Greeting visitors in their own stadium feels relaxed and nice for Al Khaleej, but Al Taawon are fully intent and qualified to win. Who wins the prize?
- Al Khaleej have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Pro League
- Al Taawon have the most points from losing position (14) in Pro League
Al Khaleej's stadium, Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Al Taawon have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Al Taawon when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss from five matches. They have scored {7 goals} in these games and conceded 4.
Al Taawon have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Al Khaleej form and stats
When playing at home in the Pro League, Al Khaleej have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 13 games.
The Khaleej followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against Al Taawon (placed 5th). The first setback in the shape of a loss after collecting points through three league games.
1-1 away at Al Nassr before that.Al Khaleej are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 13 games. Al Khaleej's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Taawon form and stats
7-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Taawon in their Pro League matches away.
It's the second away game in a row for Taawon, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Al Khaleej (placed 14th) last time out.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Al Raed.Betting fact: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 10 of this club's latest 12 league fixtures.
The visiting Al Taawon have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 13 games. As opposed to that, Taawon have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have battled previously this season: Al Taawon - Al Khaleej 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Khaleej four wins, four draws and Al Taawon two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Cikalleshi 9 goals |  F. Santos Martins 7 goals |   Á. Medrán Just 6 goals |
Al Khaleej missing players
Al Taawon missing players
| Al Khaleej | Al Taawon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 17 | 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 23 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 21 | 38 |
| 42 | 20 | 9 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | 32 |
| 96% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 79% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 86% | 85% |
| 44% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 50% | 48% |
| 15% | 21% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 14% | 19% |
| 7% | 14% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 7% | 7% |
| 30% | 43% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 64% | 67% |
| 22% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 29% | 22% |
| 52% | 36% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | 11% |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 6 | 5.8 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9.4 | 9.2 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 11.9 | 12.5 |
| 3.1 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| 27% | 40% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 27% | 28% |
| 9.8 | 8.4 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 11.5 | 10.8 |
| 3.8 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
- Al Khaleej have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Khaleej have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Pro League
- Al Taawon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Taawon have the most points from losing position (14) in Pro League
- Al Taawon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 52 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 41 | 62 |
| 2 | Al Nassr | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 7 | 39 | 57 |
| 3 | Al Shabab | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 26 | 53 |
| 4 | Al Hilal | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 22 | 49 |
| 5 | Al Taawon | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 43 |
| 6 | Al Fateh | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 41 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 39 |
| 7 | Al Ta'ee | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 39 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 26 | -2 | 34 |
| 8 | Al Ittifaq | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 33 |
| 9 | Dhamk | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | -2 | 32 |
| 10 | Abha | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 24 | -14 | 30 |
| 11 | Al Raed | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -12 | 29 |
| 12 | Al Feiha | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -10 | 28 |
| 13 | Al Wahda | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -15 | 26 |
| 14 | Al Khaleej | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 22 | -17 | 24 |
| 15 | Al Adalh | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -28 | 21 |
| 16 | Al Batin | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 24 | 57 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 31 | -33 | 18 |
