Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Safa in 6th and Al Ahed in 5th place.
- Safa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Ahed have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Premier League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
It should be mentioned that Al Ahed play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Al Ahed on artifical turf are 1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats from one game. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 1-0. You can compare this with overall results below.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Safa form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Safa at their home stadium is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
A decent goal production from Safa in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Safa defense is not exactly impregnable. 7 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Al Ahed form and stats
The visitors are W2-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Ahed has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Ahed are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Ahed have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Al Ahed - Safa 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - one - eight (Safa wins - draws - Al Ahed wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Safa missing players
Al Ahed missing players
| Safa | Al Ahed | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 22 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 79% |
| 79% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 43% | 50% |
| 57% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 29% | 43% |
| 29% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 29% | 21% |
| 21% | 40% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 14% | 7% |
| 43% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 43% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 21% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.7 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0.7 | 2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 0.3 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 500% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 100% |
- Al Ahed have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Premier League
- All of Safa's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Safa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Safa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 27 |
| 2 | Al Nejmeh | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 25 |
| 3 | Shabab Al Sahel | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Al Akhaa Al Ahli | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | Al Ahed | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Safa | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Bourj | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Tripoli | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -3 | 13 |
| 9 | Shabab El Bourj | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Tadamon Sour | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 11 | Shabab Al Ghazieh | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -15 | 6 |
| 12 | Salam Zgharta | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 20 | -32 | 1 |