Delightful dogfight as daring Al Faisaly duel with determined Al-Ain

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Division 1
Competition: Tue 23.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Al Majma'ah Sports City Stadium

Division 1: High-profile vs below average, at least that's what the table says. Al Faisaly - Al-Ain. Home win or a shock?

Insights:
  • Al Faisaly have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al-Ain have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Al Faisaly can neither be promoted or relegated from Division 1. Al-Ain are struggling to avoid relegation.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Al-Ain, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

It's no vacation for neither Al Faisaly nor Al-Ain as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Al Faisaly form and stats

7 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Al Faisaly have to build on here at Al Majma'ah Sports City Stadium in the Division 1. days ago.

The Al Faisaly supporters enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Al-Ain and win 1-0.

2-2 away at Jeddah before that.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Faisaly have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 4 and lost 5.

Al Faisaly are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 23 goals in 16 games. Al Faisaly have conceded 19 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Al-Ain form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Division 1 travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats. It's a growing despair in Al-Ain as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Two away games in a row for Al-Ain, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Al Faisaly.

Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Al Arabi's place.

We have checked recent matches where Al-Ain have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 18 games were 4 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al-Ain as they have only managed to score 14 times from 16 away games in the league. Al-Ain have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The sides have played each other before in this season, with the match result Al-Ain - Al Faisaly 0-1 entered in the official records. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Al Faisaly victory, two draws and zero Al-Ain wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Al Faisaly missing players

Al-Ain missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Faisaly Al-Ain
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 17 5 Played P 5 17 33
16 8 2 Won W 0 5 10
10 4 3 Drew D 0 3 6
7 5 0 Lost L 5 9 17
42 24 7 Scored S 2 14 31
30 19 4 Conceded C 12 23 43
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
61% 71% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 59% 61%
36% 41% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 53% 52%
21% 29% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 18% 18%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
52% 59% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 47% 45%
42% 35% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 24% 24%
12% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 41% 42%
 
4.8 5.1 9.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.5 2.7
3.6 3.6 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.7 4.2
1.6 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 1.6 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 3 4 7
 
9.7 10.9 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.4 5.3 7.4
3.7 4.5 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.2 2.8
35% 33% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 40% 34%
 
7.7 8.4 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 10.6 9.6
2.5 2.8 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 4.1 3.7
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Al Faisaly have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Faisaly haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Al-Ain 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 Ahli Jeddah 32 20 8 4 47 24 16 10 3 3 25 15 16 10 5 1 22 9 23 68
2 Al Akhdoud 32 20 5 7 58 31 16 11 3 2 27 14 16 9 2 5 31 17 27 65
3 Al Hazm 32 19 7 6 54 29 16 12 3 1 31 12 16 7 4 5 23 17 25 64
4 Al Riyadh 32 19 5 8 50 33 16 7 4 5 22 21 16 12 1 3 28 12 17 62
5 Al Faisaly 32 15 10 7 41 30 16 7 4 5 23 19 16 8 6 2 18 11 11 55
6 Al Arabi 32 13 10 9 41 39 16 6 6 4 18 16 16 7 4 5 23 23 2 49
7 Al Kholood 32 12 7 13 32 28 16 7 2 7 14 14 16 5 5 6 18 14 4 43
8 Al Jabalain 32 9 13 10 41 40 16 7 3 6 23 21 16 2 10 4 18 19 1 40
9 Hajer 32 10 10 12 35 39 16 6 6 4 18 15 16 4 4 8 17 24 -4 40
10 Ohod 32 9 12 11 27 37 16 6 8 2 17 15 16 3 4 9 10 22 -10 39
11 Al Orubah 32 10 7 15 33 38 16 5 5 6 11 13 16 5 2 9 22 25 -5 37
12 Al Quadisiya 32 9 10 13 26 31 16 4 8 4 15 14 16 5 2 9 11 17 -5 37
13 Al Qaisoma 32 7 15 10 33 43 16 4 8 4 18 21 16 3 7 6 15 22 -10 36
14 Al-Ain 32 10 6 16 31 42 16 5 3 8 17 20 16 5 3 8 14 22 -11 36
15 Jeddah 32 9 7 16 31 39 16 7 5 4 21 18 16 2 2 12 10 21 -8 34
16 Najran 32 8 9 15 33 50 16 5 4 7 14 24 16 3 5 8 19 26 -17 33
17 Al Sahel 32 6 11 15 33 47 16 2 4 10 15 28 16 4 7 5 18 19 -14 29
18 Al Shoalah 32 3 8 21 19 45 16 2 1 13 10 26 16 1 7 8 9 19 -26 17

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 Ahli Jeddah 32 20 8 4 47 24 16 10 3 3 25 15 16 10 5 1 22 9 23 68
2 Al Akhdoud 32 20 5 7 58 31 16 11 3 2 27 14 16 9 2 5 31 17 27 65
3 Al Hazm 32 19 7 6 54 29 16 12 3 1 31 12 16 7 4 5 23 17 25 64
4 Al Riyadh 32 19 5 8 50 33 16 7 4 5 22 21 16 12 1 3 28 12 17 62
5 Al Faisaly 32 15 10 7 41 30 16 7 4 5 23 19 16 8 6 2 18 11 11 55
6 Al Arabi 32 13 10 9 41 39 16 6 6 4 18 16 16 7 4 5 23 23 2 49
7 Al Kholood 32 12 7 13 32 28 16 7 2 7 14 14 16 5 5 6 18 14 4 43
8 Al Jabalain 32 9 13 10 41 40 16 7 3 6 23 21 16 2 10 4 18 19 1 40
9 Hajer 32 10 10 12 35 39 16 6 6 4 18 15 16 4 4 8 17 24 -4 40
10 Ohod 32 9 12 11 27 37 16 6 8 2 17 15 16 3 4 9 10 22 -10 39
11 Al Orubah 32 10 7 15 33 38 16 5 5 6 11 13 16 5 2 9 22 25 -5 37
12 Al Quadisiya 32 9 10 13 26 31 16 4 8 4 15 14 16 5 2 9 11 17 -5 37
13 Al Qaisoma 32 7 15 10 33 43 16 4 8 4 18 21 16 3 7 6 15 22 -10 36
14 Al-Ain 32 10 6 16 31 42 16 5 3 8 17 20 16 5 3 8 14 22 -11 36
15 Jeddah 32 9 7 16 31 39 16 7 5 4 21 18 16 2 2 12 10 21 -8 34
16 Najran 32 8 9 15 33 50 16 5 4 7 14 24 16 3 5 8 19 26 -17 33
17 Al Sahel 32 6 11 15 33 47 16 2 4 10 15 28 16 4 7 5 18 19 -14 29
18 Al Shoalah 32 3 8 21 19 45 16 2 1 13 10 26 16 1 7 8 9 19 -26 17

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