Soccer betting preview: Al Faisaly welcomes Al Ahli Jeddah in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Sat 27.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Al Majma'ah Sports City Stadium

This could be an interesting match as Al Faisaly have their presumed home advantage while Al Ahli Jeddah are ahead 9 points in the Pro League table.

Insights:
  • Al Faisaly have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Ahli Jeddah have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Pro League match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Al Ittihad.

This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Al Ahli Jeddah's home stadium. The visitors last six games on artifical turf have ended in 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.

These teams have little in common geographically as Al Ahli Jeddah have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Al Faisaly form and stats

Al Faisaly have played 10 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-5-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Al Faisaly are returning here after visiting Al Ittihad in a Pro League game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. A. Merkel and Júlio Tavares scored the goal(s). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Dhamk in a game that was won 2-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Faisaly perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al Faisaly as a small favourite), we find four games. Al Faisaly has won two of these, drawn two and lost zero.

The Faisaly fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. Faisaly have conceded 16 from these games.

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Al Ahli Jeddah form and stats

Playing away, Al Ahli Jeddah have won 6 games, drawn 0 and suffered 4 defeats in the Pro League this season.

Jeddah play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Al Shabab (placed 1st). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Al-Ain.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Al Ahli Jeddah playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were two Al Ahli Jeddah wins, zero draws and four defeats.

Jeddah has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 10 games. For Jeddah, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Al Faisaly and Al Ahli Jeddah have met before this season: Al Ahli Jeddah - Al Faisaly 2-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Faisaly won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Al Ahli Jeddah has eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Al Faisaly missing players

Al Ahli Jeddah missing players

Al Faisaly Al Ahli Jeddah
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
6 2 0 Won W 2 6 10
8 5 2 Drew D 0 0 5
6 3 1 Lost L 1 4 5
27 13 2 Scored S 7 19 32
26 16 5 Conceded C 6 20 30
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
85% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 80%
45% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 65%
25% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 40% 30%
15% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 30% 15%
65% 70% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 70% 60%
25% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 25%
20% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.5 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.5 8 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 9 9.6
4 4 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 5 4.7
33% 32% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 70% 38% 34%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Al Ahli Jeddah have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Ahli Jeddah haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Al Faisaly have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 Shabab 20 12 5 3 42 24 10 7 2 1 19 8 10 5 3 2 23 16 18 41
2 Al Hilal 20 10 6 4 33 15 10 6 2 2 18 8 10 4 4 2 15 7 18 36
3 Al Ahli Jeddah 20 10 5 5 32 30 10 4 5 1 13 10 10 6 0 4 19 20 2 35
4 Al Ittihad 20 8 8 4 26 21 10 4 3 3 12 9 10 4 5 1 14 12 5 32
5 Al Ittifaq 20 9 3 8 34 32 9 4 1 4 15 15 11 5 2 4 19 17 2 30
6 Al Quadisiya 20 7 8 5 31 29 10 5 3 2 16 13 10 2 5 3 15 16 2 29
7 Al Taawon 20 7 7 6 21 17 9 4 3 2 12 7 11 3 4 4 9 10 4 28
8 Al Nassr 20 8 4 8 28 26 10 5 2 3 18 13 10 3 2 5 10 13 2 28
9 Al Wahda 20 8 3 9 30 33 10 3 1 6 15 21 10 5 2 3 15 12 -3 27
10 Al Faisaly 20 6 8 6 27 26 10 2 5 3 13 16 10 4 3 3 14 10 1 26
11 Al Fateh 20 7 4 9 31 36 10 2 2 6 15 22 10 5 2 3 16 14 -5 25
12 Al Batin 20 6 6 8 29 32 10 3 3 4 14 14 10 3 3 4 15 18 -3 24
13 Abha 20 7 3 10 26 35 10 3 3 4 12 15 10 4 0 6 14 20 -9 24
14 Al Raed 20 6 4 10 28 32 11 2 2 7 15 21 9 4 2 3 13 11 -4 22
15 Dhamk 20 4 5 11 24 36 10 4 3 3 14 13 10 0 2 8 10 23 -12 17
16 Al-Ain 20 4 3 13 22 40 11 3 1 7 13 25 9 1 2 6 9 15 -18 15