The retained record does not give either club a clear edge on the metrics that clear the gates. Limitation: At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.
Metric comparison
Team comparison
Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.
Where the edge is
Season: Abha favored in 4 of 13 directional metrics · Al-Kholood in 6 · 3 too close
▲ recorded edge● higher value (descriptive) too close
Window
Season
Abha7 matchesAl-Kholood8 matches
0.71 goals/matchGoals scored7/8▲ 1.5 goals/match
1.86 goals/matchGoals allowed7/81.88 goals/match
0.8 xG/matchExpected goals7/8▲ 1.7 xG/match
9.86 shots/matchShots7/8▲ 11.6 shots/match
3.29 shots/matchShots on target7/8▲ 4.25 shots/match
47.1% ●Possession7/846.6%
2.86 corners/matchCorners7/8● 5.13 corners/match
10.9 fouls/matchFouls7/812.3 fouls/match
Window
Last 10
Abha7 matchesAl-Kholood8 matches
0.71 goals/matchGoals scored7/8▲ 1.5 goals/match
1.86 goals/matchGoals allowed7/81.88 goals/match
0.8 xG/matchExpected goals7/8▲ 1.7 xG/match
9.86 shots/matchShots7/8▲ 11.6 shots/match
3.29 shots/matchShots on target7/8▲ 4.25 shots/match
47.1% ●Possession7/846.6%
2.86 corners/matchCorners7/8● 5.13 corners/match
10.9 fouls/matchFouls7/812.3 fouls/match
Window
Last 5
Abha5 matchesAl-Kholood5 matches
0.8 goals/matchGoals scored5/5▲ 1.4 goals/match
1.4 goals/match ▲Goals allowed5/52.2 goals/match
0.78 xG/matchExpected goals5/5▲ 1.61 xG/match
9.4 shots/matchShots5/5▲ 12.4 shots/match
2.8 shots/matchShots on target5/5▲ 3.8 shots/match
43.4%Possession5/5● 48.2%
2.2 corners/matchCorners5/5● 6.8 corners/match
11 fouls/matchFouls5/511.2 fouls/match
Window
Home–Away
Abha3 matchesAl-Kholood4 matches
0.67 goals/matchGoals scored3/4▲ 1 goal/match
1.33 goals/match ▲Goals allowed3/41.5 goals/match
0.58 xG/matchExpected goals3/4▲ 1.54 xG/match
11.3 shots/matchShots3/4▲ 12.5 shots/match
3.33 shots/matchShots on target3/4▲ 4 shots/match
51.7%Possession3/4● 53.5%
3.67 corners/matchCorners3/4● 5.5 corners/match
10 fouls/matchFouls3/410.8 fouls/match
Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.
Possession control
Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.
Abha30.6
Al-Kholood25.0
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%
Attacking volume
Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.
Abha23.1
Al-Kholood45.4
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%
Defensive resistance
Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.
Abha46.3
Al-Kholood37.9
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%
Directness proxy
Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.
Abha13.9
Al-Kholood25.0
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%
Physicality
Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.
Abha36.1
Al-Kholood63.9
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 50%
Set-piece relevance
Corner volume relative to competition peers.
Abha19.4
Al-Kholood58.3
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%
Tempo and pressure proxy
Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.
Abha25.7
Al-Kholood50.0
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%
35.9 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/110.1 days
0 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/11 match
Abha / Al-Kholood
Evidence quality
How much supports this analysis
Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited
Season samples7 / 8home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
Freshness36 daysstale at cutoff
At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.
Known unknowns
Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff.
Analysis cutoff: Mon, 19 Oct 2026, 15:20 UTC · analysis-v4