Ace Football previews the Saudi Pro League game between Al Khaleej and Al Riyadh who meet up this coming Monday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Al Riyadh go up against Al Khaleej on Monday for a Saudi Pro League meeting at Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium.
Looking at the Saudi Pro League standings, the current difference between the sides is one points and two places.
Team form: Al Khaleej vs Al Riyadh
Al Khaleej Form
A single point is all Al Khaleej can show for their efforts in the past three matches. They managed a 1-1 draw with Abha, before getting trounced 1-5 against Al Hilal while Neom SC won 3-0. Al Khaleej just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Saudi Pro League matches at the Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium. They also drew one and lost four of these six encounters, in which they scored six and conceded 17 goals.
Al Riyadh Form
Al Riyadh recorded a diverse set of results in their last three matches. They began with a 3-3 draw with Al Shabab. A 1-0 win against Neom SC followed, before a 5-0 defeat against Al Ahli in their most recent match. Al Riyadh are winless in their last six away games in the Saudi Pro League, in which they drew two and lost four. They conceded 19 goals while scoring nine themselves.
Betting stats and facts for Al Khaleej and Al Riyadh
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 Khaleej and Al Riyadh played across all tournaments.
- In 8 of the last 9 Al Khaleej home matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 8 of the last 9 Al Khaleej home matches in the Saudi Pro League, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Al Khaleej have lost 3 of the last 4 home matches and the sum of goals was over 4.5
- Al Khaleej have lost 3 of the last 4 home matches in the Saudi Pro League and the sum of goals was over 4.5
- Al Khaleej have lost 4 of the last 5 home matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 3 of the last 4 Al Riyadh away matches the sum of goals was over 5.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Al Riyadh away matches in the Saudi Pro League, the sum of goals was over 5.5
- In 7 of the last 8 Al Riyadh away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 7 of the last 8 Al Riyadh away matches in the Saudi Pro League, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Al Riyadh away matches the sum of goals was over 4.5
Players in form: Al Khaleej vs Al Riyadh
Having scored just once lately in the Saudi Pro League, Joshua King will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Al Riyadh hope Teddy Okou can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of three Saudi Pro League goals in his last six Saudi Pro League games.
Popular betting markets: Al Khaleej vs Al Riyadh
Full-time result
In their last 10 matches at Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium across all tournaments Al Khaleej won two times, drew one and lost seven times. Al Riyadh claimed two wins, two draw and six defeats in their last 10 games away.
Both teams to score
Amazingly, Al Khaleej scored the first goal of the match in just three out of the last ten games at home. Al Riyadh got the opening goal in four out of their last ten away games. Of the previous 10 outings, Al Riyadh scored the opening goal five times, whereas Al Khaleej were first on target in three of their last 10 games. Both teams scored in the last 5 consecutive meetings between Al Khaleej and Al Riyadh.
Total goals
Al Khaleej saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.7 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Al Riyadh, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.1 times goals per game themselves.
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