This match features two participants dwelling in the lower section of the Premier League, Al Hikma at 9th spot and Safa in 11th. A good opportunity for one of the contenders to upgrade their position.
- Al Hikma have the most conceded goals (23) in Premier League
- Safa have the fewest scored goals (5) in Premier League
This stadium has grass, unlike Safa's home arena. The previous 18 games by the visitors on grass have generated 7 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Al Hikma form and stats
Al Hikma's struggle is real here at Fouad Shehab Stadium with only 4 points collected from 6 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-4.
The Al Hikma crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Al Nejmeh here at Fouad Shehab Stadium.
Before that, Al Hikma drew at home versus Tripoli.Hikma has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 2 goals from 6 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Al Hikma defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. Hikma has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Safa form and stats
There's been little loot from Safa's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 8 away games in the Premier League. Safa only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
Impressive finishing from Cofi and Azar (2) secured the home win 3-1 against AC Sporting in their previous game.
Before that, Safa secured a home win against Al Akhaa Al Ahli with the score 4-0.Safa are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 8 away games. Safa's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have fought previously this season: Safa - Al Hikma 0-0. Numbers for the previous ten meetings featuring these two participants are: one win for Hikma, four draws and five wins for Safa. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  B. Sar 6 goals |   M. Tahhan 4 goals |  A. Jalloul 4 goals |
Al Hikma missing players
Safa missing players
| Al Hikma | Safa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 20 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 10 |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 32 | 16 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 23 | 28 |
| 90% | 90% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 85% |
| 80% | 80% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 77% | 70% |
| 45% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 54% | 50% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 20% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 10% |
| 30% | 20% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 46% | 40% |
| 25% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 15% | 30% |
| 55% | 70% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 46% | 45% |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.5 | 6.3 | 5.1 |
| 6 | 4.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4.6 | 3.8 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.5 | 7 | 6.1 |
| 2.4 | 1.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2.4 |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 15% | 18% |
| 7.5 | 6.8 | 3.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.5 | 9.3 | 8.8 |
| 3.7 | 3.4 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
- Al Hikma have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Al Hikma have the most conceded goals (11) at home in Premier League
- Al Hikma have the most conceded goals (23) in Premier League
- Al Hikma have the most points from losing position (6) in Premier League
- Al Hikma have the the worst goal difference (-16) in Premier League
- Al Hikma have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Premier League
- Safa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Safa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Safa have the fewest scored goals (5) in Premier League
- Safa have the most conceded goals (15) away in Premier League
- Safa have the the worst goal difference (-12) 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 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 29 |
| 2 | Bourj | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 | Shabab Al Sahel | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Al Ansar | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Tadamon Sour | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Shabab El Bourj | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -2 | 14 |
| 7 | Tripoli | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 8 | Al Nejmeh | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 9 | Al Hikma | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -16 | 10 |
| 10 | Al Akhaa Al Ahli | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 9 |
| 11 | Safa | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -12 | 9 |
| 12 | AC Sporting | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 7 |
