Bisha v Al Khaleej preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Division 1
Competition: Mon 18.April
Match begins: 18:50 (UTC)
Venue: King Saud Sport City Stadium (7000 seats)

Pre-match info: 35 points divide the contenders ahead of this match, Al Khaleej having done best. Can Bisha upset the odds?

Insights:
  • Bisha have the fewest scored goals (23) in Division 1
  • Al Khaleej have the most scored goals (49) in Division 1

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Bisha form and stats

Bisha's results here at King Saud Sport City Stadium in the Division 1 have been very modest with 2 victories, 7 draws and 8 defeats. Bisha are slowly digging their own grave here at King Saud Sport City Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in 13 attempts. The last victory here came in the Al Kholood match.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 307 minutes without scoring a league goal. Eid was the last player to find the net.

Bisha drew their last game, also a home match. Al Khaleej (placed 1st) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.

Prior to that, an away loss at Al Shoalah.

Bisha have scored 13 league goals here from 17 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Bisha's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 22 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Al Khaleej form and stats

Playing away, Al Khaleej, who have the most scored goals (49) in Division 1, have won 7 games, drawn 5 and suffered 4 defeats in the Division 1 this season.

317 minutes! That's how long the Khaleej goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Al Khaleej has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Bisha for a 0-0 draw.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Ohod.

Khaleej are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 16 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. 19 goals have been conceded by Al Khaleej in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: Bisha - Al Khaleej 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Bisha zero wins, one draw and Al Khaleej one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Bisha missing players

Al Khaleej missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bisha Al Khaleej
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 17 4 Played P 6 16 33
5 2 0 Won W 2 7 17
10 7 0 Drew D 2 5 9
18 8 4 Lost L 2 4 7
23 13 2 Scored S 7 22 49
44 22 7 Conceded C 6 19 33
85% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 88% 88%
61% 65% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 75% 70%
36% 35% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 38% 42%
15% 18% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 25% 24%
6% 6% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 25% 15%
39% 41% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 52%
27% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 42%
48% 47% 75% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 18%
 
3.8 4.2 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5.6 5
4.1 4.6 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4.1 4
2.2 2.3 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.5 1.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.3 7.5 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 7.9 8.1
2.9 3.1 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.4 3.5
22% 21% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 41% 43%
 
9.7 8.7 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 7.7 7.4
3.7 3.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 2.8 2.5
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Al Khaleej have scored more than double the goals of Bisha.
  • Al Khaleej have the most scored goals (49) in Division 1
  • Al Khaleej have the the best goal difference (+16) in Division 1
  • Bisha have the fewest scored goals (23) in Division 1
  • Bisha have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Division 1
  • Bisha have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Division 1

  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 33 17 9 7 49 33 17 10 4 3 27 14 16 7 5 4 22 19 16 60
2 Al Wahda 32 14 12 6 39 24 16 6 5 5 22 17 16 8 7 1 17 7 15 54
3 Al Adalh 32 15 9 8 37 30 16 7 5 4 19 16 16 8 4 4 18 14 7 54
4 Al Jabalain 32 15 8 9 40 33 17 8 4 5 20 18 15 7 4 4 20 15 7 53
5 Hajer 32 14 9 9 36 27 16 8 6 2 21 8 16 6 3 7 15 19 9 51
6 Ohod 32 13 11 8 45 39 15 6 4 5 19 18 17 7 7 3 26 21 6 50
7 Al Quadisiya 32 12 11 9 36 27 16 7 4 5 19 15 16 5 7 4 17 12 9 47
8 Al Kholood 32 12 9 11 35 32 16 8 7 1 23 9 16 4 2 10 12 23 3 45
9 Al Orubah 32 11 11 10 34 32 16 6 7 3 15 12 16 5 4 7 19 20 2 44
10 Najran 32 11 10 11 30 29 16 6 4 6 16 15 16 5 6 5 14 14 1 43
11 Al Akhdoud 33 11 9 13 37 38 17 7 3 7 21 16 16 4 6 6 16 22 -1 42
12 Al Jeel 32 9 13 10 28 39 16 4 5 7 13 24 16 5 8 3 15 15 -11 40
13 Al Sahel 32 9 12 11 40 35 16 5 6 5 19 17 16 4 6 6 21 18 5 39
14 Al Shoalah 32 8 15 9 32 28 15 5 7 3 19 13 17 3 8 6 13 15 4 39
15 Jeddah 33 10 9 14 30 35 16 5 5 6 14 14 17 5 4 8 16 21 -5 39
16 Al-Ain 32 8 14 10 29 37 16 6 9 1 20 14 16 2 5 9 9 23 -8 38
17 Al Draih 32 9 9 14 33 48 15 5 4 6 19 22 17 4 5 8 14 26 -15 36
18 Al Nahdha 32 8 11 13 31 40 17 5 8 4 20 16 15 3 3 9 11 24 -9 35
19 Al-Kawkab 32 4 13 15 27 41 16 3 3 10 12 20 16 1 10 5 15 21 -14 25
20 Bisha 33 5 10 18 23 44 17 2 7 8 13 22 16 3 3 10 10 22 -21 25

Table
  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 33 17 9 7 49 33 17 10 4 3 27 14 16 7 5 4 22 19 16 60
2 Al Wahda 32 14 12 6 39 24 16 6 5 5 22 17 16 8 7 1 17 7 15 54
3 Al Adalh 32 15 9 8 37 30 16 7 5 4 19 16 16 8 4 4 18 14 7 54
4 Al Jabalain 32 15 8 9 40 33 17 8 4 5 20 18 15 7 4 4 20 15 7 53
5 Hajer 32 14 9 9 36 27 16 8 6 2 21 8 16 6 3 7 15 19 9 51
6 Ohod 32 13 11 8 45 39 15 6 4 5 19 18 17 7 7 3 26 21 6 50
7 Al Quadisiya 32 12 11 9 36 27 16 7 4 5 19 15 16 5 7 4 17 12 9 47
8 Al Kholood 32 12 9 11 35 32 16 8 7 1 23 9 16 4 2 10 12 23 3 45
9 Al Orubah 32 11 11 10 34 32 16 6 7 3 15 12 16 5 4 7 19 20 2 44
10 Najran 32 11 10 11 30 29 16 6 4 6 16 15 16 5 6 5 14 14 1 43
11 Al Akhdoud 33 11 9 13 37 38 17 7 3 7 21 16 16 4 6 6 16 22 -1 42
12 Al Jeel 32 9 13 10 28 39 16 4 5 7 13 24 16 5 8 3 15 15 -11 40
13 Al Sahel 32 9 12 11 40 35 16 5 6 5 19 17 16 4 6 6 21 18 5 39
14 Al Shoalah 32 8 15 9 32 28 15 5 7 3 19 13 17 3 8 6 13 15 4 39
15 Jeddah 33 10 9 14 30 35 16 5 5 6 14 14 17 5 4 8 16 21 -5 39
16 Al-Ain 32 8 14 10 29 37 16 6 9 1 20 14 16 2 5 9 9 23 -8 38
17 Al Draih 32 9 9 14 33 48 15 5 4 6 19 22 17 4 5 8 14 26 -15 36
18 Al Nahdha 32 8 11 13 31 40 17 5 8 4 20 16 15 3 3 9 11 24 -9 35
19 Al-Kawkab 32 4 13 15 27 41 16 3 3 10 12 20 16 1 10 5 15 21 -14 25
20 Bisha 33 5 10 18 23 44 17 2 7 8 13 22 16 3 3 10 10 22 -21 25

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