National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Ahed or Al Nejmeh that keep their silverware dream alive.
This is a local derby, usually meaning increased motivation and significance.
It's no vacation for neither Ahed nor Al Nejmeh as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Al Ahed form and stats
Ahed participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.Al Ahed have collected 3 points from their Premier League home games so far after 1-0-0.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 311 minutes.
It's back home for Al Ahed, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Al Akhaa Al Ahli away with the result 3-0.
In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus Al Ansar with a 2-0 scoreline.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Al Ahed at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Al Nejmeh form and stats
Nejmeh was sent out of FA Cup in the final last season.Four points from two away games for Al Nejmeh, meaning one draw and one victory in the Premier League so far.
The Al Nejmeh goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 241 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Nejmeh are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Tadamon Sour.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs AC Sporting.It's early days yet, but Al Nejmeh has scored 2 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Al Ahed wins - draws - Al Nejmeh wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  m. kadouh 5 goals |  M. Sbleni 3 goals | K. Al Takahji 3 goals |
Al Ahed missing players
Al Nejmeh missing players
| Al Ahed | Al Nejmeh | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 42 | 16 | Scored | S | 23 | 49 | ||
| 22 | 7 | Conceded | C | 12 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 78% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 12% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.7 | 2.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 2.9 | ||
| 1.7 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.5 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 7 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.3 | ||
| 42% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 65% | ||
| 6.4 | 4.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 4.7 | ||
| 3 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.7 | ||
| 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 Ahed | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Shabab Al Sahel | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 14 |
| 3 | Al Nejmeh | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 4 | Al Ansar | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Bourj | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Al Akhaa Al Ahli | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 7 | Tripoli | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 7 |
| 8 | Tadamon Sour | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Safa | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 10 | Al Hikma | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -7 | 6 |
| 11 | Shabab El Bourj | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 12 | AC Sporting | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -9 | 1 |