It's match week two of the Premier League season and all to play for. Don't miss our complete preview of Al Shat-Al-Madina!
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.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Al Shat form and stats
Last season, Al Shat's league statistics were 6 wins, 4 draws and 12 losses, resulting in 10th spot in the Premier League. Over these 22 matches they scored 17 goals and conceded 25. Performing as the host team in the previous season Al Shat delivered 3-2-6 (win-draw-lost) with 7 goals and 11 conceded.
Al Shat lost their last game at Al Ahli Tripoli (placed 4th) after a 0-1 scoreline.
Ahead of that match, Shat won a home game hosting Almahalla (1-0).Al-Madina form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al-Madina performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 7 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 21 and conceded 16 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 4 and lost 5 with 8/11 goals scored/conceded. The visitors' first away game in the Premier League ended in defeat. Last season Al-Madina had these away match statistics: Played 10; won 1, drew 4 and lost 5.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Al-Madina, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Al-Khmes (placed 3rd).
Prior to that result Al-Madina won their away game at Abu Salim. The scoreline was 3-1.0 goals so far away for Al-Madina, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these sides: Al Shat won four, Al-Madina were winners in two and we saw four draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, nine matches with two goals or less.Al Shat missing players
Al-Madina missing players
| Al Shat | Al-Madina | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Shat | Last season | Al-Madina | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 21 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 8 | 21 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 11 | 16 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 86% | ||
| 50% | 45% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 52% | ||
| 27% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 24% | ||
| 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 14% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 32% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 33% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 38% | ||
| 41% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 43% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olympic Azzaweya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Al-Ittihad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Al-Khmes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Al Ahli Tripoli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Alittihad Misurata | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Asswehly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Al Shat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Almahalla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 9 | Abu Salim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Al-Madina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -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 | Al-Ittihad | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 20 | 51 |
| 2 | Al Ahli Tripoli | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 49 |
| 3 | Olympic Azzaweya | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 33 |
| 4 | Alittihad Misurata | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 32 |
| 5 | Abu Salim | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | -3 | 30 |
| 6 | Asswehly | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | Almahalla | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 26 |
| 8 | Al-Madina | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 9 | Al-Khmes | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 23 |
| 10 | Al Shat | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 22 |
| 11 | Rafeeq | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -13 | 21 |
| 12 | Al-Wehda | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -17 | 16 |