Al Ahli vs Al Riyadh betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Pro League match on January 26th, 2025

Al Ahli and Al Riyadh will play on Sunday, January 26th, 2025, at 15:45h (UTC), in a Pro League game to be held in Saudi Arabia, check the Al Ahli vs Al Riyadh betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Al Ahli vs Al Riyadh will occur

The game takes place in the great King Abdullah Sports City stadium, in the city of Jeddah, with a capacity for 64200 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting on Betarena.

Introduction to the Al Ahli vs Al Riyadh betting tip 2024/2025

The Pro League has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.97 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.85 goals per match played.

Al Ahli last match

Al Ahli comes from a victory in the last match. The game against Al Ettifaq, valid for the Pro League, ended with a 1-2. The team coached by M. Jaissle lined up in the last match with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Prior to the match the odds were 1.57, making clear the team's favoritism, which was later confirmed with the positive result.

Al Riyadh last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Pro League, Al Riyadh, who used a 4-5-1 formation, faced the Al Taawoun team with a final score of 1-0.

The odds for the home team to win before the match were 2.45, so it was logical to expect a fairly even match.

Al Ahli vs Al Riyadh h2h

The last time Al Ahli faced Al Riyadh it was in Pro League. Al Ahli, then in 3rd place opened with a play using the 4-2-3-1 formation, while Al Riyadh, who was in 15th place, played using a 4-4-2 tactic.

The previous meeting between these two teams was in the 2023/2024 season of the Pro League. The meeting took place on 25-04-2024 and ended with a 2-1 win for Al Riyadh.

The last encounter between these two it was a close fight.

Al Ahli

Pro League leaderboard now

Considering the home team Al Ahli, standing in 5th place with 29 points in the Pro League competition in Saudi Arabia. Their performance statistics have been such as 9 wins, 5 losses and, 2 draws.

In the 17th round, the team holds an advantage of 3 points over the Al Shabab team, which is in position 6 just below, and with 3 points less than that of the Al Nassr team that occupies the 4th place.

Al Ahli analysis

Currently, in the Pro League, Al Ahli sums 25 goals for and a total of 15 goals against, after 16 rounds played.

Al Ahli appears to be using a tactical approach in their defensive play, as they have been conceding a high number of fouls in recent matches, above the league average. However, despite this, they have only received a low number of yellow cards, below the league average of 4.29. This suggests that Al Ahli is committing fouls in strategic areas of the pitch, with the aim of disrupting the opposition's attacking play and preventing them from building momentum.

Teams typically have some control over the opponents if they had ball possession above 50%. Thus, the Al Ahli team usually tries for an average ball possession of 54.75% to control the game.

Playing at home shows more positive results for the team with 5 wins, 1 loss and, 1 draw compared to the 4 games they won as the visiting team.

Al Ahli has demonstrated their offensive prowess by scoring 25 times with 1671 attacks, while Al Riyadh has only scored 20 times with 1427 attacks.

Best goalscorer from Al Ahli

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Gabri Veiga is the player to highlight. Helping Al Ahli with 5 goals scored this season, the Midfielder has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

Al Riyadh

Pro League leaderboard now

Al Riyadh arrives in this game with 25 points, and in 7th place in the Pro League, having won 7 games in total and lost 5 times, making a total of 4 draws.

With a small disadvantage of 1 point against Al Shabab who occupies position 6, the team starts the 17th round.

Al Riyadh analysis

Currently, in the Pro League, Al Riyadh sums 20 goals for and a total of 20 goals against, after 16 rounds played.

Al Riyadh has exhibited their patience as a team this season, with a high average first goal scored minutes. This patience is reflected in their game control and waiting for the right opportunities, leading to a low number of goals conceded. These qualities demonstrate the team's tactical discipline and organization. If Al Riyadh can maintain this approach, it will bode well for them in future matches.

With a balance of 4 wins, 2 losses, and 2 draws in the Pro League, Al Riyadh playing away does not usually give much chance to opponents.

Best goalscorer from Al Riyadh

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Tozé. The Midfielder has already scored 3 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Al Riyadh, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Al Ahli is Gabri Veiga, who has already scored 5 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Al Riyadh is Tozé, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

Most goals occur during 75-90 minutes of the game, making this a good bet for those watching the live game.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One should consider that the combined number of corners of both teams will give an average of 5.16 corners per game if one would like to have good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.69 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

On the Al Riyadh side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 3 time this season, very different from Al Ahli who only saw the red card once. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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