National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Racing or Al Ansar that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Racing form and stats
4 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Racing have to build on here at Amin Abdelnour Stadium in the Premier League.
The Racing club members got no joy from their last match, a FA Cup duel also played here at Amin Abdelnour Stadium: A 1-4 defeat against Shabab Al Sahel.
Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Bourj in the FA Cup.
There will be little rest for Racing after this match as they are travelling to Tadamon Sour for a Federation Cup game in only four days.
Racing has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. On the other hand, Racing have conceded 15 goals.
Al Ansar form and stats
The followers enjoyed Al Ansar's previous fixture versus Tadamon Sour, a Federation Cup win (1-0) played at home.
A loss against Al Ahed was the result prior to that, in a Premier League home game.Head 2 Head
Al Ansar have won at least one point in the last 4 games (3-1-0) against Racing.Racing missing players
Al Ansar missing players
| Racing | Al Ansar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 22 | 14 | Scored | S | 27 | 50 | ||
| 38 | 20 | Conceded | C | 10 | 20 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 1.6 | 0.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 5 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | ||
| 0.3 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 4.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 29% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 37% | ||
| 8.1 | 4.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.2 | 6.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 Ansar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Racing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Tadamon Sour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 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 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 31 | 59 |
| 2 | Al Ansar | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 35 | 49 |
| 3 | Al Nejmeh | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 48 |
| 4 | Al Akhaa Al Ahli | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | -4 | 33 |
| 5 | Shabab Al Sahel | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| 6 | Tripoli | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -11 | 24 |
| 7 | Shabab Al Ghazieh | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -7 | 24 |
| 8 | Tadamon Sour | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 23 |
| 9 | Safa | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -13 | 22 |
| 10 | Racing | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 21 |
| 11 | Salam Zgharta | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -16 | 20 |
| 12 | Bekaa Club | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -19 | 13 |
| 13 | Al Tadamun Shabwa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |