Al-Khaleej vs Al-Ahli: Saudi Arabian Championship Match Prediction
Al-Khaleej and Al-Ahli will play in the seventh round of the Saudi Arabian Championship. The visitors occupy the tenth line in the ranking, and the hosts are only in 12th place. Who will be able to improve their standings on October 18? The answer is in our forecast.

Command Analysis

Al Khaleej

Current form
Al-Khaleej is in 12th place in the league table and is only behind today opponent from 10th place by additional indicators. The hosts are only three points ahead of the relegation zone. In the 1/8 finals of the King Cup, the team from Dammam lost to Al-Ta'i (2:5), conceding as many as three goals in extra time. After that, the team lost to Al-Ittihad (1:4) in the championship and beat Al-Kholud (1:0).
Disqualifications and injuries
The hosts have no problems with the squad
Interesting trends for betting
- The team has won only one of its last six matches.
- The last time the hosts beat today opponent was in 2003
Tentative line-up : Shehich - Reboshu, Al-Fahad, Tisserand, Al-Hamsal - Hamzi, Kourbelis - Martins, Fortounis, Narey - Al-Salem

Al Ahli

Current form
Al Ahly had an extremely unsuccessful start to the season. The team has a very strong squad and is capable of fighting for the highest places, but so far it is only in 10th place and only three points ahead of the relegation zone. Recently, the only happy event was the victory over Al Wasl (2:1) in the Champions League. The guests were eliminated from the King Cup, losing to Al Yandal (1:2). Then there were defeats in the Premier League from Al Qadisiya (0:1) and Al Hilal (1:2).
Disqualifications and injuries
The visitors have no problems with the lineup
Interesting trends for betting
- None of the last six matches of the visitors ended in a draw
- The team has suffered three defeats in its last four matches.
Probable lineup : Al-Sanbi - Yaslam, Ibanez, Demiral, Majrashi - Kessie, Al-Asmari - Al-Brikan, Veiga, Mahrez - Touni
Trends
Bet Exact score 0:2
The visitors have won three of their last five games with this score.
8.00Bet At least one team will not score
This bet has played in two of the last three away matches
1.90Bet Number 2 in the final score
This pattern has worked in four of the visitors' last five matches
2.32Tip and bets
Most likely, the guests will be able to win this match. The team is much stronger than the opponent and will certainly try to finally begin the ascent to the leading positions. Al-Ahli ambitions clearly do not correspond to the place in the table, so it time to win.
Our prediction is Asian handicap (-1) on Al Ahly for 1.90
Bet on total
The hosts have only scored three goals in the championship so far, so it is difficult to expect them to be effective in attack. The visitors will probably score one or two goals, but this will not be enough to break the total.
Our prediction is total under 2.5 goals with odds of 2.02
Bet on corners
We believe that the visitors will immediately seize the initiative in the match, which should lead to an advantage in corner kicks.
Our prediction is Asian handicap (-2.5) on Al-Ahli for corners with odds of 2.13