Pro League match preview: Al Khaleej believed to be the weaker party when Al Taawon pays a visit

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Thu 26.Oct
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium (20100 seats)

Al Khaleej delivered a 0-1 score against Al Hilal last fixture, a fixture to learn from. The next assignment is this resolute Al Taawon team.

Insights:
  • Al Khaleej have yet to win a game at home.
  • Al Taawon have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

Al Taawon have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Al Khaleej form and stats

The overall Pro League statistics at home this season for Al Khaleej are 0-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Stress levels are on the rise for Al Khaleej's attacking players as they have now played 300 minutes without scoring in a league game. Narey was their last goal scorer.

The followers are hoping that Al Khaleej will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Al Hilal (placed 1st).

In the match before that, Khaleej hosted Al Raed and drew the game 0-0.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Kings Cup game versus Dhamk in only four days. This game is also played here at Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium.

Al Khaleej aren't scoring a lot here at Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium in the league, with only {3 goals} from 5 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Al Khaleej defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When Al Khaleej hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Al Akhdoud, Al Ta'ee, Al Raed, Abha and Al Hazm), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Al Taawon form and stats

The visitors are W3-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.

Taawon delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Al Ittihad (placed 5th) in their previous game.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Al Ta'ee.

Al Taawon are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Khaleej four wins, three draws and Al Taawon three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KhaleejF. Santos Martins
F. Santos Martins
4 goals
Al TaawonM. Barrow
M. Barrow
3 goals
Al TaawonJ. Pereira dos Santos
J. Pereira dos Santos
3 goals

Al Khaleej missing players

Al Taawon missing players

Al Khaleej Al Taawon
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 2 5 10
2 0 0 Won W 2 3 7
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
5 3 2 Lost L 0 1 1
9 3 2 Scored S 4 9 20
15 9 6 Conceded C 1 5 8
90% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 80%
40% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 50%
40% 40% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 30%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 20%
60% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 60%
20% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 40%
30% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.9 3.2 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 6 5.3
5.5 3.6 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 7 7.1
2 2.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.1 11.4 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 17.5 15 15.3
3.6 4.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8.5 7.2 6.3
25% 14% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 25% 32%
 
12 9.8 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 12.4 12.1
4.8 5 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 4.2 3.8
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Al Khaleej have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Al Khaleej have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Al Khaleej have yet to win a game at home.
  • Al Taawon have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Taawon have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Al Taawon have scored more than double the goals of Al Khaleej.
  • 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 Hilal 10 8 2 0 27 7 5 4 1 0 12 2 5 4 1 0 15 5 20 26
2 Al Taawon 10 7 2 1 20 8 5 4 1 0 11 3 5 3 1 1 9 5 12 23
3 Al Nassr 10 7 1 2 28 13 5 3 1 1 12 8 5 4 0 1 16 5 15 22
4 Al Ahli 10 7 1 2 20 14 6 5 1 0 12 4 4 2 0 2 8 10 6 22
5 Al Ittihad 10 6 2 2 19 7 4 2 0 2 7 6 6 4 2 0 12 1 12 20
6 Al Fateh 10 6 2 2 26 16 5 3 1 1 15 9 5 3 1 1 11 7 10 20
7 Al Ittifaq 10 5 2 3 16 12 5 3 1 1 11 8 5 2 1 2 5 4 4 17
8 Al Feiha 10 3 5 2 11 8 5 1 3 1 3 2 5 2 2 1 8 6 3 14
9 Al Wahda 10 4 1 5 18 20 5 3 1 1 12 7 5 1 0 4 6 13 -2 13
10 Al Shabab 10 3 3 4 13 17 5 2 2 1 9 6 5 1 1 3 4 11 -4 12
11 Al Riyadh 10 3 2 5 9 21 6 2 1 3 5 10 4 1 1 2 4 11 -12 11
12 Dhamk 10 2 4 4 16 17 4 1 3 0 9 6 6 1 1 4 7 11 -1 10
13 Al Khaleej 10 2 3 5 9 15 5 0 2 3 3 9 5 2 1 2 6 6 -6 9
14 Al Akhdoud 10 2 1 7 6 14 6 0 0 6 2 11 4 2 1 1 4 3 -8 7
15 Abha 10 2 1 7 8 20 5 2 0 3 5 8 5 0 1 4 3 12 -12 7
16 Al Ta'ee 10 2 1 7 7 19 4 2 0 2 3 5 6 0 1 5 4 14 -12 7
17 Al Hazm 10 1 3 6 11 26 5 1 1 3 7 14 5 0 2 3 4 12 -15 6
18 Al Raed 10 1 2 7 9 19 5 1 0 4 5 12 5 0 2 3 4 7 -10 5