Al Kholood - Al Arabi

Unaiza is a city in Saudi Arabia in Al Qasim province, 300 Km north of Riyadh. It is the second largest city in Al-Qassim province with a population of 180.000. Historically, Unaiza was an important stopping point for Muslim pilgrims coming from Mesopotamia and Persia on their way to Mecca. It has a hot desert climate with long, extremely hot summers, and short, very mild winters. The average high temperature in August is 43,6 °C. The city experiences very little rainfall, especially in summer, but receives quite a bit of rain in March and April. It is also known to have dust storms in which the dust can be so thick that visibility is below 10 meters! The city is home to some pioneers in education. The first Saudi from Al-Qassim province to get a doctorate was from Unaiza as was the first woman Dr. Ebtisam Al Bassam. It was one of the first cities to embrace women's education in Al-Qassim province, which provoked reactions from neighboring provinces. After long negotiations, the capital of Qassim, Buraidah, a sister city of Unaizah, officially recognized the right to education for women after the intervention of King Abdulaziz, Just a few kilometers to the west is the city of Ar Ras (= well) Tuesday in population in the province but second in area in which the inhabitants are not as "open-minded" as the neighbors from Unaiza as the population consists mainly of Bedouins.

Now let's go to football. Ar Ras is home to the "big" Hazem, which was promoted to the top division last year but fell again this year, and the small Kolud, which is only in its second season in the second division.

Just as historic as Hazem is Arabi from Unaiza, which was promoted this year from the 1990rd category. With one participation in the top division (in 1) and eight in B', the team aspires to once again become a force to be reckoned with, not only in Qasim, but throughout the country. The undefeated streak he built last year in C and continues in B after three games (2-0-15) is remarkable. Her last one (on 1/22/20) was also the only one since 3/21/19 (14-1-XNUMX). Of the foreigners he acquired this year, Sandro Manuel stands out with countless appearances in the big division (Tavon, Fateh, Ahli), the Dutchman Achanas, and the Senegalese Amblai.

And Kolud started the season positively with two wins, but in the last one they lost away from home 1-0 to Al Ahli at the cost of two red cards in the last minutes, of which the one that hurts the most is the Cameroonian Akono (top scorer).

I don't think the ace is as easy as the bookie implies. The 6,60 for Arabi's victory is almost unreal!