National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Hilal or Abha that keep their silverware dream alive.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
These teams have little in common geographically as Abha have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Al Hilal form and stats
Al Hilal participated in Kings Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.1-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Al Hilal so far this season. 3W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Kings Cup for Al Hilal. The Hilal fans aren't used to losing league-games here at King Saud University Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Al Hilal has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.
The home team returns to King Saud University Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Abha on their last time out; the Pro League game ended 1-1.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Hilal, as the Pro League home game vs Dhamk is only four days away.
Early season league goal statistics from Al Hilal's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.
Abha form and stats
Last season their Kings Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.The visitors are W0-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League. Total Kings Cup statistics for Abha: 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Abha are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Abha's last game was the home draw against Al Hilal (1-1). A 0-1 defeat away at Al Shabab before that.
The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Abha we find one game. Results are zero Abha wins, zero draws and one defeat.
A new game in only four days for Abha, the Pro League home match versus Al Ittifaq. Busy days.
Abha have the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Al Hilal won six games, one match ended with a draw and Abha has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / oneAl Hilal missing players
Abha missing players
| Al Hilal | Abha | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 11 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 44 | 22 | Scored | S | 13 | 32 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 19 | 39 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 317 | 172 | Total Shots | T S | 94 | 249 | ||
| 138 | 77 | Shots on Target | S O | 31 | 97 | ||
| 32% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 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 Ittifaq | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Al Ahli Jeddah | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Al Raed | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Al Fateh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Al Faisaly | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Al Shabab | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Al Hilal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Al Taawon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Al Quadisiya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Al Wahda | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Al Ittihad | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Abha | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Dhamk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Al Batin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Al Nassr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Al-Ain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |