Al Najoom vs Hajer: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Division 1
Competition: Sun 21.March
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium (20000 seats)

Struggling Al Najoom will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Hajer in the upcoming league round. It’s 20th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Al Najoom have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Division 1

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Al Najoom form and stats

With {2 Division 1 wins}, 4 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Al Najoom, who have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Division 1, are certainly not brimming with confidence. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Najoom to get some points in this home game.

Ahead of that match, Al Najoom lost 0-1 at home to Al Sahel.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Najoom as they have a new game in only four days, a Division 1 match thankfully also at home. Al Bukayriyah are visiting.

Najoom aren't scoring a lot here at Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium in the league, with only 9 goals from 12 games. Najoom's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Hajer form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Division 1 travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Before that, Hajer secured a home win against Al Jeel with the score 2-0.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Hajer manager J. Belhedi as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Al Shoalah.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Hajer are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Hajer - Al Najoom 2-0. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: one win for Najoom, four draws and two wins for Hajer. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Al Najoom missing players

Hajer missing players

Al Najoom Hajer
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 12 3 Played P 5 12 26
4 2 1 Won W 3 5 12
5 4 1 Drew D 1 3 6
17 6 1 Lost L 1 4 8
19 9 4 Scored S 5 11 34
45 16 5 Conceded C 2 10 24
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 92% 92%
69% 58% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 58% 69%
50% 42% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 25% 38%
31% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
58% 58% 100% BTTS BTTS 20% 33% 42%
15% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 80% 50% 42%
35% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 25% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.9 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4.2 5.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 3 3
1.9 2.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.5 1.2
47% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 67% 90%
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Al Najoom have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Al Najoom have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Division 1

  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 26 20 3 3 60 22 14 10 2 2 30 9 12 10 1 1 30 13 38 63
2 Al Feiha 25 15 6 4 45 20 11 9 1 1 22 8 14 6 5 3 23 12 25 51
3 Al Jabalain 26 14 7 5 36 22 13 5 6 2 16 9 13 9 1 3 20 13 14 49
4 Hajer 26 12 6 8 34 24 14 7 3 4 23 14 12 5 3 4 11 10 10 42
5 Al Khaleej 26 10 11 5 32 21 13 5 5 3 16 12 13 5 6 2 16 9 11 41
6 Al Ta'ee 25 11 7 7 30 25 13 5 4 4 14 14 12 6 3 3 16 11 5 40
7 Ohod 26 9 10 7 28 33 14 7 6 1 17 13 12 2 4 6 11 20 -5 37
8 Al Adalh 25 9 9 7 34 22 13 5 4 4 16 9 12 4 5 3 18 13 12 36
9 Al Draih 26 9 8 9 24 25 13 3 4 6 12 16 13 6 4 3 12 9 -1 35
10 Al Shoalah 26 8 9 9 23 25 14 4 5 5 10 11 12 4 4 4 13 14 -2 33
11 Al-Kawkab 25 8 8 9 25 28 13 4 4 5 15 14 12 4 4 4 10 14 -3 32
12 Jeddah 26 9 5 12 30 37 12 2 4 6 12 16 14 7 1 6 18 21 -7 32
13 Najran 25 8 7 10 30 32 13 5 2 6 17 19 12 3 5 4 13 13 -2 31
14 Al Jeel 25 8 7 10 23 32 13 5 2 6 15 21 12 3 5 4 8 11 -9 31
15 Al Sahel 25 6 11 8 18 27 11 2 7 2 5 6 14 4 4 6 13 21 -9 29
16 Al Nahdha 25 6 10 9 22 26 12 4 4 4 11 10 13 2 6 5 11 16 -4 28
17 Al Bukayriyah 26 6 7 13 16 31 12 4 2 6 8 14 14 2 5 7 8 17 -15 25
18 Al-Thuqbah 26 6 5 15 31 45 13 4 2 7 20 23 13 2 3 8 11 22 -14 23
19 Arar 26 3 9 14 23 41 13 2 4 7 16 25 13 1 5 7 7 16 -18 18
20 Al Najoom 26 4 5 17 19 45 12 2 4 6 9 16 14 2 1 11 10 29 -26 17