An important duel in the bottom section of the Premier League, with both Shabab El Bourj and Salam Zgharta experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 9th and the visitors in 12th place.
- Salam Zgharta have the most conceded goals (35) 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!
Shabab El Bourj form and stats
Shabab El Bourj's results here at Amin Abdelnour Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 2 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Shabab are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 10 games. Shabab's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Salam Zgharta form and stats
The manager G. Khawaja is not happy with the away performances in the Premier League so far, as all 5 matches have been lost. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Zgharta, who have now gone 15 games without a victory. The Shabab El Bourj game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. Bitter travels for Zgharta as they have lost seven games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Al Ansar match.
Goals are few and far between in Zgharta's away league games. Only 1 goal from 5 travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. There are big problems for the Zgharta defense as they have conceded 20 goals in 5 away games. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Salam Zgharta - Shabab 0-3. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - zero - one (Shabab wins - draws - Salam Zgharta wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Milhem 7 goals | A. Hmood 4 goals | H. Awada 2 goals |
Shabab El Bourj missing players
Salam Zgharta missing players
| Shabab El Bourj | Salam Zgharta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 17 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 14 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 26 | 46 |
| 93% | 91% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 33% | 18% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 7% | 9% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 40% |
| 7% | 9% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 20% |
| 47% | 45% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 14% | 27% |
| 20% | 18% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 45% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 86% | 73% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.6 | 0.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.5 | 1.4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 0.4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85% | 300% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- All of Salam Zgharta's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Salam Zgharta have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Salam Zgharta have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Salam Zgharta have lost all their away matches so far.
- Salam Zgharta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Salam Zgharta have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Premier League
- Salam Zgharta have the fewest points (0) away in Premier League
- Salam Zgharta have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Premier League
- Salam Zgharta have the most conceded goals (20) away in Premier League
- Salam Zgharta have the most conceded goals (35) in Premier League
- Salam Zgharta have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Premier League
- Salam Zgharta have the the worst goal difference (-19) away in Premier League
- Salam Zgharta have the the worst goal difference (-32) in Premier League
- Salam Zgharta haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Salam Zgharta is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- Shabab El Bourj have scored more than double the goals of Salam Zgharta.
| 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 |