Home advantage could prove decisive in Al Tai - Al Khaleej battle

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Thu 06.October
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium (12250 seats)

This might well be quite the engrossing contest at Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium in the Pro League. Al Tai is in 8th place and welcome Al Khaleej in 11th place. Learn more about the match here!

Insights:
  • Al Tai have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Al Khaleej have lost all their away matches so far.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Al Tai form and stats

Perfect Pro League season at home so far for Al Tai 2 wins from 2 appearances. Two home wins in a row for Al Tai bring valid hopes of a third.

Tai are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Dhamk.

Ahead of that match, Al Tai won a home game hosting Al Fateh (1-0).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Al Tai have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.

There will be little rest for Tai after this match as they are travelling to Al Raed for a Pro League game in only four days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Al Tai at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Al Khaleej form and stats

No Pro League points yet away for Al Khaleej, from their first 2 matches. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Al Khaleej have lost on their last two travels.

Al Khaleej go into this game after a win, the home game against Al Batin that ended 1-0. Those three points felt good as this club had gone four league matches without winning.

A 0-2 defeat away at Al Ittihad before that.

We have checked recent matches where Khaleej have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Al Khaleej has managed 1 goal and let in 4 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Al Tai victories, three draws and three Al Khaleej wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Al TaiD. Gomes Clemente
D. Gomes Clemente
1 goals
Al TaiM. Harzan
M. Harzan
1 goals
Al TaiG. Mbenza Kamboleke
G. Mbenza Kamboleke
1 goals

Al Tai missing players

Al Khaleej missing players

Al Tai Al Khaleej
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 1 2 5
3 2 1 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 0 0 Lost L 1 2 3
4 2 1 Scored S 1 1 2
7 0 0 Conceded C 2 4 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 80%
60% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 60%
40% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 20%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 20%
40% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 40%
40% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 60%
 
7 8.5 10 Corners for (avg) C F 1 1.5 4.8
3.4 3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.5 3.8
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.6 12 13 Shots (avg) S ( 4 4.5 9
4.6 6 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 3
17% 17% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 25% 13%
 
8.8 7.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9.5 8
5.2 4 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 5.5 3.2
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Al Khaleej have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Al Khaleej have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Al Khaleej have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Al Khaleej have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Al Tai have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Al Tai have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Al Tai have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Al Tai haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Al Khaleej's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
Al Tai Last season Al Khaleej
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   19 38
11 7   Won W   7 18
4 3   Drew D   7 12
15 5   Lost L   5 8
33 25   Scored S   22 51
45 22   Conceded C   21 36
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   79% 84%
63% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 66%
57% 73%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   32% 37%
33% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 21%
7% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 13%
47% 67%   BTTS BTTS   42% 47%
20% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 45%
37% 13%   Failed to Score F T   37% 24%
 
4.7 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.7 5
5.3 5.7   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 4
2.3 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.7
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
8.8 8.9   Shots (avg) S (   8.4 8.5
3.2 3.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.6
34% 49%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 38%
 
11.2 9.9   Shots against (avg) S A   7.8 7.4
4 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3 2.7

  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 5 5 0 0 14 1 2 2 0 0 7 0 3 3 0 0 7 1 13 15
2 Al Hilal 5 4 0 1 9 2 3 2 0 1 6 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 7 12
3 Al Ittihad 5 3 2 0 6 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 4 0 6 11
4 Al Taawon 5 3 2 0 7 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 5 2 4 11
5 Al Nassr 5 3 1 1 7 2 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 4 1 5 10
6 Dhamk 5 3 1 1 7 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 10
7 Al Raed 5 3 0 2 6 5 3 2 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 9
8 Al Tai 5 3 0 2 4 7 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 2 2 7 -3 9
9 Al Fateh 5 2 0 3 8 4 3 1 0 2 3 3 2 1 0 1 5 1 4 6
10 Al Ittifaq 5 1 2 2 6 5 3 1 0 2 5 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 5
11 Al Khaleej 5 1 1 3 2 6 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 4 -4 4
12 Al Wahda 5 1 1 3 2 6 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 3 0 5 -4 4
13 Abha 5 1 1 3 3 10 3 1 1 1 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 4 -7 4
14 Al Feiha 5 0 2 3 3 7 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 -4 2
15 Al Adalh 5 0 1 4 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 4 3 0 1 2 1 3 -6 1
16 Al Batin 5 0 0 5 0 16 2 0 0 2 0 9 3 0 0 3 0 7 -16 0