Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Taawon & Al Ta'ee face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Kings Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Al Taawon form and stats
Last season their Kings Cup adventure ended in the final.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Pro League this season. Al Taawon have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses from their games here at King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz City.
The spoils were shared in Taawon's previous game, also at home. Visiting Al Feiha travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Luvannor was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Al Feiha after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Al Batin (2-3).The Taawon fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
Al Ta'ee form and stats
They also participated in Kings Cup last season. This ended in the 16th finals.There's been little loot from Al Ta'ee's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the Pro League. Al Ta'ee only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.
Impressive finishing from Malele and Dener secured the home win 2-1 against Al Nassr in their previous game. The end of the last match, against Al Nassr, was very satisfying as Dener scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
It was a Pro League defeat before that one as the away game against Al Ittihad wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Goals are few and far between in Ta'ee's away league games. Only 2 goals from 7 travels. In the opposite end, Ta'ee have conceded 11 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Taawon two wins, one draw and Al Ta'ee three victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Tawamba Kana 9 goals |  S. de Sousa Luvannor 3 goals |   C. Malele 3 goals |
Al Taawon missing players
Al Ta'ee missing players
| Al Taawon | Al Ta'ee | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 46 | 29 | Scored | S | 10 | 33 | ||
| 46 | 26 | Conceded | C | 14 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 76% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 15% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 62% | 36% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.9 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.1 | ||
| 43% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 36% | ||
| 9.2 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 9.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 Ittihad | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 26 |
| 2 | Al Shabab | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 3 | Dhamk | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 25 |
| 4 | Al Hilal | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| 5 | Al Feiha | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 6 | Al Raed | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Al Nassr | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | Al Ittifaq | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -4 | 16 |
| 9 | Al Ahli Jeddah | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Al Faisaly | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Abha | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 12 | Al Fateh | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 13 |
| 13 | Al Batin | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 13 |
| 14 | Al Ta'ee | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 13 |
| 15 | Al Taawon | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | Al Hazm | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 11 |