The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Al Ahli Jeddah are in the 7th position while the guesting Al Raed worry at 12th.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Al Raed, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.
Al Ahli Jeddah form and stats
4-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Al Ahli Jeddah so far this season. It's trouble wherever Al Ahli Jeddah are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. The Jeddah manager V. Milojević might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The fans are hoping that Jeddah will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the Pro League game against Al Fateh (placed 9th). Ahead of that match, Jeddah lost 1-2 at home to Al Nassr.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Al Ahli Jeddah have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost two.
Al Ahli Jeddah are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 12 games. Al Ahli Jeddah's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Raed form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
There were no winners in Raed's previous match, a Pro League home game that ended 1-1 vs Al Ittihad (placed 3rd). Prior to that result Raed won their away game at Al Faisaly. The scoreline was 1-0.
As mentioned above, Al Raed drew the match against Al Ittihad. Manager B. Hasi brought on K. El Berkaoui to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Raed are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, three draws and two defeats. From a total of eight matches.
Raed have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Al Raed have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Al Raed - Al Ahli Jeddah 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Jeddah 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 Ahli Jeddah missing players
Al Raed missing players
| Al Ahli Jeddah | Al Raed | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 36 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 35 |
| 41 | 15 | 7 | Conceded | C | 0 | 13 | 35 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 92% |
| 83% | 75% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 75% |
| 71% | 58% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 62% |
| 33% | 25% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 38% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 27% | 21% |
| 67% | 58% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 45% | 58% |
| 21% | 33% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 45% | 25% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 9.3 | 9.4 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.5 | 5.1 | 7.4 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 4.2 |
| 35% | 31% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 83% | 48% | 35% |
| 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 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 25 | 48 |
| 2 | Al Shabab | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 47 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 16 | 45 |
| 3 | Al Ittihad | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 37 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 42 |
| 4 | Al Taawon | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 38 |
| 5 | Al Nassr | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 36 |
| 6 | Al Ittifaq | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 35 |
| 7 | Al Ahli Jeddah | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 26 | -5 | 35 |
| 8 | Al Quadisiya | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 36 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 31 |
| 9 | Al Fateh | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 40 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | -4 | 31 |
| 10 | Abha | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 37 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -7 | 31 |
| 11 | Al Faisaly | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 30 |
| 12 | Al Raed | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 29 |
| 13 | Al Batin | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 27 | -9 | 28 |
| 14 | Al Wahda | 25 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 35 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -17 | 27 |
| 15 | Dhamk | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 27 | -10 | 24 |
| 16 | Al-Ain | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 30 | 48 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -18 | 20 |