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Competition: Lebanon Premier League
Competition: Mon 03.January
Match begins: 12:15 (UTC)
Venue: Al Ahed Stadium (2000 seats)

Important clash in the cellar of the Premier League, with both AC Sporting and Safa undergoing more concern than bliss. This game is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 12th and the guests in 11th spot.

Insights:
  • AC Sporting have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Safa have the fewest scored goals (3) in Premier League

AC Sporting and Safa should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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AC Sporting form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for AC Sporting at their home stadium (Al Ahed Stadium) is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

A nice win for AC Sporting last time playing, versus Shabab Al Sahel. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0.

A 1-1 draw away in the FA Cup before that, with Salam Zgharta (after extra-time, 8-8 on penalties) the opponent.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for AC Sporting here at Al Ahed Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the AC Sporting defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Safa form and stats

Playing away, Safa, who have the fewest scored goals (3) in Premier League, have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premier League this season.

Safa are looking to quickly end their 218 minutes long goal drought in the Premier League.

Safa lost away at Al Hikma (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

It was a FA Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Shabab El Bourj wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Goals are few and far between in Safa's away league games. Only 2 goals from 5 travels. As for defending, Safa rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 8 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

AC SportingA. Bazzi
A. Bazzi
2 goals
SafaM. Tahhan
M. Tahhan
1 goals
SafaM. Tawil
M. Tawil
1 goals

AC Sporting missing players

Safa missing players

AC Sporting Safa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 4 1 Played P 1 5 7
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 2 3
5 3 1 Lost L 0 2 3
4 3 0 Scored S 1 2 3
11 6 1 Conceded C 0 8 10
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 71%
57% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 57%
29% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 29%
29% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 14%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 14%
29% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 29%
29% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 43%
57% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 57%
 
3.8 4.7 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 9 5.5
6.6 5.7 8 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 5.5
2.2 1.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
2.4 3.3 1 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 7
1 1.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6 3
60% 60% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
6.4 7 3 Shots against (avg) S A 0 5 5.5
2.2 2.7 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • AC Sporting have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • AC Sporting have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • AC Sporting haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Safa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Safa have the fewest scored goals (3) in Premier League
  • Safa have the most conceded goals (8) away in Premier League
  • Safa have the the worst goal difference (-6) away in Premier League
  • Safa have won significantly more corners away than 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 Ahed 7 5 2 0 11 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 6 4 2 0 9 1 9 17
2 Al Nejmeh 7 4 3 0 11 2 4 2 2 0 8 2 3 2 1 0 3 0 9 15
3 Shabab Al Sahel 7 4 2 1 14 5 5 3 2 0 13 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 9 14
4 Bourj 7 2 5 0 7 4 3 1 2 0 3 2 4 1 3 0 4 2 3 11
5 Al Hikma 7 3 0 4 7 12 4 1 0 3 2 8 3 2 0 1 5 4 -5 9
6 Al Ansar 7 2 2 3 7 6 3 0 1 2 0 3 4 2 1 1 7 3 1 8
7 Shabab El Bourj 7 2 2 3 7 10 4 1 2 1 3 3 3 1 0 2 4 7 -3 8
8 Tadamon Sour 7 1 4 2 8 7 4 1 2 1 6 4 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 7
9 Al Akhaa Al Ahli 7 2 1 4 6 9 3 1 0 2 2 4 4 1 1 2 4 5 -3 7
10 Tripoli 7 2 1 4 5 12 5 1 1 3 2 7 2 1 0 1 3 5 -7 7
11 Safa 7 1 3 3 3 10 2 0 1 1 1 2 5 1 2 2 2 8 -7 6
12 AC Sporting 7 1 1 5 4 11 4 1 0 3 3 6 3 0 1 2 1 5 -7 4