Pro League match prediction: Little separates Al Nassr and Al Hilal in quality

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Thu 03.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mrsool Park (25000 seats)

Al Nassr and Al Hilal are both successful in the Pro League with their 2nd and 4th spots respectively. Expect a top match!

Insights:
  • Al Nassr have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Pro League
  • Al Hilal have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Pro League

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

Al Nassr and Al Hilal 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 Nassr form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Mrsool Park as Al Nassr have scored 23 goals to get 22 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Pro League are 7-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Al Raed here at Mrsool Park, Al Nassr has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

A nice win for Al Nassr last time playing, versus Abha. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Aboubakar (2) scoring for the victors.

Goals decide football matches and Nassr are scoring many of them at home; 23 on target from 10 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Al Hilal form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Pro League, on their Pro League travels is 3 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Al Taawon game have they lost an away game, meaning Al Hilal has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

Hilal have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Abdullah Ibrahim Al Maiouf. It's been 239 minutes since they last conceded in Pro League.

Al Hilal are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the match against Al Hazm (placed 16th).

The travelling fans enjoy Al Hilal's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Hilal have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have battled previously this season: Al Hilal - Al Nassr 0-2. Nassr-Al Hilal H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Nassr five wins, Al Hilal five wins, zero draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Al NassrA. Souza Conceição
A. Souza Conceição
14 goals
Al NassrV. Aboubakar
V. Aboubakar
9 goals
Al HilalM. Marega
M. Marega
9 goals

Al Nassr missing players

Al Hilal missing players

Al Nassr Al Hilal
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 10 2 Played P 1 8 19
14 7 1 Won W 0 3 10
2 1 0 Drew D 1 5 7
6 2 1 Lost L 0 0 2
41 23 5 Scored S 2 15 36
25 11 4 Conceded C 2 9 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
77% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 84%
64% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 47%
36% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 38% 42%
14% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 32%
59% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 88% 58%
27% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 37%
14% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 16%
 
5.5 6 8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.4 6.6
3.5 3 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 2.4 2.6
2.1 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.4 2.1
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.5 13 14 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.2 13.1
5.1 4.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.5 5.3
37% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 42% 36%
 
7.7 6.8 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14 9 7.8
3.2 3.1 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.9 3.6
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Al Hilal have not yet lost a game away.
  • Al Hilal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Hilal have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Al Hilal have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Pro League
  • Al Hilal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Al Hilal haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Al Nassr have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Nassr have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Al Nassr have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Pro League
  • Al Nassr have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Pro League
  • Al Nassr haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Al Hilal's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

  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 21 16 3 2 46 17 11 9 1 1 25 6 10 7 2 1 21 11 29 51
2 Al Nassr 22 14 2 6 41 25 10 7 1 2 23 11 12 7 1 4 18 14 16 44
3 Al Shabab 22 12 7 3 40 27 11 7 4 0 23 10 11 5 3 3 17 17 13 43
4 Al Hilal 19 10 7 2 36 20 11 7 2 2 21 11 8 3 5 0 15 9 16 37
5 Dhamk 22 10 6 6 31 32 11 6 4 1 15 10 11 4 2 5 16 22 -1 36
6 Abha 22 8 4 10 24 35 11 6 2 3 15 15 11 2 2 7 9 20 -11 28
7 Al Fateh 22 7 6 9 32 28 11 4 2 5 23 16 11 3 4 4 9 12 4 27
8 Al Feiha 21 6 9 6 18 17 10 5 4 1 9 3 11 1 5 5 9 14 1 27
9 Al Raed 22 7 5 10 28 34 10 5 2 3 12 9 12 2 3 7 16 25 -6 26
10 Al Ta'ee 22 8 2 12 22 35 11 5 1 5 17 18 11 3 1 7 5 17 -13 26
11 Al Ahli 22 5 10 7 28 30 12 3 6 3 19 16 10 2 4 4 9 14 -2 25
12 Al Taawon 22 5 8 9 35 38 10 3 3 4 15 14 12 2 5 5 20 24 -3 23
13 Al Batin 22 5 7 10 22 30 12 4 4 4 14 16 10 1 3 6 8 14 -8 22
14 Al Faisaly 22 4 9 9 21 31 11 4 5 2 17 13 11 0 4 7 4 18 -10 21
15 Al Ittifaq 21 4 8 9 25 36 10 2 4 4 10 13 11 2 4 5 15 23 -11 20
16 Al Hazm 22 3 5 14 15 29 11 2 4 5 11 14 11 1 1 9 4 15 -14 14