Division 1 match preview and statistics: Al Najoom fight Al Bukayriyah

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Division 1
Competition: Wed 18.March
Match begins: 15:35 (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.

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.

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Al Najoom form and stats

When playing at home in the Division 1, Al Najoom have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 14 games.

and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Al Najoom haven't scored in 214 minutes.

No payout for Al Najoom in their previous match, an away game at Al-Ain that ended in defeat 0-2. Before that, Al Najoom played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Al Jeel.

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). 18 goals have been conceded.

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Al Bukayriyah form and stats

As the visiting team in Division 1 matches, Al Bukayriyah, who have the most scored goals (50) in Division 1, have produced an overall stat of 5-7-2 so far.

Al Bukayriyah's previous game was their home loss versus Najran (1-3). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Al Mojzel.

Leading 2-0 was not enough for Al Bukayriyah in their fight with Najran last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 1-3 loss.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Al Bukayriyah have scored 20 goals in 14 league games away. Al Bukayriyah have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Al Bukayriyah - Al Najoom 7-1.

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 13
8 4 1 Drew D 1 7 8
15 6 2 Lost L 0 2 7
25 12 1 Scored S 7 20 50
50 18 4 Conceded C 1 14 31
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 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