National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Abha or Al Fateh that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Abha form and stats
Abha was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Kings Cup.Abha have performed here this season with 4 wins from 6 Pro League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 0. 3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Kings Cup for Abha. The Abha fans aren't used to losing here and will expect new points from this game. Abha has played 15 games in a row here without a defeat.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.
In their previous game, the manager A. Chebbi led his Abha to a defeat in the Pro League match away at Al Ahli. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Before that, Abha had a Pro League home game versus Dhamk which ended with a victory 3-2.
A decent goal production from Abha in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. Abha are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Al Fateh form and stats
They also participated in Kings Cup last season. This ended in the 16th finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Fateh so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-6 (win-draw-lose). When we have look at the Kings Cup statistics, we find 3W-0D-0L. This is both home and away.
Two away games in a row for Al Fateh, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Al Taawon in the Pro League. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Al Ittihad at their stadium, the result 2-1.
Al Fateh have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. For Al Fateh, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 1 Abha victory, 0 draws and 2 Al Fateh wins. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 S. Bguir 6 goals |   M. te 6 goals |  M. Saadane 5 goals |
Abha missing players
Al Fateh missing players
| Abha | Al Fateh | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 18 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 9 | 13 | ||
| 42 | 22 | Scored | S | 25 | 33 | ||
| 38 | 11 | Conceded | C | 34 | 49 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 20% | ||
| 72% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 61% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 32% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 186 | 95 | Total Shots | T S | 139 | 213 | ||
| 82 | 44 | Shots on Target | S O | 59 | 87 | ||
| 41% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 26 | 30 |
| 2 | Al Nassr | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 30 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 26 |
| 4 | Al Raed | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | -3 | 26 |
| 5 | Al Taawon | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 25 |
| 6 | Al Wahda | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | Abha | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 23 |
| 8 | Al Shabab | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 9 | Al Faisaly | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Al Ittifaq | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 11 | Al Feiha | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 17 |
| 12 | Al Hazm | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 13 | Al Ittihad | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 14 |
| 14 | Al Fateh | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -10 | 9 |
| 15 | Al Adalh | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 9 |
| 16 | Dhamk | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 23 | -21 | 8 |