Let's expect goals from the teams! Damak vs Al Khaleej prediction
Damac FC
Al Khaleej
The match of the 1st round of the Saudi Pro League between Damak and Al Khaleej will take place on Friday at the Damak Club Stadium in Khamis Mushayt. We offer a prediction for this match from the Dailysports team of experts.
Damac
Cosmin Kontra's team secured a solid handicap against teams from the relegation zone last season and finished in 10th place. Damak only won 10 games in 34 matches. At the same time, the team did not win a single game in the last six matches of last season.
In preparation for the new season, Damak played in five friendly matches, in which they showed unstable results. Thus, Reshitsa (3:2), Drava (1:0) and Al-Bataeh (3:1) were defeated. But the wards of Cosmin Kontra lost only in one confrontation - Ittihad Kalba in their home walls with a score of 1:2.
Al Khaleej
Pedro Emanuel's team had a very mediocre season and finished close to Damac in the standings. In 34 rounds Al Khaleej made only 9 victories and as well as the opponent in the first round failed to finish last season, when they failed to win once in the last eight matches.
In the summer off-season Pedro Emanuel's wards played three friendlies, in which they did not lose once and showed a good level of play. Thus, defeated Al Khaleej with a score of 1:0 Aluminium and defeated 7:0 Bistrica. But in the last match Al Khaleej played a 2-2 away draw with Al-Fat.
Interesting facts about the match and history of head-to-head encounters
- Last season the teams exchanged away victories
- In three matches out of the last five the ‘Both Score’ bet has been played.
- The betting option ‘Total over 2.5’ has been played in 4 out of the last six matches.
Damak vs Al Khaleej prediction
Bookmakers are very cautious to give a slight advantage to the home team, estimating the victory of Damak at odds of 2.25. Our bet on the match is ‘Both to Score’ at odds of 1.70.