Both Al Jeel and Al Khaleej are thirsting for points in this game, even with the visitors having a 13 point edge in the league table.
- Al Jeel have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Division 1
- Al Khaleej have scored more than double the goals of Al Jeel.
It should be mentioned that Al Khaleej play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Al Khaleej on grass are 13 victories, 12 draws and 9 defeats from 34 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 48-40. You can compare this with overall results below.
It's quite the trip for Al Khaleej when visiting Jeel as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Al Jeel and Al Khaleej.
Al Jeel form and stats
When playing at home in the Division 1, Al Jeel have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Jeel, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
The Al Jeel fans got no joy from their last match, a Division 1 game also here at Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium: A 0-3 defeat against Al Khaleej (placed 2nd).
Before that match, a win away at Al Nahdha.Al Jeel are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 13 goals have been conceded. When Jeel hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Al-Kawkab, Al Nahdha, Bisha, Al-Ain, Jeddah and Al Shoalah), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Al Khaleej form and stats
4-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Khaleej in their Division 1 matches away.
Al Khaleej play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Al Jeel (placed 16th).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Najran.The travelling fans enjoy Al Khaleej's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Al Khaleej have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Al Jeel and Al Khaleej have duelled before this season: Al Khaleej - Al Jeel 1-1. Stats for the prior ten meetings between these two squads are: one win for Jeel, four draws and five wins for Al Khaleej. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Al Jeel missing players
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| Al Jeel | Al Khaleej | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 17 | 35 |
| 26 | 16 | 10 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 24 |
| 75% | 73% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 55% | 45% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 30% | 36% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 60% | 55% |
| 25% | 27% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 30% |
| 10% | 18% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 30% | 20% |
| 35% | 27% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 60% |
| 40% | 45% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 35% |
| 50% | 55% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.3 | 8.5 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 8.4 | 8.2 |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 21% | 20% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 46% | 48% |
| 11.3 | 12.5 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 8.5 | 8 |
| 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
- Al Jeel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Jeel have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Division 1
- Al Khaleej have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Khaleej have scored more than double the goals of Al Jeel.
- Al Khaleej haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- All of Al Khaleej's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ohod | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 35 |
| 2 | Al Khaleej | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 35 |
| 3 | Al Adalh | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 33 |
| 4 | Al Jabalain | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 33 |
| 5 | Hajer | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | Al Sahel | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 30 |
| 7 | Al Wahda | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 29 |
| 8 | Al Akhdoud | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | Al Kholood | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Al Orubah | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 27 |
| 11 | Najran | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 27 |
| 12 | Al Quadisiya | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
| 13 | Al Draih | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 25 |
| 14 | Al Nahdha | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -4 | 23 |
| 15 | Al Shoalah | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| 16 | Al Jeel | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 22 |
| 17 | Jeddah | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 21 |
| 18 | Al-Kawkab | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 19 | Al-Ain | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -13 | 18 |
| 20 | Bisha | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 12 |
