Balanced ball game between Al Draih and Al Nahdha expected

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Division 1
Competition: Wed 20.April
Match begins: 18:35 (UTC)
Venue: Al Majma'ah Sports City Stadium

The season has been a struggle for Al Draih so far, and that also applies to Al Nahdha. These brave battlers hope for some vital points here.

Insights:
  • Al Draih have the most conceded goals (49) in Division 1
  • Al Nahdha have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Al Draih form and stats

5 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Al Draih have to build on here at Al Majma'ah Sports City Stadium in the Division 1. When Al Draih 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 3 of 5 matches! The last three games played by Al Draih, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

The spoils were shared in Draih's previous game, also at home. Visiting Al Nahdha (placed 18th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.

0-0 away at Al Sahel before that.

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

Draih are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 16 games. On the other hand, Al Draih have conceded 23 goals.

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Al Nahdha form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Nahdha so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-9 (win-draw-lose).

Al Nahdha are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Al Draih (placed 17th).

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

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Al Nahdha in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Al Nahdha, three draws and five defeats.

The attacking power of Al Nahdha when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 16 league matches away. In the opposite end, Nahdha have conceded 25 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Al Draih and Al Nahdha have faced off already this season: Al Draih - Al Nahdha 1-1. Head to head statistics (for the previous eight meetings): Draih won zero games, three matches ended with a tie and Al Nahdha have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / eight

Al Draih missing players

Al Nahdha missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Draih Al Nahdha
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
9 5 3 Won W 1 3 8
10 5 1 Drew D 1 4 12
14 6 1 Lost L 3 9 13
34 20 10 Scored S 3 12 32
49 23 6 Conceded C 6 25 41
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
79% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 81% 82%
45% 44% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 31% 30%
24% 25% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 12%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
58% 69% 80% BTTS BTTS 20% 44% 45%
18% 12% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 19% 27%
33% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 50% 39%
 
5 5 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 2.4 2.8
4.4 3.9 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.6 4.4 4.2
2.2 2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.4 2.5
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 6
 
8.5 7.9 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.4 7.1 7.9
3.8 4 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 2.7 3
26% 32% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 27% 32%
 
8.3 7.4 6.4 Shots against (avg) S A 10.4 10.9 9.9
3.1 3.2 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 4.3 4
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Al Draih have the fewest clean sheets (2) at home in Division 1
  • Al Draih have the most conceded goals (49) in Division 1
  • Al Draih have the most conceded goals in the second half (32) in Division 1
  • Al Draih haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • 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.

  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 33 17 9 7 49 33 17 10 4 3 27 14 16 7 5 4 22 19 16 60
2 Al Wahda 33 15 12 6 40 24 17 7 5 5 23 17 16 8 7 1 17 7 16 57
3 Al Adalh 33 16 9 8 38 30 16 7 5 4 19 16 17 9 4 4 19 14 8 57
4 Al Jabalain 33 15 8 10 41 35 17 8 4 5 20 18 16 7 4 5 21 17 6 53
5 Hajer 33 14 9 10 36 28 16 8 6 2 21 8 17 6 3 8 15 20 8 51
6 Ohod 33 13 12 8 45 39 16 6 5 5 19 18 17 7 7 3 26 21 6 51
7 Al Quadisiya 33 13 11 9 38 28 17 8 4 5 21 16 16 5 7 4 17 12 10 50
8 Al Kholood 33 13 9 11 38 34 17 9 7 1 26 11 16 4 2 10 12 23 4 48
9 Al Orubah 33 12 11 10 37 34 16 6 7 3 15 12 17 6 4 7 22 22 3 47
10 Najran 33 12 10 11 33 29 16 6 4 6 16 15 17 6 6 5 17 14 4 46
11 Al Akhdoud 33 11 9 13 37 38 17 7 3 7 21 16 16 4 6 6 16 22 -1 42
12 Al Jeel 33 9 13 11 28 42 17 4 5 8 13 27 16 5 8 3 15 15 -14 40
13 Al Sahel 33 9 12 12 42 38 16 5 6 5 19 17 17 4 6 7 23 21 4 39
14 Al Shoalah 33 8 15 10 32 29 16 5 7 4 19 14 17 3 8 6 13 15 3 39
15 Jeddah 33 10 9 14 30 35 16 5 5 6 14 14 17 5 4 8 16 21 -5 39
16 Al-Ain 33 8 15 10 29 37 16 6 9 1 20 14 17 2 6 9 9 23 -8 39
17 Al Draih 33 9 10 14 34 49 16 5 5 6 20 23 17 4 5 8 14 26 -15 37
18 Al Nahdha 33 8 12 13 32 41 17 5 8 4 20 16 16 3 4 9 12 25 -9 36
19 Al-Kawkab 33 4 13 16 29 44 17 3 3 11 14 23 16 1 10 5 15 21 -15 25
20 Bisha 33 5 10 18 23 44 17 2 7 8 13 22 16 3 3 10 10 22 -21 25

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 33 17 9 7 49 33 17 10 4 3 27 14 16 7 5 4 22 19 16 60
2 Al Wahda 33 15 12 6 40 24 17 7 5 5 23 17 16 8 7 1 17 7 16 57
3 Al Adalh 33 16 9 8 38 30 16 7 5 4 19 16 17 9 4 4 19 14 8 57
4 Al Jabalain 33 15 8 10 41 35 17 8 4 5 20 18 16 7 4 5 21 17 6 53
5 Hajer 33 14 9 10 36 28 16 8 6 2 21 8 17 6 3 8 15 20 8 51
6 Ohod 33 13 12 8 45 39 16 6 5 5 19 18 17 7 7 3 26 21 6 51
7 Al Quadisiya 33 13 11 9 38 28 17 8 4 5 21 16 16 5 7 4 17 12 10 50
8 Al Kholood 33 13 9 11 38 34 17 9 7 1 26 11 16 4 2 10 12 23 4 48
9 Al Orubah 33 12 11 10 37 34 16 6 7 3 15 12 17 6 4 7 22 22 3 47
10 Najran 33 12 10 11 33 29 16 6 4 6 16 15 17 6 6 5 17 14 4 46
11 Al Akhdoud 33 11 9 13 37 38 17 7 3 7 21 16 16 4 6 6 16 22 -1 42
12 Al Jeel 33 9 13 11 28 42 17 4 5 8 13 27 16 5 8 3 15 15 -14 40
13 Al Sahel 33 9 12 12 42 38 16 5 6 5 19 17 17 4 6 7 23 21 4 39
14 Al Shoalah 33 8 15 10 32 29 16 5 7 4 19 14 17 3 8 6 13 15 3 39
15 Jeddah 33 10 9 14 30 35 16 5 5 6 14 14 17 5 4 8 16 21 -5 39
16 Al-Ain 33 8 15 10 29 37 16 6 9 1 20 14 17 2 6 9 9 23 -8 39
17 Al Draih 33 9 10 14 34 49 16 5 5 6 20 23 17 4 5 8 14 26 -15 37
18 Al Nahdha 33 8 12 13 32 41 17 5 8 4 20 16 16 3 4 9 12 25 -9 36
19 Al-Kawkab 33 4 13 16 29 44 17 3 3 11 14 23 16 1 10 5 15 21 -15 25
20 Bisha 33 5 10 18 23 44 17 2 7 8 13 22 16 3 3 10 10 22 -21 25

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