It's early days in the Premier League and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Safa play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Safa when playing on grass are 18 wins, 7 draws and 10 defeats from 35 matches. They have scored 58 goals and conceded 44 times in these games.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Shabab Al Sahel form and stats
Only two Premier League home games for Shabab Al Sahel so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Tadamon Sour in the Premier League last time out and are looking for a win here. Heartbreak before that as Shabab Al Sahel lost 1-3 at Al Ansar's place.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Shabab Al Sahel at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Safa form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Premier League ended in defeat. Last season Safa had these away match statistics: Played 10; won 2, drew 4 and lost 4.
Two away games in a row for Safa, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 versus Al Ansar in the Premier League. Before that, Safa secured a home win against Shabab Al Ghazieh with the score 2-0.
It's early days yet, but Safa has scored 1 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Shabab Al Sahel-Safa H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Shabab Al Sahel 2 wins, Safa 6 wins, 2 draws. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
 A. N'Diaye 9 goals |  B. Coulibaly 4 goals |
Shabab Al Sahel missing players
Safa missing players
| Shabab Al Sahel | Safa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shabab Al Sahel | Last season | Safa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 22 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Conceded | C | 13 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 86% | ||
| 73% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 64% | ||
| 41% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 23% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 18% | ||
| 23% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 9% | ||
| 41% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 36% | ||
| 23% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 41% | ||
| 2.2 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 10 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 6.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 1 | 2.6 | ||
| 1 | 0.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
- Safa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Safa have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Shabab Al Sahel have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Shabab Al Sahel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shabab Al Sahel have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Safa have scored away.
- Shabab Al Sahel have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Shabab Al Sahel 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 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Bourj | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Al Nejmeh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Shabab Al Sahel | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Al Akhaa Al Ahli | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Safa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | Al Ahed | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Salam Zgharta | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Tripoli | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Shabab El Bourj | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Tadamon Sour | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Shabab Al Ghazieh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 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 Ahed | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 31 | 59 |
| 2 | Al Ansar | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 35 | 49 |
| 3 | Al Nejmeh | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 48 |
| 4 | Al Akhaa Al Ahli | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | -4 | 33 |
| 5 | Shabab Al Sahel | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| 6 | Shabab Al Ghazieh | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -7 | 24 |
| 7 | Tadamon Sour | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 23 |
| 8 | Tripoli | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -12 | 23 |
| 9 | Safa | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -13 | 22 |
| 10 | Salam Zgharta | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -15 | 22 |
| 11 | Racing | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 21 |
| 12 | Bekaa Club | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -19 | 13 |