This match features two teams living in the basement of the Division 1, Al Najoom holding 19th place and Al Sahel lying 16th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
- Al Najoom have the most conceded goals (41) in Division 1
- Al Sahel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Al Najoom and Al Sahel should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Al Najoom form and stats
Al Najoom's struggle is real here at Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium with only 10 points collected from 11 Division 1 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-5.
Najoom have scored 9 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. 15 goals have been conceded.
Al Sahel form and stats
There's been little loot from Al Sahel's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 13 away games in the Division 1. Al Sahel only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws. Sahel has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Sahel delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Al Nahdha (placed 14th) in their previous match; a Division 1 game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Najran with the score of 2-0.
An inspired comeback made the scores level in Sahel's duel with Al Nahdha. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after Vitinha found the equalizer.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sahel as they have only managed to score 12 times from 13 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Sahel have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Al Sahel - Najoom 1-0.Al Najoom missing players
Al Sahel missing players
| Al Najoom | Al Sahel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 24 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 17 |
| 41 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 27 |
| 92% | 82% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 71% |
| 71% | 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 77% | 54% |
| 50% | 45% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 46% | 29% |
| 29% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 31% | 21% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 15% | 8% |
| 58% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 46% | 33% |
| 17% | 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 23% | 42% |
| 33% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 46% | 54% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.8 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 1 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 2.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 167% | 82% |
- Al Najoom have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Al Najoom have the most conceded goals (41) in Division 1
- Al Najoom have the the worst goal difference (-23) in Division 1
- Al Sahel 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 Hazm | 24 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 55 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 34 | 59 |
| 2 | Al Feiha | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 25 | 50 |
| 3 | Al Jabalain | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 45 |
| 4 | Hajer | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 39 |
| 5 | Al Ta'ee | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | Al Khaleej | 24 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 38 |
| 7 | Al Adalh | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 36 |
| 8 | Ohod | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -5 | 35 |
| 9 | Al Draih | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 34 |
| 10 | Al Jeel | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -7 | 31 |
| 11 | Najran | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -2 | 30 |
| 12 | Al-Kawkab | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 29 |
| 13 | Jeddah | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 21 | -7 | 29 |
| 14 | Al Nahdha | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 27 |
| 15 | Al Shoalah | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 27 |
| 16 | Al Sahel | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -10 | 26 |
| 17 | Al-Thuqbah | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -9 | 23 |
| 18 | Al Bukayriyah | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 21 |
| 19 | Al Najoom | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 26 | -23 | 17 |
| 20 | Arar | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -18 | 16 |