Al Fateh vs Al Ahli Jeddah match preview: Even contest expected at Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Fri 11.February
Match begins: 15:10 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium (20000 seats)

Al Ahli Jeddah know they have a back-breaking journey to Al Fateh and their Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium. This news article has all the facts and figures you need before the fixture.

Insights:
  • Al Fateh have the fewest points (8) at home in Pro League
  • Al Ahli Jeddah have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's quite the trip for Al Ahli Jeddah when visiting Al Fateh as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.

Al Fateh and Al Ahli Jeddah 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.

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Al Fateh form and stats

With 2 Pro League wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Al Fateh, who have the fewest points (8) at home in Pro League, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Game days at Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Al Fateh as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

The Fateh crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Al Batin here at Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Al Shabab that finished 1-1.

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

The Al Fateh fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 8 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Al Ahli Jeddah form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Ahli Jeddah so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-4 (win-draw-lose). Two points from the last two away games for Jeddah, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Al Ahli Jeddah played 1-1 against Al Taawon in their previous match.

Before that, Al Ahli Jeddah travelled to Dhamk and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

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 five relevant matches. Results were zero Al Ahli Jeddah wins, two draws and three defeats.

The attacking power of Jeddah when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Al Ahli Jeddah struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Al Fateh and Al Ahli Jeddah have faced each other already this season: Al Ahli Jeddah - Fateh 1-1. Al Fateh-Al Ahli Jeddah H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Fateh three wins, Al Ahli Jeddah six wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

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Al Fateh Al Ahli Jeddah
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 4 9 19
4 2 0 Won W 1 1 4
6 2 1 Drew D 3 4 9
8 4 1 Lost L 0 4 6
23 15 3 Scored S 7 8 23
26 14 4 Conceded C 6 14 25
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 84%
39% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 33% 32%
28% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 22% 21%
22% 38% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
44% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 63%
28% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 16%
39% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 21%
 
4.9 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 5.6 5.9
3.7 3.2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.2 3.9
2.4 2.2 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.5
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
7.9 9.2 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 7.3 9.7
3.7 4.9 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3 4.6
34% 38% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 30% 26%
 
9.9 10 9 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10 8.7
4.1 4.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.3 4.2
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Al Ahli Jeddah have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • 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.
  • Al Fateh have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Fateh have the fewest points (8) at home in Pro League
  • Al Fateh haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 18 14 2 2 38 13 10 8 1 1 22 6 8 6 1 1 16 7 25 44
2 Al Nassr 19 12 2 5 35 18 9 6 1 2 21 10 10 6 1 3 14 8 17 38
3 Al Shabab 19 10 7 2 36 20 10 6 4 0 21 9 9 4 3 2 15 11 16 37
4 Al Hilal 17 8 7 2 29 20 9 5 2 2 14 11 8 3 5 0 15 9 9 31
5 Dhamk 19 8 6 5 24 26 9 4 4 1 9 6 10 4 2 4 15 20 -2 30
6 Al Feiha 18 6 7 5 16 14 8 5 3 0 8 1 10 1 4 5 8 13 2 25
7 Al Raed 19 7 4 8 26 28 9 5 2 2 12 6 10 2 2 6 14 22 -2 25
8 Abha 19 7 4 8 19 29 10 5 2 3 13 14 9 2 2 5 6 15 -10 25
9 Al Ahli Jeddah 19 4 9 6 23 25 10 3 5 2 15 11 9 1 4 4 8 14 -2 21
10 Al Ittifaq 19 4 8 7 25 31 9 2 4 3 10 12 10 2 4 4 15 19 -6 20
11 Al Faisaly 18 4 7 7 20 26 10 4 4 2 17 13 8 0 3 5 3 13 -6 19
12 Al Batin 19 4 7 8 17 23 10 3 4 3 10 12 9 1 3 5 7 11 -6 19
13 Al Ta'ee 19 6 1 12 17 33 9 4 0 5 13 16 10 2 1 7 4 17 -16 19
14 Al Fateh 18 4 6 8 23 26 8 2 2 4 15 14 10 2 4 4 8 12 -3 18
15 Al Taawon 19 4 6 9 30 36 9 3 2 4 14 13 10 1 4 5 16 23 -6 18
16 Al Hazm 19 3 5 11 14 24 10 2 4 4 11 13 9 1 1 7 3 11 -10 14