Division 1 match prediction: Little separates Al Sahel and Al Kholood in quality

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Division 1
Competition: Wed 01.March
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium (20100 seats)

Al Sahel are willing to brush off the league table ahead of this fixture vs Al Kholood. Here's all you need to know before the game!

Insights:
  • Al Sahel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Kholood haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Al Sahel form and stats

Al Sahel's struggle is real here at Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium with only 6 points collected from 10 Division 1 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-6. With nine home Division 1 games in a row without a win, the Sahel fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.

Al Sahel are returning here after visiting Al Shoalah and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.

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

Al Sahel aren't scoring a lot here at Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium in the league, with only {8 goals} from 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Sahel have conceded 15 from these games.

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Al Kholood form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Al Kholood playing as the away team in the Division 1 this season. Two points from the last two away games for Al Kholood, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Al Kholood failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Al Hazm (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-2.

A 2-2 draw at Al Arabi's stadium before that.

Low on goals? 15 of this side's most recent 18 league rounds have seen two or less goals.

Kholood have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 11 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Al Kholood as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Sahel and Al Kholood have duelled already this season: Al Kholood - Al Sahel 0-2. Head to head numbers (for the prior three meetings): Al Sahel won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Al Kholood got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one.

Al Sahel missing players

Al Kholood missing players

Al Sahel Al Kholood
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 3 10 22
4 1 0 Won W 3 3 7
8 3 2 Drew D 0 4 5
9 6 2 Lost L 0 3 10
21 8 1 Scored S 6 11 19
28 15 4 Conceded C 0 8 20
90% 90% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
76% 70% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 60% 55%
38% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 20% 23%
19% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 5%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
62% 60% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 32%
19% 10% 25% Clean Sheets C S 100% 30% 36%
29% 40% 75% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 36%
 
3.7 4.2 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 3.8 4
5.7 4.3 2 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.3 4.4
2.4 2.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2 1.5
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
6.8 6.6 6.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13 8.5 7.8
2.6 2.2 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.7 3.4 3.2
40% 36% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 32% 27%
 
9.9 8.8 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 6.7 8.3 7.6
4.1 3.2 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.3 3.1 3.1
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Al Kholood haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Al Sahel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 23 15 4 4 44 20 12 10 2 0 25 7 11 5 2 4 19 13 24 49
2 Al Ahli Jeddah 22 13 7 2 32 15 11 8 2 1 20 9 11 5 5 1 12 6 17 46
3 Al Akhdoud 23 13 5 5 39 21 11 7 3 1 17 9 12 6 2 4 22 12 18 44
4 Al Riyadh 23 14 2 7 36 26 10 5 1 4 15 15 13 9 1 3 21 11 10 44
5 Al Arabi 23 10 8 5 31 26 11 4 5 2 13 10 12 6 3 3 18 16 5 38
6 Al Faisaly 21 11 4 6 25 19 11 5 2 4 16 14 10 6 2 2 9 5 6 37
7 Jeddah 22 8 5 9 22 23 11 6 3 2 14 9 11 2 2 7 8 14 -1 29
8 Hajer 23 7 8 8 26 29 11 5 4 2 13 9 12 2 4 6 13 20 -3 29
9 Ohod 23 6 11 6 19 23 12 4 7 1 12 10 11 2 4 5 7 13 -4 29
10 Al Jabalain 23 7 7 9 32 33 12 5 2 5 17 17 11 2 5 4 15 16 -1 28
11 Al Kholood 22 7 5 10 19 20 12 4 1 7 8 12 10 3 4 3 11 8 -1 26
12 Al Orubah 22 7 5 10 21 25 12 4 3 5 8 10 10 3 2 5 13 15 -4 26
13 Al Qaisoma 23 5 11 7 22 28 12 3 7 2 14 14 11 2 4 5 8 14 -6 26
14 Al-Ain 23 7 5 11 23 30 12 4 3 5 15 15 11 3 2 6 8 15 -7 26
15 Al Quadisiya 23 6 7 10 17 24 11 2 5 4 8 11 12 4 2 6 9 13 -7 25
16 Al Sahel 21 4 8 9 21 28 10 1 3 6 8 15 11 3 5 3 13 13 -7 20
17 Najran 23 4 7 12 21 39 11 2 3 6 9 20 12 2 4 6 12 19 -18 19
18 Al Shoalah 23 2 5 16 13 34 11 1 1 9 6 19 12 1 4 7 7 15 -21 11