The odds favour Abha in this match against Al Khaleej, but the away side will resist to the finish. Here's our match guide!
- Abha have the most points from losing position (12) in Pro League
- Al Khaleej have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Al Khaleej 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 8-6-9 (win-draw-loss) from 23 matches.
It's quite the trip for Al Khaleej when visiting Abha as the cities are 2100 kilometers apart.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Abha form and stats
The complete Pro League results playing at home this season for Abha are 3-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Abha lost their last game at Al Hilal (placed 2nd) after a 1-2 scoreline.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Dhamk.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Abha have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 4 and lost 4.
Scoring bonanza? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 10 latest league matches with this club has had at least three goals.
Abha has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Abha have conceded 13 from these games.
Al Khaleej form and stats
Al Khaleej have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 1-0-5 (6 played).
Cikalleshi, Samiri and Poko scored in Al Khaleej's previous match, the home game against Al Raed that ended 3-0.
That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Al Wahda.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Al Khaleej in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Al Khaleej, 0 draws and 5 defeats.
Look out: 9 of the last 12 league games involving this side have had only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).
Goals are few and far between in Khaleej's away league games. Only {2 goals} from 6 travels.
Head 2 Head
Al Khaleej have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (2-2-0) when facing Abha.Top Goalscorers
  S. Al Jamaan 5 goals |  S. Bguir 4 goals |  A. Adam 3 goals |
Abha missing players
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| Abha | Al Khaleej | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 23 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 64% |
| 79% | 86% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 64% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 17% | 29% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 29% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 67% | 50% |
| 5.4 | 5.7 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 6.4 | 7.1 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.9 | 7.3 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 6.8 | 7.9 |
| 4.4 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 30% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 12% | 26% |
| 11 | 9.9 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 9.5 | 8 |
| 4.4 | 3.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.5 | 3.4 |
- Abha have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- 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 Khaleej have scored away.
- Abha have the most points from losing position (12) in Pro League
- Abha haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Khaleej have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Al Khaleej haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- All of Abha's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 22 | 33 |
| 2 | Al Hilal | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 32 |
| 3 | Al Shabab | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 31 |
| 4 | Al Ittihad | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 31 |
| 5 | Al Taawon | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Al Fateh | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Dhamk | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Abha | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | -5 | 19 |
| 9 | Al Ta'ee | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -3 | 18 |
| 10 | Al Ittifaq | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 16 |
| 11 | Al Raed | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -10 | 16 |
| 12 | Al Wahda | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | -6 | 15 |
| 13 | Al Feiha | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 15 |
| 14 | Al Khaleej | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | Al Adalh | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -16 | 9 |
| 16 | Al Batin | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 19 | -28 | 3 |
