Abha vs Al Batin: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Fri 14.January
Match begins: 12:50 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium

Abha have won 19 points playing as the host team. Al Batin have brought back 15 points from their away games. Should we expect a home win?

Insights:
  • Abha have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Batin have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Pro League

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Al Batin have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 8-5-17 (win-draw-loss) from 30 matches.

These teams have little in common geographically as Al Batin have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Both participants have had plenty of rest since their previous match. Let's have faith in that this will be an animated game!

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Abha form and stats

Abha have played 8 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

An away draw last time out for Abha, facing Al Shabab in a game that ended 1-1.

Before that, Abha had a home game versus Al Raed which ended with a victory 1-0.

A decent goal production from Abha in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Al Batin form and stats

Al Batin have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 0-3-4 (7 played).

There were no winners in Al Batin's previous match, a Pro League home game that ended 0-0 vs Al Ittifaq (placed 10th).

A 2-3 loss hosting Al Ittihad before that.

The attacking power of Al Batin when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 7 league matches away. As opposed to that, Batin have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have met previously this season: Al Batin - Abha 2-1. Abha-Al Batin H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Abha three wins, Al Batin six wins, one draw. nine of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AbhaS. Bguir
S. Bguir
5 goals
AbhaM. te Vrede
M. te Vrede
5 goals
AbhaA. Atouchi
A. Atouchi
2 goals

Abha missing players

Al Batin missing players

Abha Al Batin
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 2 7 16
5 4 2 Won W 0 0 3
4 2 0 Drew D 0 3 6
7 2 0 Lost L 2 4 7
16 12 5 Scored S 1 4 13
24 10 1 Conceded C 3 8 19
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 75%
75% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 43% 56%
38% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 29% 38%
25% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 19%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
56% 75% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 38%
25% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 31%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 57% 56%
 
4.6 4.8 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 3.4 3.6
4.5 4.6 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 5.1 4.3
2.1 1.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 2.3
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.9 7.1 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5 6.7 6.7
3.3 3.9 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.5 2.7 2.9
30% 39% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 21% 28%
 
8.8 8.5 5.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9 12.1 11.3
3.6 3 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.7 3.9
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Abha have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Abha have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Batin have scored away.
  • Abha have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Abha haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Al Batin have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Pro League
  • Al Batin have yet to win a game away.

  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 15 11 2 2 31 12 9 7 1 1 21 6 6 4 1 1 10 6 19 35
2 Al Shabab 16 9 5 2 31 16 9 6 3 0 20 8 7 3 2 2 11 8 15 32
3 Al Nassr 16 9 2 5 26 17 7 4 1 2 13 9 9 5 1 3 13 8 9 29
4 Dhamk 16 7 5 4 21 21 8 4 3 1 8 5 8 3 2 3 13 16 0 26
5 Al Hilal 14 6 6 2 21 17 8 4 2 2 11 9 6 2 4 0 10 8 4 24
6 Al Raed 16 7 3 6 24 23 7 5 1 1 10 3 9 2 2 5 14 20 1 24
7 Al Feiha 16 5 6 5 14 14 6 4 2 0 6 1 10 1 4 5 8 13 0 21
8 Al Ta'ee 15 6 1 8 15 21 7 4 0 3 12 10 8 2 1 5 3 11 -6 19
9 Abha 16 5 4 7 16 24 8 4 2 2 12 10 8 1 2 5 4 14 -8 19
10 Al Ittifaq 16 4 6 6 21 26 7 2 3 2 7 8 9 2 3 4 14 18 -5 18
11 Al Taawon 16 4 5 7 27 31 8 3 2 3 14 12 8 1 3 4 13 19 -4 17
12 Al Fateh 15 4 4 7 20 22 7 2 2 3 13 11 8 2 2 4 7 11 -2 16
13 Al Ahli 15 3 6 6 18 21 8 2 4 2 13 10 7 1 2 4 5 11 -3 15
14 Al Faisaly 14 3 6 5 15 19 8 3 3 2 12 11 6 0 3 3 3 8 -4 15
15 Al Batin 16 3 6 7 13 19 9 3 3 3 9 11 7 0 3 4 4 8 -6 15
16 Al Hazm 16 2 5 9 11 21 8 1 4 3 8 11 8 1 1 6 3 10 -10 11