The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Shabab Al Ordon are in the 7th position while the guesting Al Ahli worry at 12th.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Al Ahli have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 9-13-20 (win-draw-loss) from 42 matches.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Shabab Al Ordon form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Shabab Al Ordon have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 3 losses from their games here at King Abdullah International Stadium.
Shabab Al Ordon enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Al Faysali's place. The match ended 3-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Al Sareeh in a game that was won 4-1.
The Shabab fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. Shabab have conceded 15 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Al Ahli form and stats
There's been little loot from Al Ahli's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 6 away games in the Premier League. Al Ahli, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in Premier League, only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 2 draws.
Ahli have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 202 minutes ago.
Al Ahli might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Al Ramtha proved too strong as Ahli slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Petra Field. A 0-2 defeat away at Al Wihdat before that.
Late heartbreak for Ahli in the Al Ramtha match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime.
The attacking power of Ahli when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Ahli struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Al Ahli - Shabab Al Ordon 1-3. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Shabab wins - draws - Al Ahli wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Shabab Al Ordon missing players
Al Ahli missing players
| Shabab Al Ordon | Al Ahli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 20 | 10 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 24 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 27 |
| 92% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 85% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 69% |
| 77% | 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 54% |
| 69% | 86% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 46% |
| 15% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 77% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 15% |
| 15% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 54% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 129 | 66 | 39 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 46 | 97 |
| 61 | 30 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 17 | 28 |
| 33% | 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 29% | 29% |
- Al Ahli has the fewest scored goals (8) in Premier League
- Al Ahli has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Premier League
- Al Ahli has the most conceded goals (27) in Premier League
- Al Ahli has the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in Premier League
- Al Ahli has the the worst goal difference (-19) in Premier League
- Al Ahli have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Al Ahli haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Shabab Al Ordon has the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Premier League
- Shabab Al Ordon has the most matches over the total-line (10) in Premier League
- Shabab Al Ordon has the most points from losing position (8) in Premier League
- Shabab Al Ordon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shabab Al Ordon have scored more than double the goals of Al Ahli.
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 22 | 31 |
| 2 | Al Jazeera | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Al Ramtha | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Al Hussein | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Al Salt | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Al Faysali | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 7 | Shabab Al Ordon | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -4 | 16 |
| 8 | Ma'an | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 16 |
| 9 | Al Sareeh | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -4 | 14 |
| 10 | Sahab | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -9 | 13 |
| 11 | Aqaba | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Al Ahli | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -19 | 7 |