Al Shabab will not envision any favours from hosting team Al Taawon in this Pro League game. Here's your broad match guide!
- Al Taawon have the most conceded goals (46) in Pro League
- Al Shabab have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Taawon are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Al Shabab are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Al Taawon form and stats
The story so far in the Pro League for Al Taawon, who have the most conceded goals (46) in Pro League, at their home stadium (King Abdullah Sport City Stadium) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
Taawon are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Al Taawon enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Al Feiha's place. The match ended 1-0 with Tawamba scoring.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Al Batin.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Al Taawon have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Al Taawon as they are travelling to their away game against Dhamk in the Pro League. That match is four days after this one.
The Taawon fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 14 matches. Al Taawon have conceded 21 from these games.
Al Shabab form and stats
6 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Al Shabab playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.
The Al Shabab goalkeeper Fawaz Al Qarni is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 220 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's the second away game in a row for Shabab, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Al Raed (placed 14th) last time out.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Al Faisaly.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Al Shabab playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 1 Al Shabab win, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Al Ahli Jeddah in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Shabab's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 14 league matches away. Al Shabab struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides encountered each other earlier this campaign: Al Shabab - Taawon 3-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Al Taawon wins - draws - Al Shabab wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Tawamba Kana 17 goals |   C. Carvalho da Silva Junior 13 goals |  É. Banega 6 goals |
Al Taawon missing players
Al Shabab missing players
| Al Taawon | Al Shabab | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 41 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 23 | 51 |
| 46 | 21 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 23 | 35 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 96% |
| 89% | 86% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 89% |
| 57% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 64% | 61% |
| 36% | 21% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | 32% |
| 14% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 21% | 14% |
| 71% | 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 57% | 54% |
| 18% | 21% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 11% | 14% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 21% | 14% |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9.4 | 10.4 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 8.7 | 11 |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 38% | 33% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 43% | 39% |
| 10 | 9.5 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 8.7 | 9.3 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4 | 3.9 |
- Al Shabab have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Taawon have the most conceded goals (46) in Pro League
- Al Taawon have the most dropped points from leading position (31) in Pro League
- Al Taawon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 59 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 31 | 61 |
| 2 | Al Hilal | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 58 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 31 | 61 |
| 3 | Al Nassr | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 52 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 55 |
| 4 | Al Shabab | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 51 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 53 |
| 5 | Dhamk | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -5 | 43 |
| 6 | Al Fateh | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 35 |
| 7 | Al Feiha | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 34 |
| 8 | Al Tai | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 22 | -14 | 34 |
| 9 | Abha | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -15 | 34 |
| 10 | Al Taawon | 28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 41 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 25 | -5 | 32 |
| 11 | Al Ahli Jeddah | 28 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 37 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -3 | 31 |
| 12 | Al Ittifaq | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 38 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | -6 | 31 |
| 13 | Al Faisaly | 28 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 26 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -9 | 30 |
| 14 | Al Raed | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 29 | -13 | 30 |
| 15 | Al Batin | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -11 | 29 |
| 16 | Al Hazm | 28 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 24 | -21 | 17 |
