Al Draih vs Al Akhdoud match preview: Even contest expected at Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Stadium

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Division 1
Competition: Tue 15.February
Match begins: 16:55 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Stadium (15000 seats)

Match-goers at Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Stadium haven’t celebrated many victories this season, with Al Draih lying uncomfortably in the 16th spot. The visiting Al Akhdoud will attempt to protect their higher league place in this one.

Insights:
  • Al Draih have the most conceded goals (38) in Division 1

It's quite the trip for Al Akhdoud when visiting Al Draih as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

This could be an engrossing match with lots of fun and bustle as both teams are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!

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Al Draih form and stats

Al Draih have played 12 Division 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Dosari was the last player to score a league goal for Al Draih and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Al Draih haven't scored in 255 minutes.

An away draw last time out for Draih, facing Al Quadisiya in a game that ended 0-0.

Before that game, the home loss against Al Adalh with the scoreline 0-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Al Draih perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al Draih as a small favourite), we find seven games. Al Draih has won three of these, drawn one and lost three.

The Al Draih fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 12 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Draih defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Al Akhdoud form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Division 1 travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Al Akhdoud failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Al Kholood (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 0-1.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Al Quadisiya.

Al Akhdoud have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Al Akhdoud - Draih 2-3 was the scoreline in these contenders' latest H2H fixture, played this season.

Al Draih missing players

Al Akhdoud missing players

Al Draih Al Akhdoud
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 12 5 Played P 5 11 23
7 4 1 Won W 2 3 8
5 3 1 Drew D 3 4 7
11 5 3 Lost L 0 4 8
25 15 5 Scored S 5 11 28
38 18 10 Conceded C 3 16 28
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 91% 87%
83% 83% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 82% 74%
52% 42% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 55% 57%
30% 33% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 22%
9% 8% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
57% 58% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 73% 65%
13% 17% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 18% 26%
35% 25% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 18% 22%
 
5.4 5.8 7.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5.4 5.2
4.5 4.5 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.5 4.3
2.3 2.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.3 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9 8.2 8.6 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 7.5 8.6
4.2 4.1 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.1 3.9
24% 31% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 32% 30%
 
7.7 6.8 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.4 8.6 8
3.4 3.2 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4 3.5
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Al Draih have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Division 1
  • Al Draih have the most conceded goals (38) in Division 1
  • Al Draih haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 24 12 7 5 41 29 12 7 4 1 21 10 12 5 3 4 20 19 12 43
2 Al Adalh 23 12 6 5 25 20 11 6 3 2 13 9 12 6 3 3 12 11 5 42
3 Ohod 23 11 7 5 35 25 11 5 2 4 15 13 12 6 5 1 20 12 10 40
4 Hajer 24 11 6 7 29 21 12 6 5 1 17 5 12 5 1 6 12 16 8 39
5 Al Jabalain 23 11 5 7 27 22 11 6 2 3 11 9 12 5 3 4 16 13 5 38
6 Al Wahda 23 8 10 5 23 17 12 4 4 4 15 12 11 4 6 1 8 5 6 34
7 Al Orubah 23 9 7 7 28 23 11 4 5 2 12 10 12 5 2 5 16 13 5 34
8 Al Kholood 24 9 7 8 27 25 12 5 6 1 16 7 12 4 1 7 11 18 2 34
9 Al Sahel 23 8 9 6 34 26 11 5 3 3 17 13 12 3 6 3 17 13 8 33
10 Al Quadisiya 23 7 10 6 26 22 12 5 4 3 15 11 11 2 6 3 11 11 4 31
11 Al Akhdoud 23 8 7 8 28 28 12 5 3 4 17 12 11 3 4 4 11 16 0 31
12 Najran 24 7 8 9 21 22 12 4 3 5 12 12 12 3 5 4 9 10 -1 29
13 Al Shoalah 23 6 10 7 25 22 11 4 5 2 16 11 12 2 5 5 9 11 3 28
14 Al Nahdha 23 6 9 8 23 27 13 5 7 1 17 8 10 1 2 7 6 19 -4 27
15 Al Jeel 23 5 11 7 19 30 12 3 4 5 11 20 11 2 7 2 8 10 -11 26
16 Al Draih 23 7 5 11 25 38 12 4 3 5 15 18 11 3 2 6 10 20 -13 26
17 Jeddah 23 6 7 10 21 25 12 4 4 4 11 9 11 2 3 6 10 16 -4 25
18 Al-Ain 23 4 11 8 20 32 11 3 7 1 14 13 12 1 4 7 6 19 -12 23
19 Al-Kawkab 23 4 9 10 21 27 11 3 2 6 10 12 12 1 7 4 11 15 -6 21
20 Bisha 23 3 5 15 17 34 11 2 2 7 10 16 12 1 3 8 7 18 -17 14