0 0 2 1 5 3 1 1 1 6 4 -2 4
9 Al Arabi 4 0 2 2 5 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 4 6 -3 2
10 Yarmouk 5 0 1 4 4 10 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 0 2 1 4 -6 1
Last season 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 Kuwait 18 13 3 2 52 14 10 9 0 1 34 7 8 4 3 1 18 7 38 42
2 Al Qadsia 18 11 3 4 34 15 8 4 2 2 15 7 10 7 1 2 19 8 19 36
3 Al Salmiyah 18 9 6 3 31 23 9 5 4 0 18 12 9 4 2 3 13 11 8 33
4 Kazma 18 7 7 4 30 24 9 4 2 3 15 15 9 3 5 1 15 9 6 28
5 Al Arabi 18 7 6 5 27 24 9 2 5 2 13 13 9 5 1 3 14 11 3 27
6 Al Nasar 18 4 6 8 16 26 9 3 1 5 7 12 9 1 5 3 9 14 -10 18
7 Al Tadhamon 18 4 5 9 18 27 9 1 3 5 7 15 9 3 2 4 11 12 -9 17
8 Al Shabab 18 4 4 10 18 39 9 0 3 6 5 20 9 4 1 4 13 19 -21 16
9 Al Jahra 18 4 3 11 16 29 9 3 1 5 6 10 9 1 2 6 10 19 -13 15
10 Al Fahaheel 18 2 7 9 21 42 9 0 4 5 9 23 9 2 3 4 12 19 -21 13