Al Nassr vs Al Taawon pre-match info: Away side will have a back-breaking 90 minutes at King Saud University Stadium

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Fri 18.Aug
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: King Saud University Stadium (25000 seats)

It's the second possibility for points this league season as Al Nassr and Al Taawon bump heads at King Saud University Stadium.

These are active days for the hometeam, as they had a match only four days ago in the Pro League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Al Ittifaq.

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Al Nassr form and stats

The season before, Al Nassr's league statistics were 20 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses, leading to 2nd position in the Pro League. In these 30 matches they scored {63 goals} and let in 18. Appearing as the host team in the previous season Al Nassr managed 12-3-0 (win-draw-lost) with {34 goals} and 10 conceded.

The supporters are hoping that Al Nassr will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Al Ittifaq (placed 6th).

Before that, a nice away win at Al Hilal (after extra-time). A Arab Club Championship game. The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Nassr home games with this odds we find 13 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 12 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 7 matches were won by at least two goals.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Al Nassr, as the AFC Champions League home game vs Shabab Al Ahli Dubai is only four days away.

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Al Taawon form and stats

Let's have a look at how Al Taawon performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 7 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded {34 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 3 and lost 3 with 24/15 goals scored/conceded. One match played away so far in the Pro League for Al Taawon and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses from 15 games.

Taawon are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Al Fateh (placed 10th).

Prior to that result Al Taawon won their away game at Al Shabab. The scoreline was 3-0.

It's early days yet, but Al Taawon has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Data for the prior ten meetings involving these two sides are: seven wins for Al Nassr, one draw and two wins for Al Taawon. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

NassrS. Mané
S. Mané
1 goals
Al TaawonA. Girotto
A. Girotto
1 goals

Al Nassr missing players

Al Taawon missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Nassr Al Taawon
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 1 1
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 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%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 11 11
2 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 5
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 20 20
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7 7
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 14%
 
5 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10 10
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 4
Al Nassr Last season Al Taawon
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
20 12   Won W   9 16
7 3   Drew D   3 7
3 0   Lost L   3 7
63 34   Scored S   24 46
18 10   Conceded C   15 34
90% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
73% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   87% 87%
57% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 53%
37% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   13% 20%
13% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 7%
37% 53%   BTTS BTTS   60% 67%
53% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 23%
20% 7%   Failed to Score F T   7% 10%
 
5.4 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 5.3
2.6 2.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5.7
1.8 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2
2 1   Red cards R C   3 5
 
14.2 16   Shots (avg) S (   11.9 12.6
5.7 6.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.7 5.2
37% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 29%
 
7 6.4   Shots against (avg) S A   11.7 11.5
2.4 2.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4.5

  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 Riyadh 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
2 Al Ittihad 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 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 Ahli 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Al Ittifaq 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 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 Dhamk 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
13 Al Nassr 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Al Wahda 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 Al Hazm 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
17 Abha 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -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

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 Riyadh 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
2 Al Ittihad 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 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 Ahli 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Al Ittifaq 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 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 Dhamk 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
13 Al Nassr 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Al Wahda 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 Al Hazm 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
17 Abha 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -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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