Match-goers at King Saud Sport City Stadium haven’t celebrated many home wins this season, with Al-Ain rotting in the 18th position. The guesting Al Sahel will believe to shield their higher league spot in this fixture.
- Al-Ain have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Sahel have the most points from losing position (14) in Division 1
Al-Ain and Al Sahel 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.
Al-Ain form and stats
The story so far in the Division 1 for Al-Ain at their home stadium (King Saud Sport City Stadium) is 4 wins, 9 draws and 1 defeat. Two draws in a row at home now for Al-Ain.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Al Akhdoud last time out and are looking for a win here.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Al Draih.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Al-Ain have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost four.
Al-Ain has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches.
Al Sahel form and stats
The visitors are W3-D6-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Division 1. Al Sahel are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Al Khaleej fixture.
Al Sahel's last game was the home draw against Al Nahdha (0-0).
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Hajer's place.Sahel have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 18 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 17 goals have been conceded by Al Sahel in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also encountered each other before this campaign: Al Sahel - Al-Ain 1-0.Al-Ain missing players
Al Sahel missing players
| Al-Ain | Al Sahel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 14 | 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 25 | 18 | 6 | Scored | S | 10 | 18 | 36 |
| 35 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | 32 |
| 89% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 71% | 79% |
| 71% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 57% | 61% |
| 32% | 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 43% | 43% |
| 18% | 21% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 29% | 29% |
| 4% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 14% | 14% |
| 54% | 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 36% | 46% |
| 25% | 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | 32% |
| 32% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 57% | 43% |
| 4 | 3.6 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 8.4 | 9.6 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 7.2 | 8.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 34% | 53% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 36% | 38% |
| 8 | 7.2 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.6 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| 3.4 | 2.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.7 | 3.6 |
- Al Sahel have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Division 1
- Al Sahel have the most points from losing position (14) in Division 1
- Al-Ain have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Al Khaleej | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 52 |
| 2 | Al Jabalain | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 48 |
| 3 | Al Wahda | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 47 |
| 4 | Al Adalh | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 47 |
| 5 | Hajer | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 46 |
| 6 | Ohod | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 42 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 46 |
| 7 | Al Quadisiya | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 31 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 41 |
| 8 | Najran | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 39 |
| 9 | Al Kholood | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 38 |
| 10 | Al Orubah | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 36 |
| 11 | Al Akhdoud | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -1 | 36 |
| 12 | Al Sahel | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 36 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 35 |
| 13 | Al Shoalah | 28 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 34 |
| 14 | Jeddah | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -2 | 34 |
| 15 | Al Nahdha | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -7 | 31 |
| 16 | Al Jeel | 28 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 23 | 36 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -13 | 31 |
| 17 | Al Draih | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 44 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -15 | 31 |
| 18 | Al-Ain | 28 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 25 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -10 | 29 |
| 19 | Al-Kawkab | 28 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 33 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -9 | 24 |
| 20 | Bisha | 28 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 38 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 19 | -17 | 20 |
