Division 1 duel: Close contest expected between Al-Ain and Al Nahdha

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Division 1
Competition: Tue 12.April
Match begins: 18:50 (UTC)
Venue: King Saud Sport City Stadium (7000 seats)

A demanding season for Al-Ain so far, and that also applies to Al Nahdha. These struggling sides hope for some crucial points here.

Insights:
  • Al-Ain have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Nahdha have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Al Nahdha, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.

Both sides have had ample time to rest since their previous match. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic fixture!

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Al-Ain form and stats

5 victories, 9 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Al-Ain have to build on here at King Saud Sport City Stadium in the Division 1. When Al-Ain hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Al-Kawkab, Al Draih, Bisha, Al-Ain, Jeddah and Al Shoalah), they have won 2 of 5 matches!

In their previous game, the manager Al-Ghamdi led his Al-Ain to a defeat away at Al Wahda. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at King Saud Sport City Stadium.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Al Khaleej.

This is expected to be a close game, with Al-Ain perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al-Ain as a small favourite), we find seven games. Al-Ain has won one of these, drawn two and lost four.

Al-Ain are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Al-Ain have conceded only 14 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Al Nahdha form and stats

Al Nahdha have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Division 1, after 3-3-8 (14 played).

Al Nahdha played 2-2 against Al-Kawkab in their previous match.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Al Jabalain.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Nahdha playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were two Al Nahdha wins, two draws and five defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al Nahdha as they have only managed to score 11 times from 14 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Nahdha have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the squads played each other earlier this season; Al Nahdha - Al-Ain 1-1. Previous five meetings between these participants: Al-Ain won two, Al Nahdha triumphed in one and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.

Al-Ain missing players

Al Nahdha missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al-Ain Al Nahdha
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 4 14 31
7 5 2 Won W 1 3 8
14 9 3 Drew D 1 3 11
10 1 0 Lost L 2 8 12
28 19 6 Scored S 3 11 31
37 14 4 Conceded C 5 23 39
90% 87% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 87%
68% 73% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 84%
32% 33% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 32%
16% 20% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 13%
3% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
52% 60% 60% BTTS BTTS 25% 43% 45%
26% 40% 40% Clean Sheets C S 25% 21% 29%
32% 13% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 39%
 
3.9 3.7 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 2.6 2.9
3.3 3.1 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.9 4.5
2 1.9 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.6
5 3 2 Red cards R C 1 2 6
 
8.4 9.8 7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 7.1 7.9
2.9 2.6 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.9 3.1
33% 50% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 27% 32%
 
8 6.9 8 Shots against (avg) S A 8 10.3 9.5
3.3 2.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.5 4.1
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Al Nahdha have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Al Nahdha have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al-Ain have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 Al Khaleej 32 17 8 7 49 33 17 10 4 3 27 14 15 7 4 4 22 19 16 59
2 Al Wahda 31 14 11 6 38 23 16 6 5 5 22 17 15 8 6 1 16 6 15 53
3 Al Jabalain 32 15 8 9 40 33 17 8 4 5 20 18 15 7 4 4 20 15 7 53
4 Al Adalh 31 15 8 8 34 27 15 7 4 4 16 13 16 8 4 4 18 14 7 53
5 Hajer 32 14 9 9 36 27 16 8 6 2 21 8 16 6 3 7 15 19 9 51
6 Ohod 32 13 11 8 45 39 15 6 4 5 19 18 17 7 7 3 26 21 6 50
7 Al Kholood 32 12 9 11 35 32 16 8 7 1 23 9 16 4 2 10 12 23 3 45
8 Al Quadisiya 31 11 11 9 33 27 16 7 4 5 19 15 15 4 7 4 14 12 6 44
9 Al Orubah 31 11 10 10 31 29 16 6 7 3 15 12 15 5 3 7 16 17 2 43
10 Najran 31 11 9 11 29 28 15 6 3 6 15 14 16 5 6 5 14 14 1 42
11 Al Akhdoud 32 11 9 12 37 37 16 7 3 6 21 15 16 4 6 6 16 22 0 42
12 Al Sahel 32 9 12 11 40 35 16 5 6 5 19 17 16 4 6 6 21 18 5 39
13 Al Jeel 31 8 13 10 26 38 16 4 5 7 13 24 15 4 8 3 13 14 -12 37
14 Al Shoalah 31 7 15 9 30 28 14 4 7 3 17 13 17 3 8 6 13 15 2 36
15 Jeddah 31 9 9 13 29 32 15 5 5 5 14 11 16 4 4 8 15 21 -3 36
16 Al Draih 32 9 9 14 33 48 15 5 4 6 19 22 17 4 5 8 14 26 -15 36
17 Al Nahdha 31 8 11 12 31 39 17 5 8 4 20 16 14 3 3 8 11 23 -8 35
18 Al-Ain 31 7 14 10 28 37 15 5 9 1 19 14 16 2 5 9 9 23 -9 35
19 Al-Kawkab 31 4 13 14 26 39 15 3 3 9 11 18 16 1 10 5 15 21 -13 25
20 Bisha 31 5 9 17 23 42 16 2 6 8 13 22 15 3 3 9 10 20 -19 24

Table
  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 Khaleej 32 17 8 7 49 33 17 10 4 3 27 14 15 7 4 4 22 19 16 59
2 Al Wahda 31 14 11 6 38 23 16 6 5 5 22 17 15 8 6 1 16 6 15 53
3 Al Jabalain 32 15 8 9 40 33 17 8 4 5 20 18 15 7 4 4 20 15 7 53
4 Al Adalh 31 15 8 8 34 27 15 7 4 4 16 13 16 8 4 4 18 14 7 53
5 Hajer 32 14 9 9 36 27 16 8 6 2 21 8 16 6 3 7 15 19 9 51
6 Ohod 32 13 11 8 45 39 15 6 4 5 19 18 17 7 7 3 26 21 6 50
7 Al Kholood 32 12 9 11 35 32 16 8 7 1 23 9 16 4 2 10 12 23 3 45
8 Al Quadisiya 31 11 11 9 33 27 16 7 4 5 19 15 15 4 7 4 14 12 6 44
9 Al Orubah 31 11 10 10 31 29 16 6 7 3 15 12 15 5 3 7 16 17 2 43
10 Najran 31 11 9 11 29 28 15 6 3 6 15 14 16 5 6 5 14 14 1 42
11 Al Akhdoud 32 11 9 12 37 37 16 7 3 6 21 15 16 4 6 6 16 22 0 42
12 Al Sahel 32 9 12 11 40 35 16 5 6 5 19 17 16 4 6 6 21 18 5 39
13 Al Jeel 31 8 13 10 26 38 16 4 5 7 13 24 15 4 8 3 13 14 -12 37
14 Al Shoalah 31 7 15 9 30 28 14 4 7 3 17 13 17 3 8 6 13 15 2 36
15 Jeddah 31 9 9 13 29 32 15 5 5 5 14 11 16 4 4 8 15 21 -3 36
16 Al Draih 32 9 9 14 33 48 15 5 4 6 19 22 17 4 5 8 14 26 -15 36
17 Al Nahdha 31 8 11 12 31 39 17 5 8 4 20 16 14 3 3 8 11 23 -8 35
18 Al-Ain 31 7 14 10 28 37 15 5 9 1 19 14 16 2 5 9 9 23 -9 35
19 Al-Kawkab 31 4 13 14 26 39 15 3 3 9 11 18 16 1 10 5 15 21 -13 25
20 Bisha 31 5 9 17 23 42 16 2 6 8 13 22 15 3 3 9 10 20 -19 24

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