Pro League match preview: Al Khaleej believed to be the weaker party when Al Ahli Jeddah pays a visit

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Thu 17.Aug
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium (20100 seats)

With the anxious opening match done it’s time for the second Pro League clash of the season. Al Khaleej eagerly anticipate Al Ahli Jeddah in front of their home support.

Al Ahli Jeddah have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Al Khaleej and Al Ahli Jeddah 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 Khaleej form and stats

In the previous season, Al Khaleej's league statistics were 9 wins, 4 draws and 17 losses, leading to 14th position in the Division 1. From these 30 matches they scored {30 goals} and gave away 44. Appearing as the home side in the previous season Al Khaleej produced 6-2-7 (win-draw-lost) with {20 goals} and 21 conceded.

Al Khaleej faced defeat in their previous match, away at Al Feiha (1-3).

0-0 away at Al Raed before that.

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Al Ahli Jeddah form and stats

Let's have a look at how Al Ahli Jeddah performed last season in the Division 1: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 21 victories, 9 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded {24 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 6 and lost 1 with 22/9 goals scored/conceded.

Jeddah go into this game after a win, the home game against Al Hazm that ended 3-1. It's hard not to mention de Oliveira's lethal finishing against Al Hazm. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

Ahead of that match was the Division 1 away draw versus Al Hazm that ended 0-0.

Head 2 Head

Al Ahli Jeddah have managed a streak of 8 consecutive matches without defeat (3-5-0) when playing Al Khaleej.

Top Goalscorers

Al Ahli JeddahR. Firmino
R. Firmino
3 goals
Al KhaleejH. Al Dubais
H. Al Dubais
1 goals

Al Khaleej missing players

Al Ahli Jeddah missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Khaleej Al Ahli Jeddah
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
9 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 8
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 15
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 7
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 43%
 
7 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 10
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 3
Al Khaleej Last season Al Ahli Jeddah
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   17 34
9 6   Won W   10 21
4 2   Drew D   6 9
17 7   Lost L   1 4
30 20   Scored S   22 48
44 21   Conceded C   9 24
93% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   76% 88%
77% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 68%
47% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   29% 38%
20% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   6% 15%
10% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 3%
33% 47%   BTTS BTTS   41% 41%
23% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   53% 53%
50% 33%   Failed to Score F T   29% 18%
 
4.5 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 4.7
4.6 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   3.2 2.9
1.8 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.8
2 1   Red cards R C   1 5
 
9.9 10.2   Shots (avg) S (   8.9 9.3
3.6 3.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.6
28% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 39%
 
9.6 8.4   Shots against (avg) S A   6.5 6.1
3.8 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.2 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 Ittihad 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Al Ahli Jeddah 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Al Hilal 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Al Feiha 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Al Ittifaq 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Al Riyadh 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Al Ta'ee 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Al Akhdoud 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Al Taawon 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Al Fateh 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Al Shabab 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Al Nassr 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
13 Al Wahda 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Dhamk 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Al Khaleej 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
16 Abha 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Al Hazm 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
18 Al Raed 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 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 Ta'ee 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
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 Ahli Jeddah 34 21 9 4 48 24 17 11 3 3 26 15 17 10 6 1 22 9 24 72
2 Al Akhdoud 34 21 5 8 64 35 17 12 3 2 31 15 17 9 2 6 33 20 29 68
3 Al Hazm 34 20 8 6 55 29 17 12 4 1 31 12 17 8 4 5 24 17 26 68
4 Al Riyadh 34 19 6 9 52 37 17 7 4 6 23 24 17 12 2 3 29 13 15 63
5 Al Faisaly 34 16 10 8 45 32 17 8 4 5 27 20 17 8 6 3 18 12 13 58
6 Al Arabi 34 13 10 11 43 43 17 6 6 5 18 17 17 7 4 6 25 26 0 49
7 Al Kholood 34 12 7 15 33 31 17 7 2 8 14 15 17 5 5 7 19 16 2 43
8 Hajer 34 11 10 13 36 41 17 7 6 4 19 15 17 4 4 9 17 26 -5 43
9 Ohod 34 10 12 12 29 38 17 7 8 2 19 15 17 3 4 10 10 23 -9 42
10 Al Jabalain 34 9 14 11 42 43 17 7 4 6 24 22 17 2 10 5 18 21 -1 41
11 Al Quadisiya 34 10 10 14 29 34 17 5 8 4 18 16 17 5 2 10 11 18 -5 40
12 Al Orubah 34 11 7 16 35 41 17 6 5 6 13 14 17 5 2 10 22 27 -6 40
13 Al Qaisoma 34 8 16 10 35 44 17 4 9 4 19 22 17 4 7 6 16 22 -9 40
14 Al-Ain 34 11 6 17 34 46 17 6 3 8 19 20 17 5 3 9 15 26 -12 39
15 Jeddah 34 10 8 16 34 40 17 8 5 4 23 18 17 2 3 12 11 22 -6 38
16 Najran 34 9 9 16 36 54 17 6 4 7 16 24 17 3 5 9 20 30 -18 36
17 Al Sahel 34 7 11 16 36 51 17 3 4 10 18 30 17 4 7 6 18 21 -15 32
18 Al Shoalah 34 5 8 21 23 46 17 3 1 13 11 26 17 2 7 8 12 20 -23 23

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

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