Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Hilal & Al Fateh face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Kings Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Al Hilal and Al Fateh.
Al Hilal form and stats
5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Al Hilal so far this season.
It's back home for Hilal, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Al Taawon away with the result 4-0. de Oliveira, Ighalo (2) and Qahtani found the net in that victory. As mentioned above, Al Hilal "killed" Al Taawon in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Ahead of that match, Hilal lost 1-2 at home to Al Fateh.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Al Hilal, as the Pro League home game vs Al Ittifaq is only four days away.
Al Hilal have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at King Saud University Stadium with 17 goals in 9 league matches.
Al Fateh form and stats
Al Fateh was sent out of Kings Cup in the round of 16 last season.The visitors are W5-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.
Fateh has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Abha for a 2-2 draw. Al Fateh's last match (vs Abha) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Batna. Bringing on Batna was absolutely vital to the comeback against Abha as the player changed the game with two goals and ensuring the draw 2-2.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Al Hilal at their stadium, the result 2-1.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Al Ittihad in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Fateh's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 10 league matches away. 14 goals have been conceded by Al Fateh in these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these participants: Al Hilal won six, Al Fateh were winners in three and we saw one draw. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Ighalo 11 goals |   F. Albirakan 10 goals |  M. Batna 6 goals |
Al Hilal missing players
Al Fateh missing players
| Al Hilal | Al Fateh | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 52 | 23 | Scored | S | 24 | 42 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Conceded | C | 22 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 20% | ||
| 7.4 | 8.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 16.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 37% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 36% | ||
| 10.7 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 9.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Ittihad | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 29 | 47 |
| 2 | Al Nassr | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 31 | 46 |
| 3 | Al Shabab | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 43 |
| 4 | Al Hilal | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 36 |
| 5 | Al Taawon | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 34 |
| 6 | Al Fateh | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 32 |
| 7 | Dhamk | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Al Ta'ee | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -3 | 25 |
| 9 | Al Raed | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -6 | 24 |
| 10 | Al Ittifaq | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 23 |
| 11 | Al Feiha | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 23 |
| 12 | Abha | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -10 | 23 |
| 13 | Al Wahda | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 21 |
| 14 | Al Khaleej | 19 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 17 | -16 | 16 |
| 15 | Al Adalh | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -22 | 16 |
| 16 | Al Batin | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 24 | -33 | 9 |
