Soccer betting preview: Al Feiha welcomes Al Khaleej in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Sat 12.Aug
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Al Majma'ah Sports City Stadium

It's a new beginning in Pro League - the first fixture of the season. Read the full preview and see how Al Feiha and Al Khaleej did in their pre-season matches!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Al Feiha form and stats

The season before, Al Feiha's league statistics were 8 wins, 9 draws and 13 losses, providing 11th spot in the Pro League. During these 30 matches they scored {31 goals} and let in 43. Playing at home in the former season Al Feiha generated 4-5-6 (win-draw-lost) with {15 goals} and 20 conceded.

This is expected to be a close game, with Al Feiha perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al Feiha as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Al Feiha has won 1 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Al Feiha have prepared for this season with one friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these one matches are 1 victories, 0 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Al Feiha have scored {3 goals} and conceded 1 time.

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Al Khaleej form and stats

Let's have a look at how Al Khaleej performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 4 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded {44 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 2 and lost 10 with 10/23 goals scored/conceded.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Khaleej playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 2 Al Khaleej wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats.

It's a day of discovery for Al Khaleej as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Al Khaleej have played one with the results W1-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Al Khaleej has scored {3 goals} and conceded 1 time.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the prior seven meetings): Al Feiha won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Al Khaleej got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / three.

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Total First Half Second Half
Al Feiha Al Khaleej
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
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 Feiha Last season Al Khaleej
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
8 4   Won W   3 9
9 5   Drew D   2 4
13 6   Lost L   10 17
31 15   Scored S   10 30
43 20   Conceded C   23 44
93% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 93%
83% 87%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 77%
47% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 47%
13% 7%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   13% 20%
7% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 10%
47% 40%   BTTS BTTS   20% 33%
23% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 23%
37% 40%   Failed to Score F T   67% 50%
 
4.3 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.5
4.4 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 4.6
1.7 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.8
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
10.6 10.7   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 9.9
3.5 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.6
30% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   19% 28%
 
9.1 10.9   Shots against (avg) S A   10.9 9.6
3.6 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.3 3.8

  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 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Al Ittihad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Al Taawon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Al Nassr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Al Wahda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Abha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Al Fateh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Al Hilal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Al Ittifaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Al Tai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Al Khaleej 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Al Shabab 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Al Akhdoud 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Al Raed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Al Riyadh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Dhamk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Al Feiha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Al Hazm 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
Last season 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 Ittihad 30 22 6 2 60 13 15 12 2 1 30 3 15 10 4 1 30 10 47 72
2 Al Nassr 30 20 7 3 63 18 15 12 3 0 34 10 15 8 4 3 29 8 45 67
3 Al Hilal 30 17 8 5 54 29 15 9 4 2 31 15 15 8 4 3 23 14 25 59
4 Al Shabab 30 17 5 8 57 33 15 10 2 3 28 10 15 7 3 5 29 23 24 56
5 Al Taawon 30 16 7 7 46 34 15 7 4 4 22 19 15 9 3 3 24 15 12 55
6 Al Fateh 30 13 4 13 48 43 15 6 3 6 23 22 15 7 1 7 25 21 5 43
7 Al Ittifaq 30 10 7 13 28 36 15 7 3 5 17 17 15 3 4 8 11 19 -8 37
8 Dhamk 30 9 9 12 33 43 15 5 5 5 16 18 15 4 4 7 17 25 -10 36
9 Al Raed 30 9 7 14 41 49 15 5 3 7 23 25 15 4 4 7 18 24 -8 34
10 Al Tai 30 10 4 16 41 49 15 7 1 7 22 19 15 3 3 9 19 30 -8 34
11 Al Feiha 30 8 9 13 31 43 15 4 5 6 15 20 15 4 4 7 16 23 -12 33
12 Abha 30 10 3 17 33 52 15 7 3 5 20 24 15 3 0 12 13 28 -19 33
13 Al Wahda 30 8 8 14 26 43 15 4 5 6 15 23 15 4 3 8 11 20 -17 32
14 Al Khaleej 30 9 4 17 30 44 15 6 2 7 20 21 15 3 2 10 10 23 -14 31
15 Al Adalh 30 7 7 16 30 56 15 5 2 8 14 26 15 2 5 8 16 30 -26 28
16 Al Batin 30 5 5 20 27 63 15 5 3 7 18 28 15 0 2 13 9 35 -36 20

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 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Al Ittihad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Al Taawon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Al Nassr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Al Wahda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Abha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Al Fateh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Al Hilal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Al Ittifaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Al Tai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Al Khaleej 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Al Shabab 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Al Akhdoud 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Al Raed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Al Riyadh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Dhamk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Al Feiha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Al Hazm 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0

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