Saudi Pro League: Al Hazem vs Al-Taawoun – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Saudi Pro League round 34 match between Al Hazem and Al-Taawoun and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Despite their unsatisfactory form, Al-Taawoun have a decent shot at three points in this round 34 match, when visiting Al Hazem. Though playing at the Al Hazem Club Stadium on Thursday, bookmakers put a lot of faith in them gaining the away win.

Form: Al Hazem vs Al-Taawoun

Al Hazem Form

Only a single draw prevents Al Hazem from having nothing to show for their previous three games. They came up short in a 0-3 defeat against Al Hilal, before drawing 2-2 with Al Najma. They came up empty-handed once again when Al Qadsiah ran out as 2-0 winners. Al Hazem won four of their last six Saudi Pro League matches on home soil, while drawing once and losing once. They conceded seven and scored ten goals.

Al-Taawoun Form

In has been a bit of everything for Al-Taawoun in their previous three matches, as they first beat Al Shabab by 1-5. This was followed by a disappointing 1-2 defeat against Al Ahli, before an encounter with Al Riyadh produced a 1-1 draw. Al-Taawoun won twice, while also recording three draws, and one defeat in their last six away matches in the Saudi Pro League. The scoreline from these matches says nine goals conceded and 13 scored.

Betting stats for Al Hazem and Al-Taawoun

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Al Hazem and Al-Taawoun played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Al Hazem vs Al-Taawoun

It’s been a great season for Roger Martinez so far with 23 goals to his name across all tournaments this season. He also hit the target three times in his last six games, and no doubt Al-Taawoun want him to continue this productive spell against Al Hazemthis coming Thursday.

Popular betting markets: Al Hazem vs Al-Taawoun

Full-time result

Al Hazem claimed six wins, drew one and lost three of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Al-Taawoun won three, drew three and lost four of their last 10 games away. Amazingly, Al-Taawoun failed to keep a clean sheet in their 15 last matches. Al-Taawoun remained without defeat in 5 away games on the bounce. Al-Taawoun have not lost to Al Hazem in 5 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

Surprisingly, Al Hazem only scored the first goal of the match in three out of their last ten games. Al-Taawoun got the opening goal in five out of their last ten away games. Both teams have scored in the last 6 consecutive away games Al-Taawoun played. Al-Taawoun managed the first goal of the game in only three of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, Al Hazem were first on target in three of their last 10 outings.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Al Hazem, who scored an average of 1.3 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Al-Taawoun, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.8 times goals per game themselves.