Division 1 news and preview: Al Faisaly moderate expected to get the better of Al Quadisiya

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Division 1
Competition: Wed 10.May
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Al Majma'ah Sports City Stadium

Division 1: Top level versus second-rate, at least that's what the table says. Al Faisaly - Al Quadisiya. Home victory or a surprise?

Insights:
  • Al Faisaly is in the best form (4-2-0) in Division 1
  • Al Quadisiya have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Division 1

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Faisaly and Al Quadisiya.

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Al Faisaly form and stats

Al Faisaly have played 16 Division 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-4-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Al Faisaly's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Al Quadisiya (placed 14th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Najran that ended 2-2.

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 Al Faisaly have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 5 and lost 5.

Faisaly are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 23 goals in 16 games. 19 goals have been conceded. 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 Quadisiya form and stats

5 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses. That’s the product of Al Quadisiya playing as the away team in the Division 1 this season.

Al Quadisiya are travelling again after losing away to Al Faisaly in their previous match (0-1). That defeat was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Al Kholood.

We have checked recent matches where Quadisiya have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 0 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

Lacking goals? 23 of this club's latest 27 league rounds have seen two goals or less.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Al Quadisiya have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Al Faisaly have put together a streak of 12 consecutive games without losing (7-5-0) when playing Al Quadisiya.

The two teams in this fixture also encountered each other earlier this season: Faisaly - Al Quadisiya 1-0.

Al Faisaly missing players

Al Quadisiya missing players

Al Faisaly Al Quadisiya
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 16 4 Played P 4 16 31
15 7 1 Won W 1 5 8
9 4 3 Drew D 1 2 10
7 5 0 Lost L 2 9 13
39 23 6 Scored S 2 11 23
28 19 4 Conceded C 4 17 31
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 94% 90%
61% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 58%
35% 44% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 25% 23%
19% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 3%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
52% 62% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 31% 45%
42% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 29%
13% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 50% 35%
 
4.8 5.1 9.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 3.9 4.8
3.4 3.6 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 3.8 3.3
1.6 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
9.7 10.9 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 9.9 9.9
3.7 4.5 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.5 3.5
34% 33% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 20% 21%
 
7.5 8.4 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 5.8 7 7.2
2.3 2.8 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.1 3.1
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Al Faisaly have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Faisaly have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Quadisiya have scored away.
  • Al Faisaly haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Al Faisaly is in the best form (4-2-0) in Division 1
  • Al Quadisiya have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Quadisiya have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Division 1
  • Al Quadisiya have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Division 1
  • Al Quadisiya have the most matches under the total-line (24) in Division 1
  • Al Quadisiya have won significantly less corners away then at 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 31 19 8 4 46 24 16 10 3 3 25 15 15 9 5 1 21 9 22 65
2 Al Akhdoud 31 19 5 7 55 30 15 10 3 2 24 13 16 9 2 5 31 17 25 62
3 Al Hazm 31 18 7 6 51 27 15 11 3 1 28 10 16 7 4 5 23 17 24 61
4 Al Riyadh 31 18 5 8 49 33 15 6 4 5 21 21 16 12 1 3 28 12 16 59
5 Al Faisaly 31 15 9 7 39 28 16 7 4 5 23 19 15 8 5 2 16 9 11 54
6 Al Arabi 31 12 10 9 38 38 15 5 6 4 15 15 16 7 4 5 23 23 0 46
7 Al Kholood 31 12 7 12 31 26 16 7 2 7 14 14 15 5 5 5 17 12 5 43
8 Al Jabalain 31 9 12 10 41 40 16 7 3 6 23 21 15 2 9 4 18 19 1 39
9 Hajer 31 10 9 12 35 39 15 6 5 4 18 15 16 4 4 8 17 24 -4 39
10 Ohod 31 9 12 10 27 34 16 6 8 2 17 15 15 3 4 8 10 19 -7 39
11 Al Orubah 31 10 7 14 33 37 16 5 5 6 11 13 15 5 2 8 22 24 -4 37
12 Al Qaisoma 31 7 15 9 32 40 16 4 8 4 18 21 15 3 7 5 14 19 -8 36
13 Al-Ain 31 10 6 15 30 39 16 5 3 8 17 20 15 5 3 7 13 19 -9 36
14 Al Quadisiya 31 8 10 13 23 31 15 3 8 4 12 14 16 5 2 9 11 17 -8 34
15 Jeddah 31 9 6 16 29 37 15 7 4 4 19 16 16 2 2 12 10 21 -8 33
16 Najran 31 7 9 15 31 49 15 4 4 7 12 23 16 3 5 8 19 26 -18 30
17 Al Sahel 31 6 11 14 31 44 16 2 4 10 15 28 15 4 7 4 16 16 -13 29
18 Al Shoalah 31 3 8 20 19 44 15 2 1 12 10 25 16 1 7 8 9 19 -25 17