Ace Football previews the Saudi Pro League round 33 match between Al Akhdoud and Al-Raed and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.
The penultimate round of the Saudi Pro League season presents an interesting battle between Al Akhdoud and Al-Raed. The match takes place on Thursday at Prince Hathloul bin Abdul Aziz Sport City.
Ranked as number 17 in the Saudi Pro League standings, Al Akhdoud, have so far collected 28 points this season, while Al-Raed collected 21 points. This puts them up as number 18 after 32 rounds.
Form: Al Akhdoud vs Al-Raed
Al Akhdoud Form
Al Akhdoud have had to endure a tough spell in their last three matches, from which they have nothing to show. They were beaten 1-2 by Al-Wehda, before Al Nassr FC ran out 0-9 winners. A third defeat on the trot followed against Al-Fayha, who came out 2-0 winners. Al Akhdoud just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Saudi Pro League matches at the Prince Hathloul bin Abdul Aziz Sport City. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored five and conceded 16 goals.
Al-Raed Form
Al-Raed were unable to pick up a single good result in their last three matches, as they were first beaten 3-5 by Al Hilal. Next up, Damac FC won 1-0, before losing 1-3 against Al Ittihad. Al-Raed claimed two wins against zero draws and four defeats in their last six away matches in the Saudi Pro League. The scoreline from these matches reads 12 goals conceded and 12 scored.
Betting facts for Al Akhdoud and Al-Raed
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 Akhdoud and Al-Raed played across all tournaments.
- In 12 of the last 14 Al Akhdoud matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 12 of the last 14 Al Akhdoud matches in the Saudi Pro League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 9 of the last 11 Al Akhdoud home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 9 of the last 11 Al Akhdoud home matches in the Saudi Pro League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Al Akhdoud have lost the last 3 matches in a row while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 8 of the last 10 Al-Raed away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 8 of the last 10 Al-Raed away matches in the Saudi Pro League, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 5 of the last 6 Al-Raed away matches the sum of goals was over 3.5
- In 5 of the last 6 Al-Raed away matches in the Saudi Pro League, the sum of goals was over 3.5
- In 7 of the last 9 Al-Raed matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
Players in form: Al Akhdoud vs Al-Raed
Having scored just once lately in the Saudi Pro League, Pato will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Al-Raed hope Karim El Berkaoui 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 Akhdoud vs Al-Raed
Full-time result
Al Akhdoud claimed one wins, drew two and lost seven of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Al-Raed won two, drew zero and lost eight of their last 10 games away. Al-Raed lost 4 matches on the bounce.
Both teams to score
Al Akhdoud scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. Al-Raed scored the opening goal in six of the last ten games. Al Akhdoud managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Al Akhdoud, who scored an average of 0.7 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for Al-Raed, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.5 times goals per game.