Premier League match preview: Wahda versus Wathba

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Competition: Syria Premier League
Competition: Mon 08.June
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tishreen Stadium (12000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Wahda have their presumed home advantage while Wathba are ahead 9 points in the Premier League table.

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.

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Wahda form and stats

20 points is a decent return from 9 Premier League games here at Tishreen Stadium for Wahda. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

Wahda enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Shorta's place. The match ended 1-0. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Al-Jazira.

The Wahda fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. Wahda have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.

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Wathba form and stats

Wathba's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Wathba, who have the the best goal difference (+20) in Premier League, collect 16 points from their 8 away matches in the Premier League. 5 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Wahda. Momentum is building for Wathba in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-0 against Teshrin in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Foutoua at their stadium, the result 4-1.

Wathba has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. It's not easy to score on Wathba as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Wathba - Wahda 2-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Wahda, four draws and two wins for Wathba. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

WathbaM. Daabol
M. Daabol
5 goals

Wahda missing players

Wathba missing players

Wahda Wathba
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 3 8 18
8 6 2 Won W 0 5 12
6 2 0 Drew D 1 1 3
4 1 1 Lost L 2 2 3
21 11 2 Scored S 1 12 29
15 4 1 Conceded C 4 5 9
83% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
50% 44% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 67%
33% 22% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 33%
17% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 11%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
33% 22% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 25% 28%
50% 67% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 56%
33% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 25% 22%
 
4.6 5.4 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.2 5.8
5.5 5.3 8.3 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 3.8 3.3
3.4 2.9 4.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 1.7
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
192 119 25 Total Shots T S 31 83 191
88 52 13 Shots on Target S O 8 32 96
24% 21% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 38% 30%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Wahda have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Wathba has the fewest conceded goals (9)
  • Wathba has the the best goal difference (+20)
  • 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 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