This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premier League, Aqaba holding 10th place and Sahab lying 9th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
Aqaba and Sahab 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.
It should be mentioned that Sahab play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Sahab on grass are 4 victories, 7 draws and 10 defeats from 21 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 18-30. You can compare this with overall results below.
Aqaba form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Aqaba at their home stadium (Aqaba Stadium) is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Aqaba drew their last game, 0-0 away at Al Salt (placed 6th). Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Al Hussein.
Aqaba are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 5 games. On the other hand, Aqaba have conceded 7 goals.
Sahab form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Sahab failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Al Hussein (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Shabab Al Ordon that ended 2-2.
Late heartbreak for Sahab in the Al Hussein match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime.
Sahab have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. 8 goals have been conceded by Sahab in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Sahab - Aqaba 2-1.Aqaba missing players
Sahab missing players
| Aqaba | Sahab | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 21 |
| 73% | 60% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 91% |
| 64% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 55% |
| 64% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 55% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 45% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 27% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 55% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 18% |
| 45% | 60% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 109 | 40 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 53 | 108 |
| 49 | 20 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 20 | 41 |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 30% | 27% |
- Sahab has the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in Premier League
| 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 Wihdat | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 27 |
| 2 | Al Jazeera | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Al Faysali | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | Al Ramtha | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Al Hussein | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 6 | Al Salt | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Al Sareeh | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Ma'an | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 14 |
| 9 | Sahab | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -9 | 11 |
| 10 | Aqaba | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Shabab Al Ordon | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -9 | 10 |
| 12 | Al Ahli | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -16 | 7 |