📏 Form Guide

Al-Fateh

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Al-Fateh will be hoping to bounce back here following the 3-1 Professional League loss in their previous game against Al-Hilal.

In that match, Al-Fateh had 42% possession and 8 shots on goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Al-Fateh was Lucas Zelarayán (57'). Al-Hilal Saudi had 19 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Michael (58'), Rúben Neves (74') and Ali Al Bulayhi (90') scored for Al-Hilal.

Fixtures featuring Al-Fateh have usually been exciting ones of late with a lot of goalmouth action the rule rather than the exception. Over their past 6 games, the sum of 23 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 11 of these being chalked up by Al-Fateh.

Al-Riyadh

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Al-Riyadh will come into the game following on from a 2-1 Professional League win to defeat Al-Ahli Saudi in their previous game.

In that match, Al-Riyadh managed 33% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Al-Riyadh was Birama Touré (43'). For their opponents, Al-Ahli Saudi had 17 shots at goal with 6 on target. Franck Kessié (45') scored for Al-Ahli Saudi.

Looking at their form, and Al-Riyadh have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 7 goals in all. In defence, Al-Riyadh have some weaknesses to address. Let’s find out if that trend can be continued on into this next match.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The previous league game between the two was Professional League match day 13 on 09/11/2023 and the score finished Al-Riyadh 1-1 Al-Fateh.

In that match, Al-Riyadh had 53% possession and 15 shots on goal with 5 on target.

At the other end, Al-Fateh had 16 shots at goal with 3 on target.

📰 Team News: Al-Riyadh

Thanks to a completely injury-free squad ready to go, the Al-Riyadh boss does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this game.

🧠 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Al-Riyadh have enough to get a goal against this Al-Fateh lineup, although that possibly won’t quite be enough to avoid a loss.

We can see a 2-1 advantage for Al-Fateh at the end of the 90 minutes. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 17:12 02/05/2024