Balanced ball game between Najran and Al Kholood expected

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Division 1
Competition: Mon 15.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Najran Sport City Center (2800 seats)

Najran have some lost ground to recover from their 16th position, and the task starts vs Al Kholood. Read more!

Insights:
  • Najran have the most conceded goals (50) in Division 1
  • Al Kholood have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Najran are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. For Kholood most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

It's no vacation for neither Najran nor Al Kholood as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Najran form and stats

When playing at home in the Division 1, Najran have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 16 games.

Najran's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Al Kholood (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Finally, a league victory after four matches without.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Al Sahel (2-3).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Najran have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 4.

Najran have scored {14 league goals} here from 16 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Najran defense is not exactly impregnable. 24 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. 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 Kholood form and stats

The visitors are W5-D5-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Division 1. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Al Kholood's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Al Kholood lost away at Najran (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

Before that, Al Kholood secured a home win against Al Akhdoud with the score 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Al Kholood in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Kholood, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Low on goals? 21 of this club's latest 28 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.

The visiting Al Kholood have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Kholood as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides meet this season, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Najran - Al Kholood 2-1. Last five meetings between these contenders: Najran won three, Al Kholood were winners in two and we saw zero draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Najran missing players

Al Kholood missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Najran Al Kholood
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 5 16 32
8 5 1 Won W 4 5 12
9 4 1 Drew D 0 5 7
15 7 2 Lost L 1 6 13
33 14 4 Scored S 8 18 32
50 24 7 Conceded C 1 14 28
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
78% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 62% 59%
50% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 31% 28%
25% 19% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 3%
12% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
62% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 38%
16% 19% 0% Clean Sheets C S 80% 31% 38%
28% 38% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 25% 28%
 
4.1 4.6 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.4 3.6 3.9
5 4.6 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4 4.1
2.3 2.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2 1.6
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
7.7 7.8 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.4 7.4
3.3 2.8 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.9 3.1
31% 32% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 39% 32%
 
9.5 8.2 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.6 8.5 7.8
3.3 2.9 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.5 3.3
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Al Kholood have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Kholood haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Najran have the most conceded goals (50) 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 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 41 29 16 7 4 5 23 19 15 8 5 2 16 9 12 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 32 12 7 13 32 28 16 7 2 7 14 14 16 5 5 6 18 14 4 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 30 39 15 7 4 4 19 16 16 2 2 12 10 21 -9 33
16 Najran 32 8 9 15 33 50 16 5 4 7 14 24 16 3 5 8 19 26 -17 33
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

Table
  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 41 29 16 7 4 5 23 19 15 8 5 2 16 9 12 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 32 12 7 13 32 28 16 7 2 7 14 14 16 5 5 6 18 14 4 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 30 39 15 7 4 4 19 16 16 2 2 12 10 21 -9 33
16 Najran 32 8 9 15 33 50 16 5 4 7 14 24 16 3 5 8 19 26 -17 33
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

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