West Bank League preview: Can Shabab Al Khaleel edge out victory against Ahli Al-Khalil?

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Competition: Palestine West Bank League
Competition: Tue 11.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hussein Bin Ali Stadium (12500 seats)

It's advantage Shabab Al Khaleel so far with their 2nd position in the West Bank League table, welcoming Ahli Al-Khalil who are placed 5th.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Shabab Al Khaleel form and stats

3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Shabab Al Khaleel have to build on here at Hussein Bin Ali Stadium in the West Bank League. Two home wins in a row for Shabab Al Khaleel bring valid hopes of a third.

The home team returns to Hussein Bin Ali Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Al-Bireh (placed 9th) on their last time out; the West Bank League game ended 0-0. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Jabal Al Mukaber.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Shabab Al Khaleel have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found one game) they have won zero times, drawn zero and lost one.

A decent goal production from Shabab Al Khaleel in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. 6 goals have been conceded.

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Ahli Al-Khalil form and stats

2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Ahli Al-Khalil playing as the away team in the West Bank League this season. Things are running smoothly for Ahli Al-Khalil who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Shabab Al Am'ari.

Ahli Al-Khalil played 1-1 against Shabab Al Am'ari in their previous match. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Markez Balata.

Ahli Al-Khalil are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and zero defeats. From a total of one match.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ahli Al-Khalil manager A. Sandouqa as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Shabab Alsamu.

Ahli Al-Khalil find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Ahli Al-Khalil have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Ahli Al-Khalil - Shabab Al Khaleel 1-2. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - three - zero (Shabab Al Khaleel wins - draws - Ahli Al-Khalil wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Shabab Al Khaleel missing players

Ahli Al-Khalil missing players

Shabab Al Khaleel Ahli Al-Khalil
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 5 0 Played P 3 6 13
7 3 0 Won W 0 2 5
2 0 0 Drew D 1 2 5
3 2 0 Lost L 2 2 3
22 10 0 Scored S 2 7 19
12 6 0 Conceded C 6 7 15
92% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
83% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 85%
67% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 38%
33% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 31%
8% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
58% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 62%
33% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 23%
17% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 23%
 
3.8 2.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1.7 1.7
4 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 9 4.3 3.1
2.2 0.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.3 1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
75 28 0 Total Shots T S 9 17 31
22 7 0 Shots on Target S O 3 5 14
41% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 80% 107%
Key stats in West Bank League this season:
  • Ahli Al-Khalil has the most matches over the total-line (4)
  • Ahli Al-Khalil has the most scored goals in the second half (7)
  • Ahli Al-Khalil have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • All of Shabab Al Khaleel's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Shabab Al Khaleel have created more than twice as many corners as Ahli Al-Khalil.
  • Shabab Al Khaleel have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Shabab Al Khaleel haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Markez Balata 14 8 6 0 25 6 7 5 2 0 15 3 7 3 4 0 10 3 19 30
2 Shabab Al Khaleel 13 7 3 3 22 12 6 3 1 2 10 6 7 4 2 1 12 6 10 24
3 Hilal Al-Quds 13 6 4 3 20 9 6 2 4 0 11 4 7 4 0 3 9 5 11 22
4 Shabab Al Am'ari 14 5 7 2 18 11 6 4 2 0 12 3 8 1 5 2 6 8 7 22
5 Ahli Al-Khalil 13 5 5 3 19 15 7 3 3 1 12 8 6 2 2 2 7 7 4 20
6 Taraji Wadi Al-Nes 13 5 5 3 13 15 6 3 2 1 9 5 7 2 3 2 4 10 -2 20
7 Shabab Alsamu 14 5 3 6 21 18 6 3 2 1 10 7 8 2 1 5 11 11 3 18
8 Jabal Al Mukaber 13 4 5 4 11 13 7 2 3 2 5 7 6 2 2 2 6 6 -2 17
9 Al-Bireh 14 3 7 4 11 18 8 3 4 1 7 6 6 0 3 3 4 12 -7 16
10 Thagafi Tulkarm 13 2 5 6 13 17 7 1 3 3 6 10 6 1 2 3 7 7 -4 11
11 Al-Ahli Qalqilya 13 1 5 7 13 25 7 1 2 4 6 9 6 0 3 3 7 16 -12 8
12 Palestinian Forces 13 0 3 10 7 34 7 0 1 6 2 20 6 0 2 4 5 14 -27 3