Division 1 match prediction and game guide for the Al Akhdoud vs Al Kholood battle

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Division 1
Competition: Tue 27.December
Match begins: 12:35 (UTC)
Venue: Najran Sport City Center (2800 seats)

The league table shows that 8 points split the pair of rivals in this Division 1 match. Al Akhdoud hold both the points- and home stadium advantage.

Insights:
  • Al Akhdoud have the the best goal difference (+8) in Division 1
  • Al Akhdoud have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Kholood have scored away.

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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Al Akhdoud form and stats

Al Akhdoud have been outstanding at home so far in the Division 1 with 6 wins, 0 draws and only 0 losses. Ever since the Al Ahli Jeddah game Al Akhdoud has been unbeatable here at Najran Sport City Center producing six straight wins.

The Akhdoud manager and his gang return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Ohod (placed 14th).

Ahead of that match, Al Akhdoud won a home game hosting Jeddah (3-2).

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (13 in 6 games), Al Akhdoud's attacking play is working. Al Akhdoud are not conceding a lot of goals here at Najran Sport City Center in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.

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Al Kholood form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Division 1 travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Kholood has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Al Kholood won their last game, 2-0 versus Al Quadisiya played at home.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Hajer wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Lacking goals? 11 of this team's latest 12 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al Kholood as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Kholood as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the former two meetings): Al Akhdoud won zero games, zero matches ended with a draw and Al Kholood managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / one.

Al Akhdoud missing players

Al Kholood missing players

Al Akhdoud Al Kholood
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 2 6 13
8 6 1 Won W 0 2 5
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 2
4 0 0 Lost L 1 3 6
20 13 3 Scored S 1 5 10
12 5 2 Conceded C 2 4 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
69% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 33% 38%
46% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 17% 15%
23% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
8% 17% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
46% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 17% 15%
23% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 46%
31% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 46%
 
4.3 2.8 1 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 2.8 3.1
5.5 5.3 8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 3.8 4.6
1.6 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.8 1.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
9.2 8.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6.7 6.8
4.2 3.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3 3.2
37% 62% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 28% 24%
 
8.5 7.8 9 Shots against (avg) S A 10 7.2 7.5
3.1 2.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 3.2 2.9
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Al Akhdoud have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Akhdoud have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Al Akhdoud have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Kholood have scored away.
  • Al Akhdoud have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Al Akhdoud have the most points (18) at home in Division 1
  • Al Akhdoud have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Division 1
  • Al Akhdoud have the the best goal difference (+8) at home in Division 1
  • Al Akhdoud have the the best goal difference (+8) in Division 1
  • Al Akhdoud have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Al Akhdoud have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Al Akhdoud haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Al Kholood have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Kholood 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 12 8 2 2 17 10 6 4 1 1 11 7 6 4 1 1 6 3 7 26
2 Al Akhdoud 13 8 1 4 20 12 6 6 0 0 13 5 7 2 1 4 7 7 8 25
3 Al Arabi 13 7 4 2 22 15 6 3 2 1 8 5 7 4 2 1 14 10 7 25
4 Al Hazm 13 6 4 3 21 15 7 5 2 0 13 6 6 1 2 3 8 9 6 22
5 Al Ahli Jeddah 10 5 4 1 13 6 5 4 1 0 10 3 5 1 3 1 3 3 7 19
6 Al Qaisoma 13 4 7 2 15 12 7 2 5 0 11 8 6 2 2 2 4 4 3 19
7 Al Riyadh 13 6 1 6 19 18 5 2 0 3 7 9 8 4 1 3 12 9 1 19
8 Jeddah 13 5 3 5 15 13 6 4 2 0 9 3 7 1 1 5 6 10 2 18
9 Al Orubah 13 5 3 5 14 16 7 2 2 3 4 7 6 3 1 2 10 9 -2 18
10 Al Kholood 13 5 2 6 10 9 7 3 1 3 5 5 6 2 1 3 5 4 1 17
11 Hajer 13 4 4 5 15 17 6 3 1 2 6 5 7 1 3 3 9 12 -2 16
12 Al Jabalain 12 4 3 5 16 19 7 3 1 3 8 10 5 1 2 2 8 9 -3 15
13 Al Quadisiya 13 4 3 6 12 15 7 2 2 3 6 8 6 2 1 3 6 7 -3 15
14 Ohod 13 2 8 3 8 12 7 2 5 0 7 5 6 0 3 3 1 7 -4 14
15 Al Sahel 12 2 6 4 11 15 6 1 2 3 6 10 6 1 4 1 5 5 -4 12
16 Al-Ain 13 3 3 7 11 20 7 2 2 3 8 11 6 1 1 4 3 9 -9 12
17 Al Shoalah 13 2 4 7 10 14 6 1 1 4 4 6 7 1 3 3 6 8 -4 10
18 Najran 13 1 4 8 12 23 6 1 3 2 5 7 7 0 1 6 7 16 -11 7