Al Zulfi Stadium: Al Zulfi vs Al Ansar Division 2 full preview

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Division 2
Competition: Fri 25.March
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: Al Zulfi Stadium (5000 seats)

The bragging rights belong to Al Zulfi so far this season, with the 4th place in the Division 2 table and welcoming Al Ansar (who are placed 5th).

Insights:
  • Al Zulfi have the most scored goals (47) in Division 2
  • Al Ansar have the most conceded goals in the second half (2) in Division 2

Al Zulfi and Al Ansar should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Al Zulfi form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Al Zulfi Stadium as Al Zulfi have scored 28 goals to get 25 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Division 2 are 8-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the Arar game Al Zulfi has been unbeatable here at Al Zulfi Stadium producing four straight wins.

A nice win for Al Zulfi last time playing, versus Al Taraji. That was also a home game and the match ended 6-1.

Before that, Al Zulfi had a home game versus Al Taqdom which ended with a victory 5-1.

Zulfi are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (28 goals in 11 games). It's worth mentioning that 14 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Al Zulfi have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals.

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Al Ansar form and stats

Al Ansar have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Division 2, after 2-6-4 (12 played). Two points from the last two away games for Al Ansar, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Ansar delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Al Najma (placed 3rd) in their previous game.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Al-Jndal.

The visiting Al Ansar have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 12 games. As opposed to that, Al Ansar have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Al Ansar - Zulfi 3-2 was the output when these two teams last played each other, also in this season.

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Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 3 12 24
13 9 3 Won W 0 2 9
4 1 0 Drew D 1 6 9
7 2 1 Lost L 2 4 6
53 34 11 Scored S 2 14 35
20 6 2 Conceded C 5 17 30
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
75% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 83% 79%
54% 67% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 54%
33% 42% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 33%
29% 33% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
33% 25% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 83% 75%
46% 67% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 21%
25% 17% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 8% 8%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 12
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 10
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 6
Key stats in Division 2 this season:
  • Al Ansar have created more than twice as many corners as Al Zulfi.
  • Al Ansar have the most conceded goals in the second half (2) in Division 2
  • Al Ansar have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Al Ansar haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Al Zulfi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Zulfi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Zulfi have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Ansar have scored away.
  • Al Zulfi have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Division 2
  • Al Zulfi have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Division 2
  • Al Zulfi have the most scored goals (28) at home in Division 2
  • Al Zulfi have the most scored goals (47) in Division 2
  • Al Zulfi have the the best goal difference (+23) at home in Division 2
  • Al Zulfi have the the best goal difference (+28) 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 Taraji 23 14 5 4 36 22 12 7 4 1 21 11 11 7 1 3 15 11 14 47
2 Al Qaisoma 23 14 3 6 30 20 12 9 2 1 20 7 11 5 1 5 10 13 10 45
3 Al Najma 23 13 5 5 41 23 12 9 1 2 27 12 11 4 4 3 14 11 18 44
4 Al Zulfi 23 12 4 7 47 19 11 8 1 2 28 5 12 4 3 5 19 14 28 40
5 Al Ansar 23 9 8 6 34 29 11 7 2 2 20 12 12 2 6 4 14 17 5 35
6 Hottain 23 10 5 8 26 29 11 6 2 3 14 12 12 4 3 5 12 17 -3 35
7 Al Taqdom 23 8 6 9 27 28 11 3 4 4 11 13 12 5 2 5 16 15 -1 30
8 Al-Jndal 23 7 8 8 33 31 12 2 6 4 16 18 11 5 2 4 17 13 2 29
9 Al Safa 23 8 5 10 19 26 11 5 2 4 10 11 12 3 3 6 9 15 -7 29
10 Al-Rayyan 23 8 5 10 29 39 12 4 3 5 16 20 11 4 2 5 13 19 -10 29
11 Al Nairyah 23 5 8 10 16 26 12 2 4 6 8 13 11 3 4 4 8 13 -10 23
12 Arar 23 6 5 12 33 44 11 1 4 6 10 17 12 5 1 6 23 27 -11 23
13 Afief 23 4 8 11 30 39 12 2 4 6 15 21 11 2 4 5 15 18 -9 20
14 Al-Thuqbah 23 2 7 14 18 44 11 1 2 8 9 22 12 1 5 6 9 22 -26 13