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Saudi Pro League · 2025Al-Najma Club Stadium

Al Najma 2–2 Al-Khaleej · Saudi Pro League

2–2Historical match

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Al Najma and Al-Khaleej drew 2–2.

Shots
1316
Shots on target
66
Possession
51%49%

Full time

What the match recorded

Al Najma and Al Khaleej Saihat drew 2–2. Recorded in this match (Al Najma – Al Khaleej Saihat): shots 13–16, shots on target 6–6, possession 51%–49%, corners 5–5. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Recent scheduling adds useful context

weak

A compressed recent schedule is recorded for Al Najma, Al Khaleej Saihat.

3.83 days ▲Rest daysAl Najma · Al Khaleej Saihat3.95 days
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Rest days and completed matches in the prior 14 days are shown directly.

Window: previous 14 days

MetricAl NajmaAl Khaleej SaihatBaseline
Rest days3.83 days3.95 days—
Matches last 14 days2 matches2 matches—

Caveat: The database does not describe travel, rotation decisions or player-level workload.

Al Najma's recent record differs from the season

weak

Al Najma's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

1 goal/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season0.83 goals/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Goals for1 goal/match0.83 goals/match1.32 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots13 shots16 shotsAl Najma 13 shots, Al-Khaleej 16 shots
  • Shots on target6 shots6 shotsAl Najma 6 shots, Al-Khaleej 6 shots
  • Possession51%49%Al Najma 51%, Al-Khaleej 49%
  • Corners5 corners5 cornersAl Najma 5 corners, Al-Khaleej 5 corners
  • Fouls9 fouls16 foulsAl Najma 9 fouls, Al-Khaleej 16 fouls
  • Yellow cards0 cards3 cardsAl Najma 0 cards, Al-Khaleej 3 cards

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Al Najma favored in 1 of 11 directional metrics · Al-Khaleej in 8 · 2 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Al Najma12 matchesAl-Khaleej12 matches
0.83 goals/matchGoals scored12/12▲ 2.17 goals/match
2.08 goals/matchGoals allowed12/12▲ 1.75 goals/match
0.68 xG/matchExpected goals10/10▲ 1.67 xG/match
8.92 shots/matchShots12/12▲ 12.7 shots/match
2.67 shots/matchShots on target12/12▲ 4.42 shots/match
45.8%Possession12/12● 49.8%
3.42 corners/matchCorners12/12● 4.17 corners/match
2.17 cards/matchCards12/122.67 cards/match
8.83 fouls/matchFouls12/1211.5 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited
Season samples12 / 12home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • The fixture is outside the configured active season.
  • Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.
Analysis cutoff: Fri, 2 Jan 2026, 17:30 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Saudi Pro League

Goals per match rankingxG per match rankingShots per match ranking
TeamsAl NajmaAl-Khaleej
CompetitionSaudi Pro LeagueSaudi Pro League 2025/26
MethodHow PitchMath calculates this

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