Open game expected at Al Majma'ah Sports City Stadium: Al Faisaly vs Al Fateh preview

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Thu 17.March
Match begins: 15:45 (UTC)
Venue: Al Majma'ah Sports City Stadium

Faithful supporters at Al Majma'ah Sports City Stadium haven’t enjoyed many victories this season, with Al Faisaly struggling in the 13th place. The guesting Al Fateh will try to defend their higher league spot in this match.

Insights:
  • Al Faisaly have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Fateh have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Pro League

This ground uses the playing surface artifical turf, unlike Al Fateh's home arena. The last eight games by the guests on artifical turf have generated 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.

This looks to be an engaging fixture with lots of fun and energy as both participants are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!

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Al Faisaly form and stats

Al Faisaly have played 12 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-5-2 (wins-draws-losses).

An away draw last time out for Faisaly, facing Al Taawon in a game that ended 2-2.

Before that, Al Faisaly had a home game versus Al Hazm which ended with a victory 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Al 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 eight games. Al Faisaly has won two of these, drawn four and lost two.

Faisaly have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Al Majma'ah Sports City Stadium with 18 goals in 12 league matches. Al Faisaly's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Al Fateh form and stats

The visitors are W3-D5-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.

Bendebka and Santini (2) scored in Al Fateh's previous match, the home game against Abha that ended 3-0.

A 1-1 draw at Al Taawon's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Al Fateh playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were five Al Fateh wins, four draws and five defeats.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Fateh have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams involved met each other previously this campaign: Al Fateh - Al Faisaly 4-1. Numbers for the prior ten meetings featuring these two participants are: two wins for Faisaly, three draws and five wins for Al Fateh. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Al FaisalyJ. Tavares
J. Tavares
8 goals
Al FatehC. Cueva Bravo
C. Cueva Bravo
8 goals
Al FatehF. Albirakan
F. Albirakan
6 goals

Al Faisaly missing players

Al Fateh missing players

Al Faisaly Al Fateh
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 5 12 24
5 5 2 Won W 2 3 8
10 5 2 Drew D 2 5 7
9 2 0 Lost L 1 4 9
24 18 5 Scored S 4 10 36
33 13 3 Conceded C 2 13 29
83% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 83% 92%
62% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 58% 67%
50% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 42%
33% 33% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 29%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 21%
50% 58% 50% BTTS BTTS 20% 42% 42%
29% 42% 50% Clean Sheets C S 60% 33% 33%
38% 17% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 42% 33%
 
4.2 4.4 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 4.7 4.5
4.7 4.9 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.6 3.9
2.3 2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.8 2.4
1 1 1 Red cards R C 2 3 7
 
8.1 9.8 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 6.6 7.9
3 3.7 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 2.7 3.9
33% 41% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 31% 39%
 
8.5 9.7 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 6 8.8 9
3.8 4.2 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.3 3.5
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Al Faisaly have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Fateh have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Pro League

  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 24 18 3 3 51 20 12 10 1 1 27 7 12 8 2 2 24 13 31 57
2 Al Hilal 22 13 7 2 43 21 12 8 2 2 23 12 10 5 5 0 20 9 22 46
3 Al Shabab 24 13 7 4 44 29 13 8 4 1 27 12 11 5 3 3 17 17 15 46
4 Al Nassr 24 14 3 7 43 31 11 7 1 3 23 15 13 7 2 4 20 16 12 45
5 Dhamk 24 11 6 7 33 34 11 6 4 1 15 10 13 5 2 6 18 24 -1 39
6 Al Fateh 24 8 7 9 36 29 12 5 2 5 26 16 12 3 5 4 10 13 7 31
7 Abha 24 9 4 11 25 38 12 7 2 3 16 15 12 2 2 8 9 23 -13 31
8 Al Feiha 23 7 9 7 19 18 11 6 4 1 10 3 12 1 5 6 9 15 1 30
9 Al Raed 24 8 5 11 29 35 12 6 2 4 13 10 12 2 3 7 16 25 -6 29
10 Al Ahli 24 6 10 8 31 32 13 4 6 3 22 17 11 2 4 5 9 15 -1 28
11 Al Ta'ee 24 8 2 14 23 39 11 5 1 5 17 18 13 3 1 9 6 21 -16 26
12 Al Taawon 24 5 10 9 38 41 12 3 5 4 18 17 12 2 5 5 20 24 -3 25
13 Al Faisaly 24 5 10 9 24 33 12 5 5 2 18 13 12 0 5 7 6 20 -9 25
14 Al Ittifaq 23 5 9 9 28 38 12 3 5 4 13 15 11 2 4 5 15 23 -10 24
15 Al Batin 24 5 7 12 22 35 12 4 4 4 14 16 12 1 3 8 8 19 -13 22
16 Al Hazm 24 3 5 16 15 31 12 2 4 6 11 15 12 1 1 10 4 16 -16 14