Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Al Khaleej in 8th and Al-Thuqbah in 9th place.
- Al Khaleej has the most clean sheets (8) in Division 1
Al-Thuqbah could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Division 1 game only four sleeps ago.
It should be mentioned that Al-Thuqbah play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Al-Thuqbah on artifical turf are 1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat from three games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 1-2. You can compare this with overall results below.
It's quite the trip for Al-Thuqbah when visiting Khaleej as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Al Khaleej form and stats
3-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Division 1 numbers at home for Al Khaleej, who have the most clean sheets (8) in Division 1, so far this season. Al Khaleej has a nice streak going on as they have played eleven consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Al Draih defeat 69 days ago.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Al Jeel.
There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Al-Kawkab as Lee's goal in the 85th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes.
Khaleej has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Khaleej have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Al-Thuqbah form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Division 1 travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Al Nahdha.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Al-Thuqbah have scored 8 goals in 8 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Al-Thuqbah have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Khaleej wins - draws - Al-Thuqbah wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Al Khaleej missing players
Al-Thuqbah missing players
| Al Khaleej | Al-Thuqbah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 20 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 25 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 25 |
| 76% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 62% | 83% |
| 47% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 78% |
| 35% | 38% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 72% |
| 29% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 11% |
| 41% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | 67% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 22% |
| 35% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 28% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.5 | 7.4 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 3.4 |
| 3.4 | 3.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 26% | 22% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 60% |
- Al Khaleej has the most clean sheets (8) in Division 1
- Al Khaleej have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 Hazm | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 27 | 46 |
| 2 | Al Feiha | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 37 |
| 3 | Al Jabalain | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 35 |
| 4 | Al Ta'ee | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 33 |
| 5 | Hajer | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | Al Draih | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Al Adalh | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 27 |
| 8 | Al Khaleej | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| 9 | Al-Thuqbah | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Al-Kawkab | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 11 | Ohod | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 22 |
| 12 | Al Jeel | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 21 |
| 13 | Najran | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 14 | Al Nahdha | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 | Al Shoalah | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 19 |
| 16 | Jeddah | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 17 | Al Sahel | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -9 | 19 |
| 18 | Arar | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 13 |
| 19 | Al Bukayriyah | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | -18 | 10 |
| 20 | Al Najoom | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -21 | 10 |