West Bank League 1st Division duel: Close contest expected between Ahli Al-Khalil and Shabab Alsamu

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Competition: Palestine West Bank League 1st Division
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dora International Stadium (18000 seats)

This fixture involves two sides dwelling in the carpet of the West Bank League 1st Division, Ahli Al-Khalil holding 9th position and Shabab Alsamu in 10th. A good opportunity for one of the squads to boost their situation.

Insights:
  • Ahli Al-Khalil have yet to win a game at home.
  • Shabab Alsamu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

This should be an engrossing fixture with lots of action and energy as both squads are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!

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Ahli Al-Khalil form and stats

With 0 West Bank League 1st Division wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Ahli Al-Khalil are certainly not brimming with confidence. Ahli Al-Khalil are slowly digging their own grave here at Dora International Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in 15 attempts.

A strong away win for Ahli Al-Khalil against Thagafi Tulkarm the last match. What a relief, as that was the first league win after going winless in six consecutive games.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Shabab Al-Dhahiriya (0-2).

It should be taken into account that a glance at the 12 most recent league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Al-Khalil aren't scoring a lot here at Dora International Stadium in the league, with only {4 goals} from 7 games. Ahli Al-Khalil have conceded 16 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Shabab Alsamu form and stats

There's been little loot from Shabab Alsamu's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 8 away games in the West Bank League 1st Division. Shabab Alsamu only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 0 draws. Bitter travels for Shabab Alsamu as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Islami Kalkelea match.

Shabab Alsamu might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Markez Balata proved too strong as Shabab slumped to a 2-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Hussein Bin Ali Stadium.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Jabal Al Mukaber's place.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the squads faced each other previously this campaign; Shabab Alsamu - Ahli Al-Khalil 0-1. Last seven meetings between these contenders: Al-Khalil won two, Shabab Alsamu were winners in three and we saw two draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.

Ahli Al-Khalil missing players

Shabab Alsamu missing players

Ahli Al-Khalil Shabab Alsamu
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 7 1 Played P 1 8 16
3 0 0 Won W 1 1 3
4 2 0 Drew D 0 0 2
9 5 1 Lost L 0 7 11
16 4 0 Scored S 3 6 17
30 16 1 Conceded C 1 16 28
94% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
69% 71% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 69%
38% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 56%
31% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 38% 44%
19% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
44% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 50%
25% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
38% 57% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 44%
 
2.7 2.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 3.8
2.7 2.8 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8.5 6.7
1.3 0.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.2 6.5 12 Shots (avg) S ( 0 4.5 9.5
4.5 4.2 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.5 3.3
11% 12% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 40%
 
10 10.2 10 Shots against (avg) S A 0 16.5 11.2
5.3 5.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 7 5
Key stats in West Bank League 1st Division this season:
  • Ahli Al-Khalil have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Ahli Al-Khalil have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ahli Al-Khalil have yet to win a game at home.
  • Shabab Alsamu have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Shabab Alsamu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Shabab Alsamu have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Shabab Alsamu have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Shabab Alsamu haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hilal Al-Quds 17 13 1 3 37 13 9 7 1 1 14 4 8 6 0 2 23 9 24 40
2 Shabab Al Khaleel 17 11 4 2 31 9 8 5 3 0 16 4 9 6 1 2 15 5 22 37
3 Jabal Al Mukaber 16 11 4 1 31 11 8 6 2 0 14 6 8 5 2 1 17 5 20 37
4 Shabab Al-Dhahiriya 16 11 3 2 28 12 9 8 1 0 18 6 7 3 2 2 10 6 16 36
5 Markez Balata 16 8 4 4 26 17 7 5 1 1 14 7 9 3 3 3 12 10 9 28
6 Thagafi Tulkarm 17 6 4 7 20 22 8 3 1 4 9 12 9 3 3 3 11 10 -2 22
7 Al-Bireh 16 5 5 6 17 21 8 3 2 3 7 9 8 2 3 3 10 12 -4 20
8 Taraji Wadi Al-Nes 17 4 7 6 23 29 9 3 3 3 10 15 8 1 4 3 13 14 -6 19
9 Ahli Al-Khalil 16 3 4 9 16 30 7 0 2 5 4 16 9 3 2 4 12 14 -14 13
10 Shabab Alsamu 16 3 2 11 17 28 8 2 2 4 11 12 8 1 0 7 6 16 -11 11
11 Shabab Al Am'ari 16 1 5 10 14 28 9 0 4 5 8 18 7 1 1 5 6 10 -14 8
12 Islami Kalkelea 16 0 1 15 7 47 8 0 0 8 4 29 8 0 1 7 3 18 -40 1