Premier League match preview and statistics: Kazma fight Al Nasar

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Competition: Fri 21.August
Match begins: 16:05 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium (21500 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Kazma are in the 4th position while the guesting Al Nasar worry at 8th.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Kazma form and stats

Kazma have performed here at Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium this season with 5 wins from 7 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2.

In their previous game, led his Kazma to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Al Arabi. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium. Prior to that, an away loss at Al Shabab.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Kazma as they are travelling to their away game against Al Tadhamon in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (14 in 7 games), Kazma's attacking play is working. Kazma have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Al Nasar form and stats

There's been little loot from Al Nasar's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 6 away games in the Premier League. Al Nasar only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 2 draws. Nasar has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Nasar play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Al Kuwait (placed 1st). Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Al Shabab.

The schedule is very tough for Nasar now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Al Arabi is waiting in only four days.

The visiting Al Nasar have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 6 games. As opposed to that, Nasar have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Al Nasar - Kazma 1-1 earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: eight wins for Kazma, one draw and one win for Al Nasar. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

KazmaA. Al Dhafiri
A. Al Dhafiri
2 goals

Kazma missing players

Al Nasar missing players

Kazma Al Nasar
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 1 6 14
7 5 3 Won W 1 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 2 3
6 2 0 Lost L 0 3 8
23 14 8 Scored S 4 7 14
21 7 1 Conceded C 1 8 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 71%
71% 57% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 36%
36% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 29%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 17% 7%
64% 43% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 50%
14% 29% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 7%
21% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 43%
 
4 4.4 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 1 2.5 3.9
4.3 2.9 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.5 4.4
1.9 1.9 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
133 68 25 Total Shots T S 11 46 108
49 27 10 Shots on Target S O 6 15 40
43% 52% 80% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 33% 30%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Nasar has the fewest scored goals in the second half (6)
  • Al Nasar have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Al Nasar have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Al Nasar have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Al Nasar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Kazma's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Kazma has the fewest matches under the total-line (4)
  • 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 Kuwait 14 10 3 1 35 8 7 5 1 1 20 5 7 5 2 0 15 3 27 33
2 Al Qadsia 14 8 6 0 26 7 7 4 3 0 16 4 7 4 3 0 10 3 19 30
3 Al Salmiyah 14 8 2 4 30 20 7 4 1 2 15 10 7 4 1 2 15 10 10 26
4 Kazma 14 7 1 6 23 21 7 5 0 2 14 7 7 2 1 4 9 14 2 22
5 Al Arabi 14 6 3 5 18 18 7 4 0 3 9 7 7 2 3 2 9 11 0 21
6 Al Shabab 14 4 4 6 14 21 6 1 3 2 8 12 8 3 1 4 6 9 -7 16
7 Al Sahel 14 3 5 6 12 27 7 1 4 2 6 9 7 2 1 4 6 18 -15 14
8 Al Nasar 14 3 3 8 14 20 8 2 1 5 7 12 6 1 2 3 7 8 -6 12
9 Al Tadhamon 14 3 3 8 17 31 8 2 2 4 8 13 6 1 1 4 9 18 -14 12
10 Yarmouk 14 1 4 9 12 28 6 0 2 4 6 13 8 1 2 5 6 15 -16 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.