Kazma vs Al Salmiyah: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Kuwait Premier League
Competition: Sat 23.January
Match begins: 13:25 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium (21500 seats)

The Kazma & Al Salmiyah managers are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premier League league table.

Insights:
  • Kazma is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • Al Salmiyah has the most scored goals (30) in Premier League

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Kazma form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium as Kazma have scored 13 goals to get 14 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 4-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium after three straight home wins.

The Kazma supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Yarmouk in Premier League and win 3-1. Heartbreak before that as Kazma lost 1-3 at Al Qadsia's place.

The Kazma manager has got the team scoring with 13 from 6 home games in the league. From these home matches, Kazma have conceded only 4 goals.

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Al Salmiyah form and stats

Al Salmiyah, who have the most scored goals (30) in Premier League, have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 5-3-0 from 8 games.

Salmiyah go into this game after a win, the home game against Al Tadhamon that ended 9-1. Before that, Salmiyah travelled to Al Sahel and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

As mentioned above, Al Salmiyah was the only team on the pitch versus Al Tadhamon in their previous game, winning 9-1. This could be a tougher task.

Al Salmiyah are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 8 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).

Head 2 Head

Al Salmiyah - Kazma 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Kazma, four draws and one win for Al Salmiyah. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Kazma missing players

Al Salmiyah missing players

Kazma Al Salmiyah
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 6 1 Played P 1 8 14
8 4 0 Won W 1 5 8
4 2 1 Drew D 0 3 5
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
22 13 1 Scored S 1 13 30
10 4 1 Conceded C 0 5 13
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 86%
64% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 62% 71%
36% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 57%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 36%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 21%
50% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 62% 71%
43% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 38% 21%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.9 1.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
6.2 8.6 16 Shots (avg) S ( 7 5.9 4.1
1.9 2.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2 1.6
60% 43% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 79% 100%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Salmiyah has the most points (18) away in Premier League
  • Al Salmiyah has the most points from losing position (10) in Premier League
  • Al Salmiyah has the most scored goals (30) 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.
  • All of Kazma's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Kazma have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Kazma have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kazma have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Kazma have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Kazma haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Kazma is in the best form (5-0-1)

  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 14 10 2 2 26 5 6 5 1 0 12 2 8 5 1 2 14 3 21 32
2 Al Qadsia 14 10 2 2 28 14 7 6 0 1 13 5 7 4 2 1 15 9 14 32
3 Al Salmiyah 14 8 5 1 30 13 6 3 2 1 17 8 8 5 3 0 13 5 17 29
4 Kazma 14 8 4 2 22 10 6 4 2 0 13 4 8 4 2 2 9 6 12 28
5 Al Kuwait 14 7 3 4 25 16 8 3 2 3 12 9 6 4 1 1 13 7 9 24
6 Al Arabi 14 6 4 4 19 17 7 3 0 4 9 13 7 3 4 0 10 4 2 22
7 Al Shabab 14 6 4 4 19 18 7 2 3 2 8 10 7 4 1 2 11 8 1 22
8 Al Fahaheel 14 5 3 6 12 12 8 3 3 2 8 7 6 2 0 4 4 5 0 18
9 Khaitan 14 5 3 6 16 26 7 2 2 3 4 10 7 3 1 3 12 16 -10 18
10 Al Sahel 14 5 2 7 14 15 7 1 1 5 4 7 7 4 1 2 10 8 -1 17
11 Burgan 14 4 5 5 13 16 7 1 1 5 4 10 7 3 4 0 9 6 -3 17
12 Al Jahra 14 2 5 7 13 20 7 1 3 3 9 10 7 1 2 4 4 10 -7 11
13 Yarmouk 14 2 2 10 22 36 8 0 2 6 10 21 6 2 0 4 12 15 -14 8
14 Al Tadhamon 14 2 2 10 14 31 7 0 2 5 4 11 7 2 0 5 10 20 -17 8
15 Al Sulaibikhat 14 1 2 11 9 33 7 0 0 7 5 23 7 1 2 4 4 10 -24 5

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.