National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Nassr or Al Raed that keep their silverware dream alive.
Nassr have less rest than Al Raed in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Pro League game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Al Ahli, was also a home game here at King Saud University Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Al Nassr form and stats
Last season their Kings Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Al Nassr have played 4 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The Nassr crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Al Ahli here at King Saud University Stadium in a Pro League match. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Pro League home game that ended 2-2 versus Al Ittifaq.
The penalty miss from A. Hamdallah in the defeat against Al Ahli was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.
A decent goal production from Al Nassr in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. Nassr have conceded 6 from these games.
Al Raed form and stats
Al Raed's mission in Kings Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.2-0-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Raed in their Pro League matches away. It's a growing despair in Al Raed as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
The attacking players of Raed have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 286 minutes.
Home advantage was not enough for Al Raed in their previous game, as they lost their Pro League-match, hosting Al Faisaly, 0-2. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Al Hilal.
Raed are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 7 times in 4 away games so far. Raed struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 7 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Nassr eight wins, one draw and Al Raed one victory. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Al Nassr missing players
Al Raed missing players
| Al Nassr | Al Raed | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 40 | 25 | Scored | S | 13 | 31 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Conceded | C | 25 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 12.8 | 13.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 7.1 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.4 | ||
| 27% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 36% | ||
| 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 Hilal | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 19 |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | Al Shabab | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Al Ittihad | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Al Faisaly | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Al Quadisiya | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Al Batin | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Al Taawon | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Abha | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 10 | Al Ittifaq | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 11 | Al Fateh | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Al Raed | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Al-Ain | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Al Wahda | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Al Nassr | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 16 | Dhamk | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 4 |