National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Faisaly or Al Hilal that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Al Hilal played their last game only four days ago, a Pro League match.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Al Hilal have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 3-2-2 (win-draw-loss) from seven matches.
Al Faisaly form and stats
Al Faisaly was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Kings Cup.4 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Al Faisaly have to build on here at Al Majmaa Sport City in the Pro League. Ever since the Al Feiha game Al Faisaly has been unbeatable here at Al Majmaa Sport City producing four straight wins.
In their previous game, the manager Péricles Chamusca led his Al Faisaly to a defeat in the Pro League match away at Al Wahda. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Al Majmaa Sport City. Before that match, a Pro League win away at Al Ittihad.
The Al Faisaly fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. Al Faisaly are not conceding a lot of goals here at Al Majmaa Sport City in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Al Hilal form and stats
Last season their Kings Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.3-2-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Hilal in their Pro League matches away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Al Nassr game have they lost an away game, meaning Al Hilal has taken points from eight away matches in a row.
The supporters enjoyed Al Hilal's previous game versus Al Adalh, a Pro League 7-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Al Hazm.
As mentioned above, Al Hilal was the only team on the pitch versus Al Adalh in their previous game, winning 7-0. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention B. Gomis's lethal finishing against Al Adalh. 3 goals was a big reason for the three points.
A new game in only four days for Al Hilal, the Pro League home match versus Al Ahli. Busy days.
Al Hilal are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (16 goals from 5 away games). 6 goals have been conceded by Al Hilal in these games.
Head 2 Head
Al Faisaly-Al Hilal H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Faisaly 0 wins, Al Hilal 7 wins, 3 draws. 4 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  B. Gomis 9 goals |  Carlos Eduardo 8 goals |  S. Giovinco 5 goals |
Al Faisaly missing players
Al Hilal missing players
| Al Faisaly | Al Hilal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 43 | 17 | Scored | S | 29 | 64 | ||
| 33 | 10 | Conceded | C | 14 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 73% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 45% | 40% | ||
| 60% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 8% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.1 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 303 | 109 | Total Shots | T S | 174 | 340 | ||
| 121 | 38 | Shots on Target | S O | 72 | 143 | ||
| 36% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 43% | ||
| 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 Nassr | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 29 |
| 2 | Al Hilal | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 24 |
| 3 | Al Wahda | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | Al Ahli | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 5 | Abha | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 23 |
| 6 | Al Raed | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 23 |
| 7 | Al Taawon | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Al Faisaly | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Al Shabab | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | Al Ittifaq | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 11 | Al Feiha | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Al Hazm | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 15 |
| 13 | Al Ittihad | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 13 |
| 14 | Al Fateh | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 9 |
| 15 | Al Adalh | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 8 |
| 16 | Dhamk | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 23 | -21 | 7 |