Karama and Shorta have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Premier League.
Karama and Shorta should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Karama form and stats
Karama are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Khaled bin Walid Stadium. 4 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 8 games.
A good away victory last time out for Karama, who won 1-0 against Taliya (placed 9th). Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Al Sahel.
Karama are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. Karama have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Shorta form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Shorta has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Shorta aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 203 league minutes without a goal. Mohammad Ghalab was the last player to find the net.
Shorta failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Wahda (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 0-1. A 0-2 defeat away at Al Ittihad before that.
Shorta are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 9 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Shorta have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Shorta - Karama 0-2 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - six - one (Karama wins - draws - Shorta wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Al Omaier 10 goals | N. Al Nakdali 4 goals |
Karama missing players
Shorta missing players
| Karama | Shorta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 17 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 13 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 78% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 78% | 89% |
| 61% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 56% | 61% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 22% |
| 11% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 28% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 56% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 33% | 33% |
| 39% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 56% | 44% |
| 3.5 | 3.7 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 122 | 47 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 68 | 140 |
| 57 | 28 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 27 | 59 |
| 28% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 33% | 27% |
- Karama has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home
- Karama has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
- Karama has the fewest matches over the total-line (4)
- Karama have not yet lost a game at home.
- Karama have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Karama have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Shorta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Teshrin | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 40 |
| 2 | Wathba | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 20 | 39 |
| 3 | Hottin | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 36 |
| 4 | Al Jaish | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 34 |
| 5 | Al Ittihad | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
| 6 | Wahda | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Karama | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Shorta | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | Taliya | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 21 |
| 10 | Nawaeir | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 17 |
| 11 | Foutoua | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -19 | 15 |
| 12 | Al Sahel | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -19 | 12 |
| 13 | Jabala | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -18 | 9 |
| 14 | Al-Jazira | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -26 | 7 |