The Shorta manager Paulo da Silva attacks this game with the team placed 7th so far. In the visitors dressing room Karama and their manager Abd Al Qader Rifae are in 12th place before this match.
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.
Shorta form and stats
Two Premier League home games so far for Shorta, who are yet to win here. Only 1 point so far.
Shorta are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 333 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Mahmoud Younes).
The home team returns after sharing the points with Wahda (placed 4th) on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 0-0. Before that game, the home loss against Al Ittihad with the scoreline 0-1.
Shorta has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Karama form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Premier League for Karama, who have the fewest scored goals (1) in Premier League, with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Karama's last game was the home draw against Taliya (0-0). Before that, Karama travelled to Al Sahel and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
1 goal so far away for Karama, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 1 Shorta victory, 7 draws and 2 Karama wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Ahmad Al Omaier 10 goals |  Ali Khalil 6 goals |  Nasouh Al Nakdali 4 goals |
Shorta missing players
Karama missing players
| Shorta | Karama | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 3.3 | 5 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 1 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 2.3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | 4 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 15 | 15 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 36% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| Shorta | Last season | Karama | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 24 | 16 | Scored | S | 12 | 30 | ||
| 26 | 11 | Conceded | C | 21 | 36 | ||
| 77% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 62% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 65% | ||
| 35% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 46% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 27% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 42% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 38% | ||
| 35% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 27% | ||
| 46% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 46% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 130 | 83 | Total Shots | T S | 75 | 169 | ||
| 54 | 37 | Shots on Target | S O | 29 | 75 | ||
| 28% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hottin | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Teshrin | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Wathba | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Wahda | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Al Ittihad | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Nawaeir | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Shorta | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Foutoua | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 9 | Al Sahel | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 10 | Al Jaish | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Taliya | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Karama | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 13 | Al-Jazira | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
| 14 | Jabala | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -6 | 1 |