Al Orubah vs Najran match preview: Even contest expected at Al-Oruba Club Stadium

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Division 1
Competition: Mon 21.February
Match begins: 13:15 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Oruba Club Stadium (8000 seats)

Division 1: The average league table placements tell a story of the journey Al Orubah and Najran have taken so far. Both sides are ready for the match; bring it on!

Insights:
  • Najran have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Najran have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Both squads have had plenty of rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's aim for an energetic match!

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Al Orubah form and stats

All-inclusive Division 1 results playing at home this season for Al Orubah are 4-5-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Al Orubah haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 255 minutes ago. Rayllan scored that one.

Orubah lost their last game at Al-Ain (placed 17th) after a 0-3 scoreline.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Al Sahel.

This is expected to be a close game, with Al Orubah perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al Orubah as a small favourite), we find five games. Al Orubah has won zero of these, drawn three and lost two.

The Al Orubah fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. Orubah are not conceding a lot of goals here at Al-Oruba Club Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 11 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Najran form and stats

3-5-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Najran in their Division 1 matches away.

Home advantage was not enough for Najran in their previous game as they lost hosting Hajer, 0-1.

Prior to that match, the Najran manager Al-Ayari faced defeat when travelling to Al Shoalah and losing 1-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Najran playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were five Najran wins, four draws and two defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Najran as they have only managed to score 9 times from 12 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).

Head 2 Head

The previous head to head meeting ended Najran - Al Orubah 1-2, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Al Orubah wins - draws - Najran wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Al Orubah missing players

Najran missing players

Al Orubah Najran
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 11 2 Played P 3 12 24
9 4 1 Won W 0 3 7
7 5 1 Drew D 2 5 8
8 2 0 Lost L 1 4 9
28 12 2 Scored S 1 9 21
26 10 1 Conceded C 2 10 22
88% 73% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 75% 83%
67% 55% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 58%
50% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 29%
21% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 4%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
54% 55% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 46%
29% 45% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 42% 33%
29% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 38%
 
4.3 3.8 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.7 4.5
5.2 4.6 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.4 3.3
1.8 1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.8 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.6 8.8 5.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 9.1 9.6
3.6 4.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.8 3.6
35% 32% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 20% 23%
 
8 7.8 8 Shots against (avg) S A 5.7 9.2 7.7
3.4 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.8 3.4
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Najran have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Najran have won significantly less corners away then 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 Adalh 24 13 6 5 27 20 11 6 3 2 13 9 13 7 3 3 14 11 7 45
2 Al Khaleej 24 12 7 5 41 29 12 7 4 1 21 10 12 5 3 4 20 19 12 43
3 Ohod 24 11 8 5 37 27 12 5 3 4 17 15 12 6 5 1 20 12 10 41
4 Hajer 24 11 6 7 29 21 12 6 5 1 17 5 12 5 1 6 12 16 8 39
5 Al Jabalain 24 11 5 8 27 23 12 6 2 4 11 10 12 5 3 4 16 13 4 38
6 Al Wahda 24 9 10 5 25 17 12 4 4 4 15 12 12 5 6 1 10 5 8 37
7 Al Quadisiya 24 8 10 6 27 22 12 5 4 3 15 11 12 3 6 3 12 11 5 34
8 Al Orubah 24 9 7 8 28 26 11 4 5 2 12 10 13 5 2 6 16 16 2 34
9 Al Kholood 24 9 7 8 27 25 12 5 6 1 16 7 12 4 1 7 11 18 2 34
10 Al Sahel 24 8 9 7 34 27 12 5 3 4 17 14 12 3 6 3 17 13 7 33
11 Al Akhdoud 24 8 7 9 29 30 12 5 3 4 17 12 12 3 4 5 12 18 -1 31
12 Al Shoalah 24 6 11 7 27 24 11 4 5 2 16 11 13 2 6 5 11 13 3 29
13 Najran 24 7 8 9 21 22 12 4 3 5 12 12 12 3 5 4 9 10 -1 29
14 Al Draih 24 8 5 11 27 39 13 5 3 5 17 19 11 3 2 6 10 20 -12 29
15 Jeddah 24 7 7 10 22 25 12 4 4 4 11 9 12 3 3 6 11 16 -3 28
16 Al Nahdha 24 6 9 9 23 29 14 5 7 2 17 10 10 1 2 7 6 19 -6 27
17 Al-Ain 24 5 11 8 23 32 12 4 7 1 17 13 12 1 4 7 6 19 -9 26
18 Al Jeel 24 5 11 8 19 32 13 3 4 6 11 22 11 2 7 2 8 10 -13 26
19 Al-Kawkab 24 4 9 11 21 28 12 3 2 7 10 13 12 1 7 4 11 15 -7 21
20 Bisha 24 4 5 15 18 34 11 2 2 7 10 16 13 2 3 8 8 18 -16 17