With the edgy opening fixture done it’s time for the second Premier League battle of the season. Al Hikma eagerly anticipate Al Ansar in front of their home fans.
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.
Al Hikma form and stats
The previous season, Al Hikma's league statistics were 1 win, 6 draws and 15 losses, ending with 12th spot in the Premier League. Over these 22 matches they scored 17 goals and gave away 62. Performing at home in the former season Al Hikma generated 1-2-8 (win-draw-lost) with 5 goals and 25 conceded.
Al Hikma enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at AC Sporting's place. The match ended 3-1.
Prior to that, an away loss at Salam Zgharta.Al Ansar form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al Ansar performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 28 and conceded 5 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 0 and lost 1 with 10/2 goals scored/conceded. Al Ansar have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premier League were 0 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats from 0 fixtures.
There might be some fixture complaints from Al Ansar as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Premier League match against Bourj (0-1).
Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Muharraq.It's early days yet, but Al Ansar has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these teams: Hikma won one, Al Ansar were winners in six and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.Al Hikma missing players
Al Ansar missing players
| Al Hikma | Al Ansar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Al Hikma | Last season | Al Ansar | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 6 | 16 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 10 | 37 | ||
| 62 | 25 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | ||
| 86% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 77% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | ||
| 64% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | ||
| 50% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | ||
| 27% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 50% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 31% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 83% | 62% | ||
| 45% | 64% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 6% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.9 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 54% | ||
| 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 Hikma | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Al Ahed | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Bourj | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Al Akhaa Al Ahli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Shabab Al Sahel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Al Nejmeh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Safa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Shabab El Bourj | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Tadamon Sour | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Al Ansar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Tripoli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | AC Sporting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 | Safa | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 28 | 52 |
| 2 | Al Ahed | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 40 | 51 |
| 3 | Al Nejmeh | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 45 |
| 4 | Al Ansar | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 42 |
| 5 | Shabab Al Sahel | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 35 |
| 6 | Al-Nabi Shayth | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 31 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 29 |
| 7 | Tripoli | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 11 | -3 | 27 |
| 8 | Racing | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 26 |
| 9 | Al Egtmaaey Trablos | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | -14 | 23 |
| 10 | Salam Zgharta | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -19 | 16 |
| 11 | Shabab Al Ghazieh | 22 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -23 | 10 |
| 12 | Al Hikma | 22 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 37 | -45 | 9 |
| 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 |