Division 1 game preview: Al Orubah versus Al Wahda

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Division 1
Competition: Wed 05.January
Match begins: 12:35 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Oruba Club Stadium (8000 seats)

Division 1: Two teams in fairly good form get together for this fixture. Al Wahda with a wee edge with their 5th place in the standings?

Insights:
  • Al Orubah have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Division 1
  • Al Wahda have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Division 1

These teams have little in common geographically as Al Wahda have to travel 1400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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 Orubah form and stats

When playing at home in the Division 1, Al Orubah have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 8 games.

The fans are hoping that Orubah will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Division 1 game against Al Akhdoud (placed 6th).

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Al Quadisiya.

Orubah are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. Orubah have conceded 9 in these home matches.

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Al Wahda form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Division 1 travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

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. Wahda goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 295 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Wahda's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Al Shoalah that finished 0-0.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Al Adalh.

The attacking power of Wahda when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Al Wahda's manager Donis has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 4 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Al Orubah victories, zero draws and three Al Wahda wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Al Orubah missing players

Al Wahda missing players

Al Orubah Al Wahda
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 1 8 17
6 3 1 Won W 0 4 7
5 3 0 Drew D 0 3 6
6 2 1 Lost L 1 1 4
20 9 2 Scored S 0 7 18
20 9 3 Conceded C 2 4 14
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 82%
65% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 65%
53% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 12% 29%
24% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
65% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 47%
18% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 62% 41%
24% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 38% 29%
 
4.6 3.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.7 5.6
4.8 3.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 2.3 3.4
1.8 0.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.9 9.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 16 8.3 8.4
3.6 5.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.4 3
35% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 33%
 
8.1 8.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12 5.9 6.8
3.6 4.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 2.3 2.9
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Al Orubah have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Division 1
  • Al Orubah have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Division 1
  • Al Orubah have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Al Wahda have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Division 1
  • Al Wahda have the most clean sheets (5) away in Division 1
  • Al Wahda have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 Khaleej 17 9 5 3 30 18 9 5 3 1 16 8 8 4 2 2 14 10 12 32
2 Ohod 17 8 5 4 28 20 8 3 2 3 12 11 9 5 3 1 16 9 8 29
3 Al Adalh 17 8 5 4 20 17 8 5 2 1 11 6 9 3 3 3 9 11 3 29
4 Al Sahel 17 7 6 4 28 21 8 4 1 3 11 12 9 3 5 1 17 9 7 27
5 Al Wahda 17 7 6 4 18 14 9 3 3 3 11 10 8 4 3 1 7 4 4 27
6 Al Akhdoud 17 7 5 5 22 20 8 5 2 1 14 6 9 2 3 4 8 14 2 26
7 Al Quadisiya 17 6 7 4 22 17 9 5 2 2 15 10 8 1 5 2 7 7 5 25
8 Hajer 17 7 4 6 21 16 9 5 3 1 14 3 8 2 1 5 7 13 5 25
9 Najran 17 6 6 5 16 14 9 3 2 4 9 9 8 3 4 1 7 5 2 24
10 Al Jabalain 17 7 3 7 20 21 8 4 1 3 8 8 9 3 2 4 12 13 -1 24
11 Al Nahdha 17 7 3 7 24 29 11 4 3 4 16 16 6 3 0 3 8 13 -5 24
12 Al Orubah 17 6 5 6 20 20 8 3 3 2 9 9 9 3 2 4 11 11 0 23
13 Al Shoalah 17 5 7 5 19 15 8 3 4 1 12 7 9 2 3 4 7 8 4 22
14 Al Kholood 17 6 4 7 20 21 8 3 4 1 11 5 9 3 0 6 9 16 -1 22
15 Jeddah 17 5 5 7 16 19 9 3 3 3 8 7 8 2 2 4 8 12 -3 20
16 Al-Kawkab 17 4 7 6 15 16 8 3 1 4 7 7 9 1 6 2 8 9 -1 19
17 Al Jeel 17 3 10 4 16 21 9 3 4 2 10 11 8 0 6 2 6 10 -5 19
18 Al Draih 17 3 7 7 14 23 8 2 6 0 9 6 9 1 1 7 5 17 -9 16
19 Bisha 17 3 2 12 12 24 8 2 0 6 8 12 9 1 2 6 4 12 -12 11
20 Al-Ain 17 1 8 8 12 27 8 1 6 1 9 10 9 0 2 7 3 17 -15 11