Taliya will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 20 points behind Wathba.
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.
Taliya form and stats
3-4-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Taliya so far this season.
Taliya drew their last game, 1-1 away at Al Jaish (placed 4th). Ahead of that match, Taliya won a home game hosting Al-Jazira (2-1).
Taliya aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 10 goals from 12 games. Taliya have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Wathba form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the the best goal difference (+25) in Premier League, on their Premier League travels is 6 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Wathba play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Al Sahel (placed 12th). Before that, Wathba secured a home win against Nawaeir with the score 2-0.
Wathba find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Wathba - Taliya 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Taliya victories, three draws and four Wathba wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Al Zeno 7 goals |  M. Selal 5 goals |
Taliya missing players
Wathba missing players
| Taliya | Wathba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 23 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 15 | 34 |
| 22 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 12 |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 52% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 68% |
| 35% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 32% |
| 17% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 13% | 8% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 43% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | 32% |
| 35% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 50% |
| 43% | 58% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 27% | 23% |
| 4.3 | 5.4 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 176 | 110 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 40 | 106 | 226 |
| 82 | 54 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 39 | 109 |
| 28% | 19% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 38% | 31% |
- Taliya have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Wathba has the fewest conceded goals (12)
- Wathba has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
- Wathba has the most scored goals in the second half (18)
- Wathba has the the best goal difference (+25)
- Wathba have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Wathba haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 50 |
| 2 | Wathba | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 25 | 49 |
| 3 | Hottin | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 46 |
| 4 | Al Jaish | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 42 |
| 5 | Al Ittihad | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 39 |
| 6 | Wahda | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | Taliya | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 29 |
| 8 | Shorta | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 29 |
| 9 | Karama | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 29 |
| 10 | Foutoua | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -18 | 23 |
| 11 | Nawaeir | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -11 | 19 |
| 12 | Al Sahel | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -19 | 19 |
| 13 | Jabala | 23 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -17 | 16 |
| 14 | Al-Jazira | 23 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 49 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 24 | -34 | 7 |