Pro League match prediction and preview for Al Taawon vs Al Nassr clash

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Thu 20.August
Match begins: 16:10 (UTC)
Venue: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium (29850 seats)

Al Taawon will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 19 points behind Al Nassr.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Nassr are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Al Taawon form and stats

Overall Pro League stats at home this season for Al Taawon are 7-2-3 (wins-draw-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Taawon to get some points in this home game.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 207 minutes without scoring a league goal. C. Amissi was the last player to find the net.

Taawon's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Dhamk (placed 15th).

The Taawon fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 12 matches. On the other hand, Taawon have conceded 13 goals.

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Al Nassr form and stats

Al Nassr's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Nassr, who have the most clean sheets (12) in Pro League, collect 29 points from their 13 away matches in the Pro League. 9 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

Nassr have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Brad Jones. It's been 190 minutes since they last conceded in Pro League.

The supporters enjoyed Al Nassr's previous game versus Al Wahda (placed 5th), a Pro League 1-0 win played at home.

Al Nassr has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 24 goals from 13 games. Nassr are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Al Nassr - Taawon 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Taawon three wins, two draws and Al Nassr five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Al NassrA. Hamdallah
A. Hamdallah
20 goals
Al NassrG. de Paula
G. de Paula
8 goals
Al TaawonH. Almeida Ramos
H. Almeida Ramos
6 goals

Al Taawon missing players

Al Nassr missing players

Al Taawon Al Nassr
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 4 13 25
9 7 3 Won W 4 9 15
5 2 0 Drew D 0 2 6
11 3 1 Lost L 0 2 4
30 17 5 Scored S 9 24 44
32 13 3 Conceded C 2 9 20
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
72% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 69% 72%
60% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 38% 40%
20% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 23% 28%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 23% 20%
64% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 38% 44%
20% 17% 25% Clean Sheets C S 75% 54% 48%
24% 17% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 16%
 
5.1 5.4 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7.2 8 7.2
4.6 4.4 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 3 3.5
2.4 1.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2 1.7
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
303 158 50 Total Shots T S 74 201 383
104 62 16 Shots on Target S O 29 77 160
29% 27% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 31% 28%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Al Nassr has the fewest conceded goals (20)
  • Al Nassr has the fewest conceded goals (9) away
  • Al Nassr has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9)
  • Al Nassr has the fewest matches over the total-line (8)
  • Al Nassr has the most clean sheets (12)
  • Al Nassr has the most clean sheets (7) away
  • Al Nassr has the most matches under the total-line (15)
  • Al Nassr has the most points from losing position (17)
  • Al Nassr have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Nassr have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Al Taawon haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 25 18 6 1 62 21 12 10 1 1 31 10 13 8 5 0 31 11 41 60
2 Al Nassr 25 15 6 4 44 20 12 6 4 2 20 11 13 9 2 2 24 9 24 51
3 Al Ahli 25 13 4 8 42 30 12 8 2 2 26 13 13 5 2 6 16 17 12 43
4 Al Faisaly 25 12 5 8 35 29 12 8 2 2 21 12 13 4 3 6 14 17 6 41
5 Al Wahda 25 13 1 11 35 32 13 8 1 4 18 12 12 5 0 7 17 20 3 40
6 Al Raed 25 11 6 8 36 41 13 7 2 4 19 19 12 4 4 4 17 22 -5 39
7 Al Shabab 25 11 5 9 33 31 13 7 2 4 21 15 12 4 3 5 12 16 2 38
8 Al Ittifaq 25 11 2 12 38 32 13 7 0 6 19 17 12 4 2 6 19 15 6 35
9 Abha 25 10 3 12 35 44 13 6 3 4 19 18 12 4 0 8 16 26 -9 33
10 Al Taawon 25 9 5 11 30 32 12 7 2 3 17 13 13 2 3 8 13 19 -2 32
11 Al Feiha 25 7 7 11 30 37 13 5 3 5 19 20 12 2 4 6 11 17 -7 28
12 Al Ittihad 25 7 5 13 33 37 13 4 2 7 20 19 12 3 3 6 13 18 -4 26
13 Al Fateh 25 6 7 12 32 40 12 4 4 4 17 17 13 2 3 8 15 23 -8 25
14 Al Hazm 25 6 6 13 34 50 13 3 4 6 19 24 12 3 2 7 15 26 -16 24
15 Dhamk 25 6 6 13 27 46 12 4 5 3 16 13 13 2 1 10 11 33 -19 24
16 Al Adalh 25 4 8 13 23 47 12 2 4 6 13 21 13 2 4 7 10 26 -24 20