National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Faisaly or Al Tai that keep their silverware dream alive.
Al Faisaly and Al Tai should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Al Faisaly form and stats
Overall Division 1 statistics at home this season for Al Faisaly are 3-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Al Faisaly crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Al Quadisiya here at King Salman bin Abdulaziz Sport City Stadium.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Al Jabalain.The Al Faisaly fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 7 goals in 4 league matches. Al Faisaly have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.
Al Tai form and stats
Last season their Kings Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.0 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Al Tai playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.
Tai are travelling again after losing away to Al Ittifaq in their previous match (3-4). As you can tell from the result, the match against Al Ittifaq was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Imagine losing a game despite one player scoring three goals? That's the story of Mensah in the match against Al Ittifaq.
Before that, Al Tai travelled to Al Hazm and returned home with a draw after the Pro League game finished 1-1.A new game in only three days for Al Tai, the Pro League home match versus Al Nassr. Busy days.
The Tai manager Režić has some worries about the defense as 9 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's four Al Faisaly victories, two draws and two Al Tai wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Mensah 4 goals |  A. Al Harabi 1 goals |  A. Cordea 1 goals |
Al Faisaly missing players
Al Tai missing players
| Al Faisaly | Al Tai | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 35 | 20 | Scored | S | 18 | 30 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Conceded | C | 29 | 45 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.6 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 40% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 29% | ||
| 7.8 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 5.5 | ||
| 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 Quadisiya | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Al Orubah | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 3 | Al Adalh | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Al Arabi | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | Al Jabalain | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Al Faisaly | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | Al Kholood | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | Al Bukayriyah | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Al Batin | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | Al-Ain | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Jeddah | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Al-Jndal | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Ohod | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 14 | Al Taraji | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 4 |
| 15 | Hajer | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 4 |
| 16 | Al Najma | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 2 |
| 17 | Al Qaisoma | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 2 |
| 18 | Al Safa | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -12 | 0 |
| 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 Ittihad | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 18 |
| 2 | Al Hilal | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | Al Taawon | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Al Ittifaq | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Al Nassr | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 15 |
| 6 | Al Ahli Jeddah | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Al Wahda | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | Al Fateh | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Al Feiha | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | Al Khaleej | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | Al Shabab | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 12 | Al Tai | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 13 | Abha | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -8 | 6 |
| 14 | Dhamk | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 4 |
| 15 | Al Akhdoud | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 4 |
| 16 | Al Raed | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -8 | 4 |
| 17 | Al Riyadh | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -14 | 4 |
| 18 | Al Hazm | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -11 | 3 |
