The visiting Al Riyadh team should be odds-on favourites at Al Najoom, as the visitors hold a 22 point lead from their 20 league games this season.
- Al Najoom have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Riyadh have the most points (26) away in Division 2
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.
Al Najoom form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Al Najoom have to build on here in the Division 2. When Al Najoom hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Al-Saqer, Al Bukayriyah and Al Arabi), they have won 1 of 2 matches! Al Najoom has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Alsairai and the players.
The Najoom supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here: A 1-3 defeat against Al Rawdhah (placed 8th).
Prior to that, an away loss at Al Entesar.Al Najoom are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Al Najoom have conceded 10 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Al Riyadh form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Al Riyadh so far, with 8-2-0 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Division 2 statistics. In general it has been a productive period now for Riyadh as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
The fans enjoyed Al Riyadh's previous game versus Al Dahab (placed 14th), a 2-0 win played at home.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Al Rawdhah.Al Riyadh are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 10 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also played each other earlier this season: Al Riyadh - Al Najoom null. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Najoom one win, one draw and Al Riyadh one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Al Najoom missing players
Al Riyadh missing players
| Al Najoom | Al Riyadh | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 16 | 34 |
| 30 | 13 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 86% | 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 90% | 90% |
| 71% | 70% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 70% | 76% |
| 48% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 43% |
| 29% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 43% | 30% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 52% |
| 29% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 43% |
| 43% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 10% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Al Najoom have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Riyadh have not yet lost a game away.
- Al Riyadh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Riyadh have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Riyadh have the most points (26) away in Division 2
- Al Riyadh have the most scored goals (16) away in Division 2
- Al Riyadh have the the best goal difference (+10) away in Division 2
| 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 Arabi | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 45 |
| 2 | Al Riyadh | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Al-Saqer | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 30 |
| 4 | Al Bukayriyah | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Al Entesar | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | Wajj | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Al-Washm | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
| 8 | Al Rawdhah | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -5 | 25 |
| 9 | Al-Sadd | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -11 | 23 |
| 10 | Tuwaiq | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 22 |
| 11 | Al Sharq | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Al Najoom | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | Al-Lewaa | 20 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -11 | 18 |
| 14 | Al Dahab | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -16 | 15 |
