It's game two of the Pro League season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Al Raed-Al Shabab!
Al Raed and Al Shabab should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Al Raed form and stats
Prior to that, an away loss at Al Ahli.
Last season, Al Raed's league statistics were 13 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Pro League. Over these 30 matches they scored 41 goals and conceded 50. Playing at home last season Al Raed managed 9-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 21 conceded.
Al Shabab form and stats
Al Shabab go into this game after a win, the home game against Abha that ended 1-0. A 1-2 defeat away at Al Hilal before that.
Let's have a look at how Al Shabab performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 7 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded 37 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 15/21 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Raed victories, five draws and one Al Shabab win. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Al-Sahli 2 goals | S. Farhan 1 goals |  M. Diop 1 goals |
Al Raed missing players
Al Shabab missing players
| Al Raed | Al Shabab | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| Al Raed | Last season | Al Shabab | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 41 | 23 | Scored | S | 15 | 38 | ||
| 50 | 21 | Conceded | C | 21 | 37 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 90% | ||
| 83% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 67% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 47% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 13% | ||
| 60% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 53% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 37% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 7 | ||
| 274 | 120 | Total Shots | T S | 153 | 329 | ||
| 111 | 54 | Shots on Target | S O | 57 | 135 | ||
| 37% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 28% | ||
| 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 Raed | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Al Fateh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Ittifaq | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Al Wahda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Al Hilal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Al Shabab | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Al Faisaly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Al Taawon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Dhamk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Al Ittihad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Al Nassr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Al Quadisiya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Abha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Al Batin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Al-Ain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 Hilal | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 74 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 48 | 72 |
| 2 | Al Nassr | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 60 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 34 | 64 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 50 |
| 4 | Al Wahda | 30 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 49 |
| 5 | Al Faisaly | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 41 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 48 |
| 6 | Al Raed | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 50 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 29 | -9 | 46 |
| 7 | Al Shabab | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 43 |
| 8 | Al Ittifaq | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 46 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 42 |
| 9 | Abha | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 41 | 52 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 31 | -11 | 38 |
| 10 | Al Ittihad | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 35 |
| 11 | Al Taawon | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 22 | -7 | 35 |
| 12 | Dhamk | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 52 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 33 | -15 | 35 |
| 13 | Al Fateh | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 42 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 30 | -7 | 33 |
| 14 | Al Feiha | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -10 | 32 |
| 15 | Al Hazm | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 40 | 61 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 31 | -21 | 27 |
| 16 | Al Adalh | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 62 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 34 | -35 | 21 |