A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 4th and 15th place in the table will show on the pitch.
Al Bukayriyah and Al Khaleej 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 Bukayriyah form and stats
The story so far in the Division 1 for Al Bukayriyah, who have the most scored goals (32) in Division 1, at their home stadium is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. There’s a good atmosphere here after three straight home wins.
The home team returns after sharing the points with Al Shoalah (placed 11th) on their last time out; the Division 1 game ended 0-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Al Nassr in the Kings Cup.
Al Bukayriyah are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here in their league games, having scored an impressive 21 goals in 7 matches. Al Bukayriyah's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Khaleej form and stats
3 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Al Khaleej playing as the away team in the Division 1 this season. It's a growing despair in Al Khaleej as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Division 1 home defeat versus Al Najoom with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Al Taqdom.
Al Khaleej have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Al Khaleej as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
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| Al Bukayriyah | Al Khaleej | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 32 | 21 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 18 |
| 17 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 23 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 80% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 53% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 44% |
| 47% | 57% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 12% | 25% |
| 27% | 57% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 60% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 119 | 61 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 58 | 134 |
| 68 | 35 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 32 | 66 |
| 47% | 60% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 34% | 27% |
- Al Bukayriyah has the most scored goals (21) at home
- Al Bukayriyah has the most scored goals (32)
- Al Bukayriyah has the most scored goals in the first half (15)
- Al Bukayriyah has the most scored goals in the second half (17)
- Al Bukayriyah has the the best goal difference (+15)
- Al Bukayriyah have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Bukayriyah have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Al Bukayriyah have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Al Bukayriyah haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Al Khaleej has the most dropped points from leading position (12)
- Al Khaleej 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 | Al Quadisiya | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| 2 | Al-Ain | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 28 |
| 3 | Al Batin | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Al Bukayriyah | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 24 |
| 5 | Al-Thuqbah | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 24 |
| 6 | Al Jabalain | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 23 |
| 7 | Ohod | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| 8 | Al Nahdha | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | Jeddah | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 22 |
| 10 | Al Ta'ee | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Al Shoalah | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 12 | Najran | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 13 | Al-Kawkab | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 14 | Al Ansar | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Al Khaleej | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | -5 | 15 |
| 16 | Al Jeel | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -5 | 15 |
| 17 | Al Najoom | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | -12 | 15 |
| 18 | Al Taqdom | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -14 | 14 |
| 19 | Hottain | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -12 | 13 |
| 20 | Al Mojzel | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -19 | 8 |