Soccer betting preview: Al Raed welcomes Al Ahli Jeddah in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Mon 27.December
Match begins: 12:20 (UTC)
Venue: King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz City (29850 seats)

All the points stay with the home side, the away team runs away as victors or a point each? Everything is possible when the mid-table sides Al Raed and Al Ahli Jeddah duel at King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz City.

Insights:
  • Al Raed have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Al Ahli Jeddah have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Al Ahli Jeddah have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

This has all the signs of an intriguing match with lots of fun and bustle as both sides are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!

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Al Raed form and stats

Al Raed are steadily winning Pro League games and points here at King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz City. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz City.

In their previous game, the manager Machín Díez led his Raed to a defeat in the Kings Cup match away at Al Hilal. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz City.

A Pro League defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Al Shabab.

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

The Al Raed fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Raed have only let in 3 goals at home.

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Al Ahli Jeddah form and stats

Al Ahli Jeddah have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 1-2-3 (6 played).

Somah and Dankler scored in Jeddah's previous match, the home game against Al Faisaly that ended 2-1.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Al Nassr.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Al Ahli Jeddah in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Jeddah, one draw and three defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al Ahli Jeddah as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. Jeddah have conceded 10 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Al Raed-Al Ahli Jeddah H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Raed two wins, Al Ahli Jeddah seven wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Al RaedK. Berkaoui
K. Berkaoui
7 goals
Al RaedÉ. Macedo Lopes
É. Macedo Lopes
4 goals
Al RaedR. Al Ghamdi
R. Al Ghamdi
3 goals

Al Raed missing players

Al Ahli Jeddah missing players

Al Raed Al Ahli Jeddah
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 1 6 13
5 4 0 Won W 0 1 3
3 1 1 Drew D 0 2 6
5 1 0 Lost L 1 3 4
20 9 1 Scored S 0 5 15
20 3 1 Conceded C 2 10 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 92%
54% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 31%
38% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 15%
15% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 17% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 62%
31% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
31% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 23%
 
3.5 4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.7 6
4.4 5.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.5 3.8
1.5 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.7 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.1 9.2 5 Shots (avg) S ( 4 6.2 9.1
3.8 4.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3 4.5
40% 35% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 28% 26%
 
7.6 7 3 Shots against (avg) S A 8 9.8 8.4
3.9 3 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.8 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 Raed have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Al Raed haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Al Ahli Jeddah'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 12 8 2 2 23 8 7 5 1 1 16 4 5 3 1 1 7 4 15 26
2 Al Shabab 13 7 4 2 23 11 7 5 2 0 16 6 6 2 2 2 7 5 12 25
3 Dhamk 13 7 4 2 20 15 6 4 2 0 7 2 7 3 2 2 13 13 5 25
4 Al Hilal 12 5 6 1 16 12 7 4 2 1 9 6 5 1 4 0 7 6 4 21
5 Al Nassr 13 6 2 5 21 16 6 3 1 2 11 8 7 3 1 3 10 8 5 20
6 Al Feiha 13 5 4 4 13 11 5 4 1 0 6 1 8 1 3 4 7 10 2 19
7 Al Raed 13 5 3 5 20 20 6 4 1 1 9 3 7 1 2 4 11 17 0 18
8 Al Ittifaq 13 4 4 5 18 22 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 2 2 3 12 15 -4 16
9 Al Ahli Jeddah 13 3 6 4 15 16 7 2 4 1 10 6 6 1 2 3 5 10 -1 15
10 Al Faisaly 12 3 6 3 12 13 7 3 3 1 10 8 5 0 3 2 2 5 -1 15
11 Abha 13 4 2 7 14 23 7 3 2 2 11 10 6 1 0 5 3 13 -9 14
12 Al Fateh 12 3 4 5 15 16 5 2 2 1 11 7 7 1 2 4 4 9 -1 13
13 Al Batin 13 3 4 6 10 15 7 3 2 2 7 8 6 0 2 4 3 7 -5 13
14 Al Ta'ee 13 4 1 8 11 20 6 3 0 3 9 9 7 1 1 5 2 11 -9 13
15 Al Taawon 13 2 5 6 21 27 6 1 2 3 9 11 7 1 3 3 12 16 -6 11
16 Al Hazm 13 2 5 6 9 16 7 1 4 2 8 10 6 1 1 4 1 6 -7 11