Pro League match preview and statistics: Al Taawon fight Al Faisaly

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Date: Thu 16.May
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Stadium (29850 seats)

4th position in the Pro League table for Al Taawon so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 6th-placed Al Faisaly visits Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Stadium.

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.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Al Faisaly's home stadium. The visitors last 22 games on grass have ended in 7 wins, 5 draws and 10 losses.

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Al Taawon form and stats

Al Taawon, who have the most scored goals (36) at home in Pro League, are steadily winning games and points here at Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Stadium. 9 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 14 games. The Al Taawon fans aren't used to losing here at Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Al Taawon has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

The home team returns to Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Stadium after sharing the points with Al Shabab on their last time out; the Pro League game ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Al Taawon won a home game hosting Al Ittihad (2-1).

Al Taawon are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, having scored an impressive 36 goals in 14 games. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Al Faisaly form and stats

Playing away, Al Faisaly have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 7 defeats so far this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Al Faisaly, as they have won on their previous two travels.

The manager Al Humaidy Al Otaibi was unhappy after their last game, a Pro League match played at their home ground Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Stadium. Al Faisaly suffered a 1-4 loss to Al Ahli. Before that one, a nice away victory 4-3 at Al Feiha.

The travelling fans enjoy Al Faisaly's attacking play in away games, having scored 22 goals in 14 away matches. In the opposite end, Al Faisaly have conceded 26 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Al Faisaly - Al Taawon 1-4 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Taawon 5 wins, 3 draws and Al Faisaly 2 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

Al Taawon missing players

Al Faisaly missing players

Al Taawon Al Faisaly
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
29 14 4 Played 4 14 29
15 9 3 Won 0 5 12
8 4 1 Drew 0 2 7
6 1 0 Lost 4 7 10
59 36 9 Scored 3 22 50
30 16 5 Conceded 8 26 45
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 97%
79% 93% 75% Over 1.5 100% 100% 93%
52% 64% 50% Over 2.5 75% 71% 66%
38% 50% 25% Over 3.5 0% 21% 31%
24% 29% 25% Over 4.5 0% 21% 24%
59% 71% 75% BTTS 75% 79% 69%
34% 29% 25% Clean Sheets 0% 7% 24%
14% 0% 0% Failed To Score 25% 14% 10%
 
5.5 5.6 6.8 Corners For (avg) 3.8 5.2 5
3.9 3.8 2.2 Corners Against (avg) 6.5 5.6 6.1
2.3 1.6 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 1.9 1.7
3 1 0 Red Cards 2 3 3
Key stats this season:
  • Al Faisaly have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Faisaly haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Al Taawon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Taawon have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Al Taawon have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Al Taawon haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • All of Al Faisaly's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

Al Taawon
All Pro League Crown Prince Cup Kings Cup AFC Champions League
All Home Away
14-03-19 PRO Al Taawon 1 - 1 Al Fateh
28-03-19 PRO Al Taawon 1 - 0 Al Wahda
02-04-19 KC Al Taawon 3 - 0 Al Wahda
06-04-19 PRO Al Feiha 2 - 1 Al Taawon
12-04-19 PRO Al Taawon 2 - 0 Al Quadisiya
26-04-19 KC Al Hilal 0 - 5 Al Taawon
29-04-19 PRO Al Hilal 0 - 2 Al Taawon
02-05-19 KC Al Taawon 2 - 1 Al Ittihad
11-05-19 PRO Al Shabab 0 - 0 Al Taawon
16-05-19 PRO Al Taawon 19:30 Al Faisaly
Al Faisaly
All Pro League Arab Club Championship Crown Prince Cup Kings Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
23-02-19 PRO Al Raed 0 - 3 Al Faisaly
01-03-19 PRO Al Hilal 2 - 1 Al Faisaly
07-03-19 PRO Al Shabab 2 - 1 Al Faisaly
14-03-19 PRO Al Faisaly 3 - 0 Al Quadisiya
29-03-19 PRO Al Faisaly 3 - 2 Al Ittihad
05-04-19 PRO Al Faisaly 1 - 1 Al Fateh
12-04-19 PRO Al Wahda 1 - 2 Al Faisaly
20-04-19 PRO Al Feiha 3 - 4 Al Faisaly
11-05-19 PRO Al Faisaly 1 - 4 Al Ahli
16-05-19 PRO Al Taawon 19:30 Al Faisaly

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Al Nassr 29 21 4 4 67 26 14 11 0 3 35 14 15 10 4 1 32 12 41 67
2 Al Hilal 29 20 6 3 63 31 14 8 4 2 30 17 15 12 2 1 33 14 32 66
3 Al Shabab 29 15 9 5 37 22 15 8 4 3 21 13 14 7 5 2 16 9 15 54
4 Al Taawon 29 15 8 6 59 30 14 9 4 1 36 16 15 6 4 5 23 14 29 53
5 Al Ahli 29 16 4 9 63 41 14 6 3 5 27 18 15 10 1 4 36 23 22 52
6 Al Faisaly 29 12 7 10 50 45 15 7 5 3 28 19 14 5 2 7 22 26 5 43
7 Al Wahda 29 12 6 11 39 36 15 8 1 6 23 19 14 4 5 5 16 17 3 42
8 Al Fateh 29 8 11 10 32 41 14 6 4 4 18 13 15 2 7 6 14 28 -9 35
9 Al Raed 29 9 8 12 34 48 15 4 5 6 14 23 14 5 3 6 20 25 -14 35
10 Al Ittihad 29 9 7 13 44 44 15 4 5 6 23 22 14 5 2 7 21 22 0 34
11 Al Ittifaq 29 8 9 12 40 50 15 7 4 4 27 20 14 1 5 8 13 30 -10 33
12 Al Hazm 29 7 9 13 31 48 15 5 4 6 16 23 14 2 5 7 15 25 -17 30
13 Al Feiha 29 8 5 16 31 50 14 5 3 6 22 27 15 3 2 10 9 23 -19 29
14 Al Quadisiya 29 8 3 18 32 49 14 5 2 7 16 17 15 3 1 11 16 32 -17 27
15 Al Batin 29 7 4 18 28 51 15 4 3 8 15 24 14 3 1 10 13 27 -23 25
16 Ohod 29 4 6 19 24 62 14 3 2 9 15 23 15 1 4 10 9 39 -38 18

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