Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Taliya in 9th and Karama in 7th place.
Taliya and Karama 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.
Taliya form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Taliya at their home stadium (Al Baladi Stadium) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Taliya are confident in defense, having played 289 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Taliya enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Jabala's place. The match ended 1-0. Before that, Taliya drew at home versus Al Ittihad.
Taliya aren't scoring a lot here at Al Baladi Stadium in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games. From these home matches, Taliya have conceded only 8 goals.
Karama form and stats
There's been little loot from Karama's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Premier League. Karama only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.
Karama are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Premier League against Al Sahel (placed 12th). Prior to that match, the Karama manager A. Rifae faced defeat when travelling to Wathba and losing 1-3.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Karama as they have only managed to score 5 times from 9 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Karama in these games.
Head 2 Head
Karama - Taliya 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Taliya victory, seven draws and two Karama wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Al Omaier 10 goals |  M. Al Zeno 7 goals |
Taliya missing players
Karama missing players
| Taliya | Karama | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 13 |
| 71% | 67% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 78% | 76% |
| 41% | 44% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 65% |
| 35% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 18% | 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 12% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 35% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 29% |
| 47% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 44% | 53% |
| 47% | 56% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 56% | 41% |
| 4.9 | 6.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 137 | 98 | 39 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 69 | 116 |
| 70 | 52 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 28 | 56 |
| 23% | 15% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 18% | 27% |
- Karama has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
- Karama has the fewest matches over the total-line (4)
- Taliya have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 40 |
| 2 | Wathba | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 36 |
| 3 | Hottin | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 33 |
| 4 | Al Jaish | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 31 |
| 5 | Al Ittihad | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Wahda | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Karama | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 25 |
| 8 | Shorta | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 22 |
| 9 | Taliya | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Nawaeir | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 16 |
| 11 | Foutoua | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -16 | 15 |
| 12 | Al Sahel | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -15 | 12 |
| 13 | Jabala | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -14 | 9 |
| 14 | Al-Jazira | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -26 | 6 |