Evenly matched teams: Najran vs Al Orubah match preview

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Division 1
Competition: Mon 14.November
Match begins: 16:40 (UTC)
Venue: Najran Sport City Center (2800 seats)

Najran hope to sell some tickets for this fixture even though the season has been strenuous so far with 4 points and a 18th spot in the Division 1 table. Opponents Al Orubah hold 9th place with 15 pts.

Insights:
  • Najran have the most conceded goals (20) in Division 1
  • Al Orubah have scored at least twice as many goals away as Najran have scored home.

Al Orubah have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Najran form and stats

All-inclusive Division 1 results playing at home this season for Najran, who have the most conceded goals (20) in Division 1, are 0-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). Najran has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Al-Ayari and the players.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 247 minutes without scoring a league goal. Andriamatsinoro was the last player to find the net.

Najran are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Jeddah.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Al Faisaly (0-1).

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 10 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 4.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Najran here at Najran Sport City Center in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 5 games). On the other hand, Najran have conceded 6 goals.

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Al Orubah form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Division 1 travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Momentum is building for Al Orubah in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

The fans enjoyed Al Orubah's previous fixture versus Al Akhdoud (placed 1st), a 1-0 win played at home.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Al Qaisoma.

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

The travelling fans enjoy Al Orubah's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. Al Orubah have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Najran won three games, four matches ended with a tie and Al Orubah got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.

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Najran Al Orubah
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 4 5 11
0 0 0 Won W 2 3 4
4 3 0 Drew D 1 1 3
7 2 1 Lost L 1 1 4
9 3 1 Scored S 6 9 12
20 6 3 Conceded C 6 7 14
91% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
82% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 73%
45% 20% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 80% 45%
27% 20% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 40% 27%
18% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
73% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 45%
9% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 27%
27% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 20% 36%
 
3.5 4.4 2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 3.5 3.3
4.4 4.8 7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.5 4.8
2.3 2.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.8 2.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 7.2 6 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11 9.3
2.7 1.4 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.2 2.2
30% 43% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 69% 55%
 
8.2 6.2 7 Shots against (avg) S A 11 9.8 9.9
4.1 3.2 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4 3.5
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Al Orubah have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Orubah have scored at least twice as many goals away as Najran have scored home.
  • Al Orubah haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • All of Al Orubah's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Najran have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Najran have the fewest points (3) at home in Division 1
  • Najran have the most conceded goals (20) in Division 1
  • Najran have the the worst goal difference (-11) in Division 1
  • Najran have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Najran have yet to win a game.
  • Najran is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 Akhdoud 12 8 0 4 19 11 6 6 0 0 13 5 6 2 0 4 6 6 8 24
2 Al Faisaly 10 7 1 2 14 8 5 3 1 1 8 5 5 4 0 1 6 3 6 22
3 Al Hazm 11 6 3 2 17 10 6 5 1 0 11 4 5 1 2 2 6 6 7 21
4 Al Arabi 11 5 4 2 19 14 5 2 2 1 7 5 6 3 2 1 12 9 5 19
5 Jeddah 12 5 3 4 15 12 6 4 2 0 9 3 6 1 1 4 6 9 3 18
6 Al Qaisoma 11 3 7 1 13 10 6 1 5 0 9 7 5 2 2 1 4 3 3 16
7 Al Riyadh 12 5 1 6 16 17 5 2 0 3 7 9 7 3 1 3 9 8 -1 16
8 Al Ahli 8 4 3 1 10 5 4 3 1 0 7 2 4 1 2 1 3 3 5 15
9 Al Orubah 11 4 3 4 12 14 6 1 2 3 3 7 5 3 1 1 9 7 -2 15
10 Al Kholood 11 4 2 5 8 8 6 2 1 3 3 5 5 2 1 2 5 3 0 14
11 Al Jabalain 10 4 2 4 13 15 6 3 1 2 7 8 4 1 1 2 6 7 -2 14
12 Hajer 11 3 4 4 13 14 5 2 1 2 5 5 6 1 3 2 8 9 -1 13
13 Al Quadisiya 11 3 3 5 11 13 6 1 2 3 5 8 5 2 1 2 6 5 -2 12
14 Al Sahel 11 2 6 3 10 12 5 1 2 2 5 7 6 1 4 1 5 5 -2 12
15 Ohod 11 2 6 3 7 11 5 2 3 0 6 4 6 0 3 3 1 7 -4 12
16 Al Shoalah 11 2 4 5 8 10 6 1 1 4 4 6 5 1 3 1 4 4 -2 10
17 Al-Ain 11 2 2 7 8 18 5 1 1 3 5 9 6 1 1 4 3 9 -10 8
18 Najran 11 0 4 7 9 20 5 0 3 2 3 6 6 0 1 5 6 14 -11 4