The Pro League league standings tell a story about these sides so far, with Al Taawon in front of Al Raed by 14 points. Here's our preview:
- Al Taawon have the most points from losing position (14) in Pro League
- Al Raed have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Pro League
This is a game between neighbours, usually meaning more tension and importance.
It's no vacation for neither Al Taawon nor Al Raed as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Al Taawon form and stats
When playing at home in the Pro League, Al Taawon have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 13 games. Taawon has recorded two wins in a row here at King Abdullah Sport City Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
A nice win for Al Taawon last time playing, versus Al Raed. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Gamarra and Just scoring for the victors. The victory against Al Raed came after Gamarra's winning goal. The Taawon manager Chamusca was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 62nd minute.
Ahead of that match, Al Taawon won a home game hosting Al Ittihad (2-1).The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Taawon matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats (from 7 games).
Betting people might want to know that 10 of the latest 11 league matches from this club have seen goals scored by both sides.
Al Taawon has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Al Taawon's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Raed form and stats
4 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Al Raed playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. Raed seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Two away games in a row for Al Raed, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Al Taawon.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Al Batin.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Al Raed when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 3 and winning 0 games.
Take note that 12 of this team's 13 most recent league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.
Raed are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 13 games (in the league). Al Raed's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 20 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have met before this season: Al Taawon - Al Raed 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Taawon six wins, two draws and Al Raed two victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Fouzair 8 goals |  J. Tavares 8 goals |  K. Berkaoui 7 goals |
Al Taawon missing players
Al Raed missing players
| Al Taawon | Al Raed | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 36 | 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 15 | 33 |
| 32 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 45 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 92% | 96% |
| 85% | 85% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 77% | 81% |
| 50% | 46% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 77% | 73% |
| 19% | 23% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 23% | 35% |
| 8% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 69% | 69% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 54% | 62% |
| 19% | 15% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 15% | 12% |
| 12% | 15% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 38% | 31% |
| 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 5.8 | 5.6 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.1 | 5.7 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.4 | 13.1 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 8.9 | 8.5 |
| 5 | 4.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 27% | 28% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 37% |
| 10.8 | 10 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.7 | 12.6 | 11.8 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
- Al Raed have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Raed have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Pro League
- Al Raed have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Pro League
- Al Raed have the most matches over the total-line (19) in Pro League
- Al Taawon have the most points from losing position (14) in Pro League
- Al Taawon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 52 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 41 | 62 |
| 2 | Al Nassr | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 7 | 39 | 57 |
| 3 | Al Shabab | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 27 | 53 |
| 4 | Al Hilal | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 22 | 49 |
| 5 | Al Taawon | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 43 |
| 6 | Al Fateh | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 41 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 39 |
| 7 | Al Ta'ee | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -1 | 34 |
| 8 | Dhamk | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | -2 | 32 |
| 9 | Al Ittifaq | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 30 |
| 10 | Abha | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 24 | -14 | 30 |
| 11 | Al Raed | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -12 | 29 |
| 12 | Al Feiha | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -10 | 28 |
| 13 | Al Wahda | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -15 | 26 |
| 14 | Al Khaleej | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 22 | -17 | 24 |
| 15 | Al Adalh | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -28 | 21 |
| 16 | Al Batin | 25 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 54 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 31 | -34 | 15 |
