Al Nassr vs Al Taawon: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Thu 04.February
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: King Saud University Stadium (25000 seats)

Al Nassr will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Al Taawon.

Insights:
  • Al Nassr have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Taawon has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Pro League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Al Nassr form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Al Nassr have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games. Two home wins in a row for Nassr bring valid hopes of a third.

A 1-1 draw away in the Pro League before that, with Al Ittihad the opponent.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Al Nassr matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, zero draws and zero defeats (from three games).

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (14 in 7 games), Nassr's attacking play is working. Nassr's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Al Taawon form and stats

Playing away, Al Taawon have won 2 games, drawn 4 and suffered 3 defeats in the Pro League this season.

That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Dhamk.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Taawon when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing zero and winning zero games.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al Taawon as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Al Taawon - Nassr 1-0 played earlier this season. Al Nassr-Al Taawon H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nassr six wins, Al Taawon three wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Al TaawonL. Tawamba Kana
L. Tawamba Kana
6 goals
NassrP. dos Santos Araújo
P. dos Santos Araújo
4 goals
Al NassrK. Al Ghannam
K. Al Ghannam
4 goals

Al Nassr missing players

Al Taawon missing players

Al Nassr Al Taawon
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 2 9 16
6 3 0 Won W 0 2 6
3 2 0 Drew D 1 4 7
6 2 1 Lost L 1 3 3
23 14 1 Scored S 0 7 18
20 9 2 Conceded C 1 7 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 78% 81%
87% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 56% 56%
67% 86% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 22% 25%
27% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 38%
20% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 44%
13% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 56% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.9 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.5 14.3 20 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11.4 10
6 6.7 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.7 3.5
26% 30% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 21% 32%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Al Nassr have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Nassr have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Al Nassr haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Al Taawon has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Pro League
  • All of Al Nassr's home-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 Shabab 16 9 5 2 30 21 7 5 2 0 11 5 9 4 3 2 19 16 9 32
2 Al Hilal 15 8 6 1 23 9 8 5 2 1 13 4 7 3 4 0 10 5 14 30
3 Al Ahli 16 9 3 4 26 23 8 4 3 1 11 8 8 5 0 3 15 15 3 30
4 Al Taawon 16 6 7 3 18 10 7 4 3 0 11 3 9 2 4 3 7 7 8 25
5 Al Ittihad 16 6 7 3 18 15 8 3 3 2 7 5 8 3 4 1 11 10 3 25
6 Al Ittifaq 16 7 3 6 26 25 8 3 1 4 11 14 8 4 2 2 15 11 1 24
7 Al Nassr 15 6 3 6 23 20 7 3 2 2 14 9 8 3 1 4 9 11 3 21
8 Al Quadisiya 16 5 6 5 24 25 9 4 3 2 15 13 7 1 3 3 9 12 -1 21
9 Abha 16 6 3 7 21 24 8 3 3 2 11 10 8 3 0 5 10 14 -3 21
10 Al Wahda 16 6 3 7 21 24 8 3 1 4 13 15 8 3 2 3 8 9 -3 21
11 Al Raed 16 5 4 7 22 23 9 2 2 5 13 16 7 3 2 2 9 7 -1 19
12 Al Fateh 15 5 3 7 22 25 7 1 1 5 9 16 8 4 2 2 13 9 -3 18
13 Al Batin 16 4 5 7 23 26 8 3 2 3 12 10 8 1 3 4 11 16 -3 17
14 Al Faisaly 16 3 8 5 18 21 8 1 5 2 9 12 8 2 3 3 9 9 -3 17
15 Dhamk 16 3 3 10 20 31 8 3 2 3 11 11 8 0 1 7 9 20 -11 12
16 Al-Ain 15 3 1 11 17 30 8 2 0 6 11 19 7 1 1 5 6 11 -13 10