Al Okhdood vs NEOM Prediction: Classy Lacazette can lead visitors to success

Relegation-threatened Al Okhdood will be desperate for points when NEOM head for the Prince Hathloul bin Abdulaziz Sports City on Monday (17:30 kick-off). The home side have collected only nine points from their 18 Saudi Pro League games this term and the Najran-based team have won just two league games all season.

NEOM looked booked for a mid-table finish this term, but Christophe Galtier’s men make the trip to Al Okhdood following a 3-0 hammering of Damac, and may have set their sights higher.

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Team News

Al Okhdood have a fully-fit squad to choose from, with new arrivals Tokmac Chol Nguen, Yvan Neyoum and Muath Fagihy available for selection.

NEOM's first-choice stopper Marcin Bulka is out for the season which means Luis Maximiano will deputise in goal. The visitors will also be without midfielder Abbas Al-Hassan.

Football Odds

Al Okhdood vs NEOM Odds

NEOM are 4/6 to win on their trip to Al Okhdood, while the home side are 7/2 chances and the draw is available at 5/2. Over 2.5 goals is a 10/11 poke, while both teams to score can be backed at 5/6.

NEOM to win @ 4/6

It’s just two Saudi Pro League victories all season for Al Okhdood and things are unlikely to improve when NEOM come to the Prince Hathloul bin Abdulaziz Sports City.

The Ambassador of Najran have collected only nine points from their 18 Saudi top-flight games and it’s just one win in 11 matches for Marius Șumudica's men.

Monday's hosts haven’t seen the investment some of the other Saudi sides have benefitted from and are right in the thck of the relegation battle.

NEOM can call on the likes of Alexandre Lacazette, Abdoulaye Doucoure, Said Benrahma, Luciano Rodriguez and Nathan Zeze and there has been a fair amount of cash pumped into the Tabuk outfit.

That hasn’t yielded huge rewards, but Christophe Galtier’s men crushed Damac 3-0 last time out and they rate a class about Al Okhdood.

Offers of 8/11 probably don’t quite reflect NEOM’s superiority and the visitors should be supported at the Prince Hathloul bin Abdulaziz Sports City.

Alexandre Lacazette to score first @ 10/3

Alexandre Lacazette found the net in NEOM's 3-0 victory over Damac and that marked the Frenchman’s sixth strike of the campaign.

The 34-year-old is not the force of old, but he scored bags of goals in his time at Lyon at Arsenal and is still levels above the weaker Saudi League defences.

Al Okhdood have conceded 33 goals in 18 Saudi Pro League games this term and Lacazette should get plenty of opportunities to punish a weak home rear-guard.