Al-Kawkab look to Al-Shoalah Club Stadium supporters for inspiration before Al Draih match

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Division 1
Competition: Tue 15.March
Match begins: 15:40 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Shoalah Club Stadium (8000 seats)

This game stars two squads living in the carpet of the Division 1, Al-Kawkab at 19th place and Al Draih lying 17th. A good chance for one of the squads to boost their situation.

Insights:
  • Al-Kawkab is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Al Draih have the most conceded goals (43) in Division 1

Al-Kawkab and Al Draih 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-Kawkab form and stats

With 3 Division 1 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Al-Kawkab are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Al-Kawkab hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Al-Kawkab, Al Nahdha, Bisha, Al Jeel, Al-Ain and Al Shoalah), they have won 2 of 3 matches! The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 15 attempts.

Al-Kawkab travelled for their previous game, a trip to Bisha that ended 1-1.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Al Wahda (0-2).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Al-Kawkab have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won two times, drawn zero and lost two.

Al-Kawkab aren't scoring a lot here at Al-Shoalah Club Stadium in the league, with only 10 goals from 13 games. 15 goals have been conceded. Al-Kawkab has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.

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Al Draih form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Draih so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-7 (win-draw-lose).

Draih are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Al-Ain (placed 18th).

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Al Shoalah.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Al Draih have conceded 22 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the squads met earlier this campaign; Al Draih - Al-Kawkab 2-2. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's zero Al-Kawkab victories, three draws and two Al Draih wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Al-Kawkab missing players

Al Draih missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al-Kawkab Al Draih
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 4 13 27
4 3 2 Won W 0 3 8
11 2 0 Drew D 1 3 6
12 8 1 Lost L 3 7 13
23 10 3 Scored S 0 10 28
32 15 1 Conceded C 7 22 43
89% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 93%
63% 46% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 77% 81%
30% 23% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 54% 52%
15% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 23% 26%
7% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 7%
56% 31% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 46% 56%
19% 23% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 15% 15%
37% 54% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 54% 37%
 
2.9 3.6 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.6 5.1
4.6 3.4 1.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.7 4.5
2.2 2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.3 2.2
5 4 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
6.2 5.8 6.7 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 9.1 8.5
2.4 2.5 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.9 3.9
34% 31% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 15% 25%
 
7.8 7.4 4.7 Shots against (avg) S A 9 8.7 7.9
3 3.2 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.6 3.5
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Al Draih have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Al Draih have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Draih have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Division 1
  • Al Draih have the most conceded goals (43) in Division 1
  • Al Draih have the most conceded goals in the second half (27) in Division 1
  • Al-Kawkab have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Division 1
  • Al-Kawkab have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in Division 1
  • Al-Kawkab have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Division 1
  • Al-Kawkab have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Division 1
  • Al-Kawkab have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Al-Kawkab is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 Wahda 28 12 11 5 34 21 14 5 5 4 20 15 14 7 6 1 14 6 13 47
3 Al Adalh 27 13 8 6 30 24 13 6 4 3 15 12 14 7 4 3 15 12 6 47
4 Ohod 28 12 10 6 42 34 13 6 3 4 18 15 15 6 7 2 24 19 8 46
5 Hajer 27 13 6 8 34 25 14 7 5 2 20 8 13 6 1 6 14 17 9 45
6 Al Jabalain 27 13 6 8 32 26 13 6 3 4 13 12 14 7 3 4 19 14 6 45
7 Al Quadisiya 28 10 11 7 31 23 14 7 4 3 19 11 14 3 7 4 12 12 8 41
8 Al Kholood 28 10 8 10 29 29 14 6 7 1 18 8 14 4 1 9 11 21 0 38
9 Najran 27 9 9 9 24 23 13 5 3 5 13 12 14 4 6 4 11 11 1 36
10 Al Orubah 27 9 8 10 28 28 13 4 6 3 12 11 14 5 2 7 16 17 0 35
11 Al Akhdoud 27 9 8 10 33 34 14 6 3 5 19 14 13 3 5 5 14 20 -1 35
12 Al Sahel 27 8 10 9 36 32 13 5 4 4 18 15 14 3 6 5 18 17 4 34
13 Jeddah 27 9 7 11 27 28 14 5 4 5 14 11 13 4 3 6 13 17 -1 34
14 Al Shoalah 27 7 12 8 30 27 13 4 6 3 17 13 14 3 6 5 13 14 3 33
15 Al Nahdha 27 7 9 11 27 34 15 5 7 3 18 12 12 2 2 8 9 22 -7 30
16 Al Jeel 27 6 12 9 23 36 14 3 4 7 12 24 13 3 8 2 11 12 -13 30
17 Al Draih 27 8 6 13 28 43 14 5 3 6 18 21 13 3 3 7 10 22 -15 30
18 Al-Ain 27 5 13 9 24 34 13 4 8 1 17 13 14 1 5 8 7 21 -10 28
19 Al-Kawkab 27 4 11 12 23 32 13 3 2 8 10 15 14 1 9 4 13 17 -9 23
20 Bisha 28 4 8 16 21 38 14 2 5 7 13 19 14 2 3 9 8 19 -17 20

Table
  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 Wahda 28 12 11 5 34 21 14 5 5 4 20 15 14 7 6 1 14 6 13 47
3 Al Adalh 27 13 8 6 30 24 13 6 4 3 15 12 14 7 4 3 15 12 6 47
4 Ohod 28 12 10 6 42 34 13 6 3 4 18 15 15 6 7 2 24 19 8 46
5 Hajer 27 13 6 8 34 25 14 7 5 2 20 8 13 6 1 6 14 17 9 45
6 Al Jabalain 27 13 6 8 32 26 13 6 3 4 13 12 14 7 3 4 19 14 6 45
7 Al Quadisiya 28 10 11 7 31 23 14 7 4 3 19 11 14 3 7 4 12 12 8 41
8 Al Kholood 28 10 8 10 29 29 14 6 7 1 18 8 14 4 1 9 11 21 0 38
9 Najran 27 9 9 9 24 23 13 5 3 5 13 12 14 4 6 4 11 11 1 36
10 Al Orubah 27 9 8 10 28 28 13 4 6 3 12 11 14 5 2 7 16 17 0 35
11 Al Akhdoud 27 9 8 10 33 34 14 6 3 5 19 14 13 3 5 5 14 20 -1 35
12 Al Sahel 27 8 10 9 36 32 13 5 4 4 18 15 14 3 6 5 18 17 4 34
13 Jeddah 27 9 7 11 27 28 14 5 4 5 14 11 13 4 3 6 13 17 -1 34
14 Al Shoalah 27 7 12 8 30 27 13 4 6 3 17 13 14 3 6 5 13 14 3 33
15 Al Nahdha 27 7 9 11 27 34 15 5 7 3 18 12 12 2 2 8 9 22 -7 30
16 Al Jeel 27 6 12 9 23 36 14 3 4 7 12 24 13 3 8 2 11 12 -13 30
17 Al Draih 27 8 6 13 28 43 14 5 3 6 18 21 13 3 3 7 10 22 -15 30
18 Al-Ain 27 5 13 9 24 34 13 4 8 1 17 13 14 1 5 8 7 21 -10 28
19 Al-Kawkab 27 4 11 12 23 32 13 3 2 8 10 15 14 1 9 4 13 17 -9 23
20 Bisha 28 4 8 16 21 38 14 2 5 7 13 19 14 2 3 9 8 19 -17 20

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