Struggling Al Hazm will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Al Taawon in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Al Hazm and Al Taawon 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.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Al Hazm form and stats
Al Hazm's struggle is real here with only 7 points collected from 7 Pro League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4.
In their previous game, the manager D. Isăilă led his Al Hazm to a defeat in the Pro League match away at Al Wahda. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Preceding that match was a defeat to Al Shabab (0-1).
Al Hazm were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The Al Hazm fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. Al Hazm have conceded 15 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Al Taawon form and stats
There's been little loot from Al Taawon's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Pro League. Al Taawon only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.
Al Taawon are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Al Feiha (placed 10th). A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Al Fateh.
Al Taawon are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Al Taawon have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Al Taawon - Al Hazm 1-1 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Al Hazm won 0 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Al Taawon has 2 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 1 / 4Top Goalscorers
  C. Strandberg 6 goals |   H. Almeida Ramos 5 goals |  C. Amissi 4 goals |
Al Hazm missing players
Al Taawon missing players
| Al Hazm | Al Taawon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 25 |
| 29 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 88% | 87% |
| 67% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 88% | 80% |
| 40% | 57% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 33% |
| 27% | 43% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 67% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 75% | 80% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 12% | 7% |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 6.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 182 | 85 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 44 | 90 | 191 |
| 66 | 34 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 31 | 73 |
| 30% | 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 35% | 34% |
- Al Hazm has the most dropped points from leading position (15)
- Al Hazm have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Hazm haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Hazm is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Al Taawon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Taawon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 Nassr | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 33 |
| 2 | Al Hilal | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 31 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 29 |
| 4 | Al Wahda | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Al Taawon | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Al Raed | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | -4 | 26 |
| 7 | Abha | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 23 |
| 8 | Al Faisaly | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 9 | Al Shabab | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 10 | Al Feiha | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | Al Ittifaq | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 12 | Al Hazm | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -9 | 15 |
| 13 | Al Ittihad | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 14 |
| 14 | Al Fateh | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -10 | 10 |
| 15 | Al Adalh | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 9 |
| 16 | Dhamk | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 23 | -21 | 9 |