Can Al Shoalah surprise Al Ahli Jeddah in their own stadium?

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Division 1
Competition: Wed 04.January
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium

A home win is anticipated from this match if the league standings is to be trusted. The Al Ahli Jeddah regulars are positive that the gap between 6th and Al Shoalah's 17th spot in the table will be visible on the ground.

Insights:
  • Al Ahli Jeddah have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Division 1
  • Al Shoalah have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Division 1

These teams have little in common geographically as Al Shoalah have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

The hosts Al Ahli Jeddah saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Division 1. This match was also played here at Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Al Shoalah have had more rest.

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Al Ahli Jeddah form and stats

14 points is a decent return from 6 Division 1 games here at Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium for Al Ahli Jeddah. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. days ago.

The home regulars saw a 2-2 draw versus Al Sahel last time out and are looking for a victory here.

Before that, Al Ahli Jeddah played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Al Arabi.

Al Ahli Jeddah have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Al Shoalah form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Shoalah so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose). It's a growing despair in Shoalah as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

The manager Maqueda was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Al-Shoalah Club Stadium. Al Shoalah suffered a 0-5 loss to Al Jabalain (placed 10th). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Al Jabalain was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Al-Ain's place.

Lacking goals? 9 of this side's most recent 11 league fixtures have had two or less goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al Shoalah as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. 8 goals have been conceded by Shoalah in these games.

Head 2 Head

The 4 most recent fixtures involving these two teams have all ended as Al Ahli Jeddah victories. Another one?

The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 4 red cards from the last eight duels.

Al Ahli Jeddah missing players

Al Shoalah missing players

Al Ahli Jeddah Al Shoalah
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 3 Played P 2 7 14
5 4 2 Won W 0 1 2
6 2 1 Drew D 0 3 4
1 0 0 Lost L 2 3 8
15 12 7 Scored S 0 6 10
8 5 3 Conceded C 2 8 19
75% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
67% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 57% 57%
33% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 29%
17% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 14%
42% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 36%
50% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 21%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 29% 50%
 
5.8 5.3 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 2.9 3.8
2.3 1.8 1.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.3 3.5
1.7 2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.8 10 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.7 7.6
3.8 4.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.2 2.4
33% 46% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 21% 17%
 
4.5 4.2 4 Shots against (avg) S A 10 9 8.1
2.2 2.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.5 3.3
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Al Ahli Jeddah have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Al Ahli Jeddah have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Ahli Jeddah have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Al Ahli Jeddah have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Al Ahli Jeddah have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Division 1
  • Al Ahli Jeddah have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Division 1
  • Al Ahli Jeddah have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Al Ahli Jeddah haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Al Shoalah have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Division 1
  • Al Shoalah have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Division 1
  • Al Shoalah have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Al Shoalah 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 Al Faisaly 13 8 3 2 17 10 6 4 1 1 11 7 7 4 2 1 6 3 7 27
2 Al Akhdoud 14 8 2 4 21 13 7 6 1 0 14 6 7 2 1 4 7 7 8 26
3 Al Arabi 14 7 5 2 22 15 7 3 3 1 8 5 7 4 2 1 14 10 7 26
4 Al Hazm 14 7 4 3 23 15 8 6 2 0 15 6 6 1 2 3 8 9 8 25
5 Al Riyadh 14 7 1 6 21 19 6 3 0 3 9 10 8 4 1 3 12 9 2 22
6 Al Ahli Jeddah 12 5 6 1 15 8 6 4 2 0 12 5 6 1 4 1 3 3 7 21
7 Al Qaisoma 14 4 8 2 16 13 7 2 5 0 11 8 7 2 3 2 5 5 3 20
8 Jeddah 14 5 4 5 16 14 7 4 3 0 10 4 7 1 1 5 6 10 2 19
9 Al Orubah 14 5 4 5 16 18 7 2 2 3 4 7 7 3 2 2 12 11 -2 19
10 Al Jabalain 13 5 3 5 21 19 7 3 1 3 8 10 6 2 2 2 13 9 2 18
11 Al Kholood 14 5 3 6 11 10 7 3 1 3 5 5 7 2 2 3 6 5 1 18
12 Hajer 14 4 5 5 17 19 7 3 2 2 8 7 7 1 3 3 9 12 -2 17
13 Al Quadisiya 14 4 4 6 12 15 8 2 3 3 6 8 6 2 1 3 6 7 -3 16
14 Ohod 14 2 8 4 9 14 7 2 5 0 7 5 7 0 3 4 2 9 -5 14
15 Al Sahel 14 2 7 5 15 20 6 1 2 3 6 10 8 1 5 2 9 10 -5 13
16 Al-Ain 14 3 3 8 11 22 7 2 2 3 8 11 7 1 1 5 3 11 -11 12
17 Al Shoalah 14 2 4 8 10 19 7 1 1 5 4 11 7 1 3 3 6 8 -9 10
18 Najran 14 2 4 8 15 25 7 2 3 2 8 9 7 0 1 6 7 16 -10 10