Division 1 match preview: Al Najoom versus Al-Kawkab

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Division 1
Competition: Mon 17.August
Match begins: 15:50 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium (20000 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Division 1, with both Al Najoom and Al-Kawkab experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 19th and the visitors in 14th place.

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.

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Al Najoom form and stats

4 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Al Najoom have to build on here at Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium in the Division 1.

Najoom drew their last game, 1-1 away at Al Taqdom (placed 20th).

Najoom aren't scoring a lot here at Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium in the league, with only 12 goals from 15 games. Al Najoom's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Al-Kawkab form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al-Kawkab so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-8 (win-draw-lose).

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Al-Kawkab goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 249 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Al-Kawkab have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Al-Kawkab - Al Najoom 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Al Najoom-Al-Kawkab H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Al Najoom one win, Al-Kawkab one win, three draws. one of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Al Najoom missing players

Al-Kawkab missing players

Al Najoom Al-Kawkab
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 4 15 30
5 4 3 Won W 1 4 8
10 5 1 Drew D 1 3 9
15 6 1 Lost L 2 8 13
26 12 7 Scored S 3 10 25
51 18 5 Conceded C 5 19 36
83% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 87%
70% 67% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 60%
47% 33% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 27%
30% 13% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 13%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
57% 53% 80% BTTS BTTS 25% 27% 33%
23% 27% 20% Clean Sheets C S 25% 33% 37%
37% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 47% 43%
 
2.9 2.7 2.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 5.5 4.8
4.9 5.9 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.7 3.4
1.8 1.3 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.7
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
193 123 54 Total Shots T S 33 101 194
99 62 28 Shots on Target S O 11 37 75
23% 19% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 22% 29%
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Al Najoom has the fewest scored goals in the second half (12)
  • Al Najoom have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Al-Kawkab has the fewest scored goals (10) away
  • Al-Kawkab has the fewest scored goals (25)

  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 30 15 13 2 45 21 16 11 3 2 28 8 14 4 10 0 17 13 24 58
2 Al Batin 30 16 9 5 41 22 14 9 5 0 24 8 16 7 4 5 17 14 19 57
3 Al Quadisiya 30 15 11 4 51 28 15 8 5 2 31 14 15 7 6 2 20 14 23 56
4 Al Bukayriyah 30 15 9 6 53 29 15 10 1 4 33 15 15 5 8 2 20 14 24 54
5 Ohod 30 15 8 7 47 30 14 5 5 4 16 12 16 10 3 3 31 18 17 53
6 Al Nahdha 30 14 8 8 44 34 14 9 3 2 31 17 16 5 5 6 13 17 10 50
7 Jeddah 30 12 8 10 38 37 16 8 3 5 21 17 14 4 5 5 17 20 1 44
8 Al-Thuqbah 30 11 10 9 45 32 15 5 5 5 24 15 15 6 5 4 21 17 13 43
9 Al Ta'ee 30 12 6 12 33 29 14 6 4 4 20 12 16 6 2 8 13 17 4 42
10 Al Jabalain 30 10 11 9 39 31 15 5 6 4 19 17 15 5 5 5 20 14 8 41
11 Al Shoalah 30 10 11 9 36 30 16 5 7 4 22 16 14 5 4 5 14 14 6 41
12 Najran 30 10 9 11 37 38 16 4 5 7 18 21 14 6 4 4 19 17 -1 39
13 Al Jeel 30 9 10 11 29 37 15 4 6 5 14 16 15 5 4 6 15 21 -8 37
14 Al-Kawkab 30 8 9 13 25 36 15 4 6 5 15 17 15 4 3 8 10 19 -11 33
15 Al Khaleej 30 7 11 12 32 40 16 2 6 8 13 23 14 5 5 4 19 17 -8 32
16 Al Ansar 30 8 6 16 26 45 15 3 4 8 10 15 15 5 2 8 16 30 -19 30
17 Al Mojzel 30 8 5 17 29 50 15 4 1 10 14 24 15 4 4 7 15 26 -21 29
18 Hottain 30 7 5 18 31 58 14 3 3 8 18 25 16 4 2 10 13 33 -27 26
19 Al Najoom 30 5 10 15 26 51 15 4 5 6 12 18 15 1 5 9 14 33 -25 25
20 Al Taqdom 30 6 5 19 26 55 15 3 4 8 14 26 15 3 1 11 12 29 -29 23