Division 1 match preview: Al Najoom versus Al Bukayriyah

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Division 1
Competition: Thu 06.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium (20000 seats)

Struggling Al Najoom will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Al Bukayriyah in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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Al Najoom form and stats

The story so far in the Division 1 for Al Najoom at their home stadium (Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

Stress levels are on the rise for Najoom's attacking players as they have now played 214 minutes without scoring in a league game.

The fans are hoping that Najoom will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Division 1 game against Al-Ain (placed 1st). A 0-0 draw away before that, with Al Jeel the opponent.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Al Najoom here at Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 14 games). On the other hand, Najoom have conceded 18 goals.

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Al Bukayriyah form and stats

5 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Al Bukayriyah, who have the most scored goals (50) in Division 1, playing as the away team in the Division 1 this season.

Bukayriyah had fun at their own home (Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium) last time out, beating Najran 3-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Al Mojzel at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Bukayriyah are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 14 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Bukayriyah have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Al Bukayriyah - Najoom 7-1 entered in the official records.

Al Najoom missing players

Al Bukayriyah missing players

Al Najoom Al Bukayriyah
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 4 14 28
5 4 0 Won W 3 5 14
8 4 1 Drew D 1 7 8
15 6 2 Lost L 0 2 6
25 12 1 Scored S 7 20 52
50 18 4 Conceded C 1 14 29
86% 93% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 93%
71% 71% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 79% 82%
50% 36% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 50%
32% 14% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 36% 36%
18% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
57% 57% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 64% 57%
21% 21% 33% Clean Sheets C S 75% 36% 36%
36% 29% 67% Failed to Score F T 25% 14% 14%
 
2.9 2.7 1.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 2.7 3.5
4.9 5.9 6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 3.5 3.6
1.8 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 1.6 1.7
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
193 123 19 Total Shots T S 33 87 200
99 62 7 Shots on Target S O 21 50 108
23% 19% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 36% 44%
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Al Bukayriyah has the most scored goals (50)
  • Al Bukayriyah has the most scored goals in the first half (24)
  • Al Bukayriyah have scored more than double the goals of Al Najoom.
  • Al Bukayriyah have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Al Bukayriyah is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Al Najoom has the fewest scored goals in the second half (11)
  • Al Najoom have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won 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 28 15 11 2 43 19 15 11 2 2 28 8 13 4 9 0 15 11 24 56
2 Al Batin 28 15 8 5 37 20 13 8 5 0 21 7 15 7 3 5 16 13 17 53
3 Ohod 28 14 8 6 44 25 14 5 5 4 16 12 14 9 3 2 28 13 19 50
4 Al Quadisiya 27 13 10 4 44 26 13 7 4 2 25 12 14 6 6 2 19 14 18 49
5 Al Nahdha 28 14 7 7 41 30 13 9 2 2 29 15 15 5 5 5 12 15 11 49
6 Al Bukayriyah 28 13 8 7 50 31 14 8 1 5 30 17 14 5 7 2 20 14 19 47
7 Jeddah 28 12 7 9 37 35 14 8 2 4 20 15 14 4 5 5 17 20 2 43
8 Al Jabalain 28 10 11 7 39 29 14 5 6 3 19 16 14 5 5 4 20 13 10 41
9 Najran 28 11 8 9 37 32 14 4 4 6 16 17 14 7 4 3 21 15 5 41
10 Al-Thuqbah 28 10 10 8 42 30 14 5 5 4 24 14 14 5 5 4 18 16 12 40
11 Al Shoalah 28 9 11 8 32 26 15 4 7 4 19 15 13 5 4 4 13 11 6 38
12 Al Ta'ee 28 10 6 12 29 28 14 6 4 4 20 12 14 4 2 8 9 16 1 36
13 Al Jeel 28 9 9 10 28 34 14 4 6 4 14 14 14 5 3 6 14 20 -6 36
14 Al Khaleej 27 7 9 11 28 34 14 2 5 7 10 18 13 5 4 4 18 16 -6 30
15 Al-Kawkab 28 7 8 13 24 36 15 4 6 5 15 17 13 3 2 8 9 19 -12 29
16 Al Ansar 28 8 5 15 24 42 14 3 4 7 10 14 14 5 1 8 14 28 -18 29
17 Al Mojzel 28 6 5 17 26 49 14 3 1 10 12 23 14 3 4 7 14 26 -23 23
18 Al Najoom 28 5 8 15 25 50 14 4 4 6 12 18 14 1 4 9 13 32 -25 23
19 Hottain 28 6 5 17 27 54 14 3 3 8 18 25 14 3 2 9 9 29 -27 23
20 Al Taqdom 28 6 4 18 24 51 13 3 3 7 12 22 15 3 1 11 12 29 -27 22