Struggling Al Khaleej will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Al Batin in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Al Khaleej form and stats
Al Khaleej's struggle is real here with only 2 points collected from 6 Division 1 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-2-4.
The Al Khaleej crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Al Najoom here in a Division 1 match. Prior to that, an away loss at Al Wahda in the Kings Cup.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Al Taqdom are coming to town in four days.
The Al Khaleej fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 6 matches. Al Khaleej are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (12 from 6 played).
Al Batin form and stats
The visitors are W2-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Division 1.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Al Batin, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Al Ansar (placed 16th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Hottain with the score of 2-1.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Al Batin manager M. Panait as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Al Jeel.
Al Batin are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 7 games (in the league). 9 goals have been conceded by Al Batin in these games.
Head 2 Head
Al Khaleej-Al Batin H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Al Khaleej 3 wins, Al Batin 1 win, 5 draws. 4 of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Al Khaleej missing players
Al Batin missing players
| Al Khaleej | Al Batin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 19 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 93% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 85% |
| 86% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 69% |
| 43% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 57% | 54% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 7% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 79% | 83% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 62% |
| 14% | 17% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 14% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 43% | 31% |
| 3.5 | 3 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1 | 1.7 | 3.2 |
| 4 | 5.3 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 2.7 | 4.1 |
| 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 | 60 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 44 | 73 |
| 57 | 25 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 21 | 46 |
| 30% | 24% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | 35% |
- Al Batin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Batin have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Al Khaleej has the fewest points (2) at home
- Al Khaleej have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Khaleej have yet to win a 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-Ain | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| 2 | Al Quadisiya | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 27 |
| 3 | Al Bukayriyah | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 23 |
| 4 | Al-Thuqbah | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Al Batin | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Al Nahdha | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Al Jabalain | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 8 | Al Ta'ee | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Al Shoalah | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| 10 | Ohod | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 11 | Najran | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | Al-Kawkab | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 13 | Jeddah | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | Al Khaleej | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | Al Jeel | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 16 | Al Ansar | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 17 | Al Najoom | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 15 |
| 18 | Hottain | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 13 |
| 19 | Al Taqdom | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -15 | 11 |
| 20 | Al Mojzel | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -17 | 8 |