National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Ahli Jeddah or Al Nassr that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Al Nassr, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.
Al Ahli Jeddah form and stats
Al Ahli Jeddah participated in Kings Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.1-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Al Ahli Jeddah so far this season. On the other hand, in the Kings Cup, Al Ahli Jeddah has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at King Abdullah Sports City.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Yasser Abdullah Al Mosailem not having conceded a league goal in 270 minutes.
Al Ahli Jeddah's last game was hosting Al Wahda and winning 1-0.
Manager V. Milojević felt very clever after A. Mitriță scored the winning goal against Al Wahda, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 62nd minute.
Jeddah are traveling soon after this match as the Pro League match at Al Ittihad awaits in four days.
Al Ahli Jeddah has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Al Nassr form and stats
They also participated in Kings Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.The visitors are W0-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Kings Cup stats, they have 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Nassr, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Al Taawon.
It's early days yet, but Al Nassr has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Al Ahli Jeddah won two, Al Nassr won five and three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Al Ahli Jeddah missing players
Al Nassr missing players
| Al Ahli Jeddah | Al Nassr | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 30 | 19 | Scored | S | 20 | 49 | ||
| 30 | 9 | Conceded | C | 10 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 277 | 153 | Total Shots | T S | 151 | 363 | ||
| 102 | 56 | Shots on Target | S O | 62 | 145 | ||
| 29% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 34% | ||
| 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 Ittifaq | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Al Ahli Jeddah | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Al Raed | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Al Fateh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Al Faisaly | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Al Shabab | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Al Hilal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Al Taawon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Al Quadisiya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Al Wahda | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Al Ittihad | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Abha | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Dhamk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Al Batin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Al Nassr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Al-Ain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |