2nd position in the Premier League table for Wathba so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 8th-placed Karama visits.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Wathba form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here as Wathba have scored 12 goals to get 17 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 5-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The spoils were shared in Wathba's previous game, also at home. Visiting Al Kuwait travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Wathba won a home game hosting Al Ittihad (3-0).
A decent goal production from Wathba in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Wathba have only let in 3 goals at home.
Karama form and stats
The visitors are W2-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Karama goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 209 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Karama play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Al-Jazira (placed 14th). That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Wathba.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Karama's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 8 matches. It's not easy to score on Karama as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Karama - Wathba 1-0 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Wathba won five, Karama won two and three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 A. Al Omaier 10 goals |
Wathba missing players
Karama missing players
| Wathba | Karama | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| 93% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 75% | 79% |
| 64% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 64% |
| 29% | 38% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 21% | 25% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 12% | 21% |
| 57% | 62% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 57% |
| 29% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 62% | 43% |
| 6.4 | 7.2 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.7 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 149 | 89 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 63 | 97 |
| 78 | 55 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 25 | 48 |
| 24% | 22% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 16% | 23% |
- Karama has the fewest matches over the total-line (3)
- Wathba have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Wathba have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Wathba have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Karama have scored away.
- Wathba have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at 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 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 36 |
| 2 | Wathba | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Hottin | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Al Jaish | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | Wahda | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 25 |
| 6 | Al Ittihad | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Shorta | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 8 | Karama | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 9 | Taliya | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Nawaeir | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -3 | 16 |
| 11 | Foutoua | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | -13 | 14 |
| 12 | Al Sahel | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 16 | -13 | 11 |
| 13 | Jabala | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
| 14 | Al-Jazira | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -24 | 5 |