Open game expected at Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium: Al Jabalain vs Al Wahda preview

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Division 1
Competition: Mon 31.January
Match begins: 12:50 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium (12250 seats)

Shaky top table thriller as Al Wahda have travelled the 497 miles needed to confront Al Jabalain at their Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium.

Insights:
  • Al Jabalain is in the best form (4-1-1) in Division 1
  • Al Wahda have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Division 1

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Al Jabalain and Al Wahda 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.

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Al Jabalain form and stats

All-inclusive Division 1 results playing at home this season for Al Jabalain are 6-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the Al Quadisiya game Al Jabalain has been unbeatable here at Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium producing four straight wins.

Al Jabalain travelled for their previous game, a trip to Al Khaleej that ended 0-0.

Before that, Al Jabalain had a home game versus Al Orubah which ended with a victory 2-1.

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

Al Jabalain has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Jabalain have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Al Wahda form and stats

4 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Al Wahda playing as the away team in the Division 1 this season. Al Wahda has drawn their two previous away games.

Wahda won their last game, 3-0 versus Al Sahel played at home.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Al Akhdoud that ended 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Al Wahda playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were four Al Wahda wins, zero draws and two defeats.

Goals are few and far between in Wahda's away league games. Only 8 goals from 10 travels. The attacking power of Al Wahda when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Al Wahda are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Al Jabalain and Al Wahda have played each other earlier this season: Al Wahda - Al Jabalain 1-3.

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Al Wahda missing players

Al Jabalain Al Wahda
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 3 10 21
10 6 1 Won W 2 4 8
4 1 0 Drew D 0 5 9
7 3 3 Lost L 1 1 4
25 11 4 Scored S 4 8 23
22 9 7 Conceded C 3 5 16
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 70% 81%
67% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 67%
43% 50% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 10% 29%
19% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
48% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 30% 48%
43% 50% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 60% 43%
19% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 29%
 
5.2 4.9 7.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.2 5.3
2.8 2.8 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 2.6 3.4
2.4 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.1 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.9 8.1 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 8.2 8.6
4.2 4.4 7.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.4 3.1
29% 22% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 32% 33%
 
6.8 6 7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 7.1 7.2
3.2 2.8 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 2.9 3.2
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Al Jabalain have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Jabalain is in the best form (4-1-1) in Division 1
  • Al Wahda have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Division 1
  • Al Wahda have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Division 1
  • Al Wahda have the most clean sheets (6) away in Division 1

  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 21 11 6 4 37 25 11 6 4 1 18 9 10 5 2 3 19 16 12 39
2 Al Adalh 21 11 6 4 24 18 10 6 3 1 13 7 11 5 3 3 11 11 6 39
3 Ohod 21 10 6 5 32 23 10 4 2 4 13 12 11 6 4 1 19 11 9 36
4 Al Jabalain 21 10 4 7 25 22 10 6 1 3 11 9 11 4 3 4 14 13 3 34
5 Al Wahda 21 8 9 4 23 16 11 4 4 3 15 11 10 4 5 1 8 5 7 33
6 Hajer 21 9 5 7 24 18 11 6 4 1 16 4 10 3 1 6 8 14 6 32
7 Al Sahel 21 8 7 6 34 26 10 5 2 3 17 13 11 3 5 3 17 13 8 31
8 Al Akhdoud 21 8 7 6 27 25 10 5 3 2 16 9 11 3 4 4 11 16 2 31
9 Al Orubah 21 8 6 7 26 23 10 4 4 2 12 10 11 4 2 5 14 13 3 30
10 Al Kholood 21 8 5 8 24 23 10 5 4 1 14 5 11 3 1 7 10 18 1 29
11 Najran 21 7 7 7 20 19 11 4 3 4 12 11 10 3 4 3 8 8 1 28
12 Al Quadisiya 21 6 9 6 24 21 11 5 3 3 15 11 10 1 6 3 9 10 3 27
13 Al Draih 21 7 4 10 25 37 11 4 3 4 15 17 10 3 1 6 10 20 -12 25
14 Al Shoalah 21 5 9 7 22 20 10 3 5 2 14 10 11 2 4 5 8 10 2 24
15 Jeddah 21 6 6 9 20 23 11 4 3 4 10 8 10 2 3 5 10 15 -3 24
16 Al Nahdha 21 5 8 8 20 26 12 4 7 1 15 8 9 1 1 7 5 18 -6 23
17 Al Jeel 21 4 11 6 18 28 11 3 4 4 11 18 10 1 7 2 7 10 -10 23
18 Al-Kawkab 21 4 9 8 18 21 10 3 2 5 8 9 11 1 7 3 10 12 -3 21
19 Al-Ain 21 3 10 8 18 31 10 2 7 1 13 13 11 1 3 7 5 18 -13 19
20 Bisha 21 3 4 14 15 31 10 2 1 7 9 15 11 1 3 7 6 16 -16 13