Round two of the Division 1 campaign and the contenders have had a few days to digest the first fixture. Here's the best Al Kholood - Al Riyadh guide:
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.
Al Kholood form and stats
The previous season, Al Kholood's league stats were 14 wins, 12 draws and 12 losses, producing 8th place in the Division 1. In these 38 matches they scored 40 goals and let in 36. Appearing as the host team in the former season Al Kholood generated 9-9-1 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 11 conceded.
The Kholood goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 263 minutes without conceding a goal in the Division 1.
Al Kholood's last game was hosting Al Riyadh (placed 15th) and winning 1-0.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Al-Ain and winning 3-0.Al Riyadh form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al Riyadh performed last season in the Division 2: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 8 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 42 and conceded 16 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 4 and lost 0 with 19/8 goals scored/conceded.
Two away games in a row for Al Riyadh, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Al Kholood.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Al Faisaly.Head 2 Head
Al Kholood missing players
Al Riyadh missing players
| Al Kholood | Al Riyadh | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 5.5 |
| 4 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 9.5 |
| 4.5 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Al Kholood | Last season | Al Riyadh | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 9 | 17 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 12 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | ||
| 40 | 26 | Scored | S | 20 | 45 | ||
| 36 | 11 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | ||
| 89% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 93% | ||
| 58% | 68% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 79% | ||
| 26% | 26% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 39% | ||
| 21% | 16% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 11% | ||
| 5% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 42% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 54% | ||
| 37% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 43% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 11% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 13.5 | 13.5 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.2 | 6.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12.5 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | ||
| 35% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | ||
| 7.2 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 17.5 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6 | ||
| 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 Shoalah | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Al Sahel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Al Kholood | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Al Akhdoud | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Al Faisaly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Al Hazm | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Najran | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Al Arabi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Al Ahli Jeddah | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Al Jabalain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Al Qaisoma | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Ohod | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Hajer | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Al Quadisiya | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Al Riyadh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Jeddah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Al Orubah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Al-Ain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 51 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 66 |
| 2 | Al Adalh | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 42 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 66 |
| 3 | Al Wahda | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 51 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 22 | 65 |
| 4 | Hajer | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 44 | 31 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 63 |
| 5 | Al Jabalain | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 48 | 39 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 61 |
| 6 | Ohod | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 51 | 42 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 59 |
| 7 | Al Quadisiya | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 40 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 55 |
| 8 | Al Kholood | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 40 | 36 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 4 | 54 |
| 9 | Najran | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 38 | 33 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 52 |
| 10 | Al Orubah | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 45 | 44 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 1 | 52 |
| 11 | Al-Ain | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 38 | 41 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 25 | -3 | 49 |
| 12 | Al Sahel | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 50 | 43 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 48 |
| 13 | Al Shoalah | 38 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 40 | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 48 |
| 14 | Al Akhdoud | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 43 | 44 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 26 | -1 | 48 |
| 15 | Jeddah | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 39 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 24 | -4 | 47 |
| 16 | Al Jeel | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 37 | 51 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 20 | -14 | 47 |
| 17 | Al Draih | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 38 | 56 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 27 | -18 | 42 |
| 18 | Al Nahdha | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 37 | 52 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 32 | -15 | 38 |
| 19 | Al-Kawkab | 38 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 30 | 54 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 29 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 25 | -24 | 27 |
| 20 | Bisha | 38 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 57 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 31 | -30 | 25 |