The league table in Division 1 tells a story about these teams so far, with Al Nahdha leading Al Ansar by 7 points. Match preview to follow:
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Al Nahdha form and stats
19 points is a decent return from 8 Division 1 games here for Al Nahdha, who have the most points (19) at home in Division 1,. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Al Nahdha's last game was hosting Al-Thuqbah (placed 4th) and winning 4-1. Before that, Al Nahdha played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Al Najoom.
The Al Nahdha manager J. Rodríguez has got the team scoring with 19 from 8 home games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded.
Al Ansar form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Division 1.
The supporters enjoyed Al Ansar's previous game versus Al Batin (placed 5th), a Division 1 1-0 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Al-Ain wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
The attacking power of Al Ansar when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. 8 goals have been conceded by Al Ansar in these games.
Head 2 Head
Al Nahdha-Al Ansar H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Al Nahdha 2 wins, Al Ansar 1 win, 1 draw. 2 of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Al Nahdha missing players
Al Ansar missing players
| Al Nahdha | Al Ansar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 21 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 93% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 57% | 88% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 29% |
| 29% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 7% |
| 21% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 21% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 36% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
| 5.6 | 7 | 7.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 2.3 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 111 | 76 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 1 | 23 | 79 |
| 51 | 31 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 13 | 37 |
| 41% | 61% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 27% |
- Al Ansar has the fewest scored goals (10)
- Al Ansar has the most matches under the total-line (10)
- Al Ansar have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Al Ansar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Ansar have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Al Nahdha has the most points (19) at home
- Al Nahdha have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Nahdha have scored more than double the goals of Al Ansar.
- Al Nahdha haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- All of Al Nahdha's home-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 | 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 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 26 |
| 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 | Ohod | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 10 | Najran | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | Al-Kawkab | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Jeddah | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Al Shoalah | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 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 |