Safa have journeyed here for an action-packed duel against the home side Al Akhaa Al Ahli. Get smart on the game with this full Premier League preview!
This could be an action-packed fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both teams are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!
Akhaa's stadium, Amin Abdelnour Stadium, has a grass surface. Safa have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Safa when playing on grass; 18 wins, 12 draws and 16 losses from 46 matches. They have scored 55 goals in these games and conceded 59.
Al Akhaa Al Ahli form and stats
Al Akhaa Al Ahli are returning here after visiting AC Sporting in a Premier League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Mohammad Al Masri scored the goal(s).
Before that, Akhaa played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Shabab Al Sahel.Safa form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Premier League for Safa with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Safa aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 180 league minutes without a goal. Sultan Haider was the last player to find the net.
There might be some fixture complaints from Safa as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Premier League match against Shabab Al Sahel (0-5). Safa lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Al Nejmeh that ended 0-0.It's early days yet, but Safa has scored 0 and conceded 5 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two participants are: five wins for Al Akhaa Al Ahli, three draws and two wins for Safa. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Awada 1 goals |
Al Akhaa Al Ahli missing players
Safa missing players
| Al Akhaa Al Ahli | Safa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Al Akhaa Al Ahli | Last season | Safa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 7 | Played | P | 10 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 6 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 14 | 24 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 12 | 25 | ||
| 81% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 75% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 31% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 25% | ||
| 12% | 14% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 44% | ||
| 50% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 19% | ||
| 2.1 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.3 | ||
| 2.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1.3 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.5 | 6.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0.7 | ||
| 2 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.3 | ||
| 44% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 500% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shabab Al Sahel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 2 | Al Akhaa Al Ahli | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Bourj | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Al Ansar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Al Ahed | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Al Hikma | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Tadamon Sour | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Al Nejmeh | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Shabab El Bourj | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Tripoli | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Safa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 12 | AC Sporting | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 40 |
| 2 | Al Nejmeh | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 35 |
| 3 | Shabab Al Sahel | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 27 |
| 4 | Al Ahed | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 24 |
| 5 | Safa | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 24 |
| 6 | Al Akhaa Al Ahli | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 20 |