Betting prediction and preview: Al Shabab fancied to be better team when visiting Abha

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Thu 01.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium

Match week two of the Pro League season and the squads have had a few days to digest the first game. Here's our Abha - Al Shabab pre-match guide:

These teams have little in common geographically as Al Shabab have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Abha and Al Shabab should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Abha form and stats

In the previous season, Abha's league stats were 9 wins, 8 draws and 13 losses, producing 10th place in the Pro League. During these 30 matches they scored 27 goals and conceded 43. Appearing at their own stadium in the previous season Abha generated 7-5-3 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 16 conceded. The hosts won their first Pro League game here at Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Abha last season were 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses from 15 games.

The Abha supporters enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Al Raed and win 2-1. Sweet to taste a league victory after four matches without.

Heartbreak before that as Abha lost 0-1 at Al Raed's place.

Early season league goal statistics from Abha's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.

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Al Shabab form and stats

Let's have a look at how Al Shabab performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 10 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 52 and conceded 36 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 4 with 24/24 goals scored/conceded.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Al Shabab goalkeeper Seung-Gyu Kim is eager to challenge this, with his 217 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Shabab won their last game, 3-0 versus Al Batin played at home.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Al Ahli.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Abha won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Al Shabab managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

AbhaS. Bguir
S. Bguir
1 goals
AbhaA. Adam
A. Adam
1 goals
Al ShababC. Carvalho da Silva Junior
C. Carvalho da Silva Junior
1 goals

Abha missing players

Al Shabab missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Abha Al Shabab
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 2 0 Scored S 0 0 3
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 8
8 8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 14
5 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 9
40% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 33%
 
9 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 1
2 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Abha Last season Al Shabab
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
9 7   Won W   6 15
8 5   Drew D   5 10
13 3   Lost L   4 5
27 17   Scored S   24 52
43 16   Conceded C   24 36
90% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 93%
70% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 87%
40% 40%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 57%
20% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 30%
7% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 13%
50% 53%   BTTS BTTS   60% 53%
27% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 37%
33% 20%   Failed to Score F T   20% 17%
 
4.3 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4 4.3
4.6 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 4.1
1.9 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2
4 2   Red cards R C   3 6
 
7.4 7.7   Shots (avg) S (   8.1 10.6
3 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4.4
30% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 39%
 
9.9 9.1   Shots against (avg) S A   8.1 9.4
3.7 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 4

  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 Hilal 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
2 Al Fateh 2 1 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 5 0 3 3
3 Al Ittihad 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 Al Shabab 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
5 Al Taawon 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 Abha 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Al Ta'ee 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Al Nassr 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Dhamk 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Al Ittifaq 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
11 Al Raed 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Al Wahda 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
13 Al Khaleej 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
14 Al Adalh 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
15 Al Feiha 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
16 Al Batin 2 0 0 2 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 -8 0
Last season 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 Hilal 30 20 7 3 63 28 15 11 2 2 31 15 15 9 5 1 32 13 35 67
2 Al Ittihad 30 20 5 5 62 29 15 11 2 2 31 10 15 9 3 3 31 19 33 65
3 Al Nassr 30 19 4 7 58 36 15 10 2 3 31 19 15 9 2 4 27 17 22 61
4 Al Shabab 30 15 10 5 52 36 15 9 5 1 28 12 15 6 5 4 24 24 16 55
5 Dhamk 30 12 8 10 38 44 15 7 5 3 19 18 15 5 3 7 19 26 -6 44
6 Al Ta'ee 30 11 4 15 33 45 15 7 3 5 25 22 15 4 1 10 8 23 -12 37
7 Al Raed 30 10 6 14 35 45 15 7 2 6 14 15 15 3 4 8 21 30 -10 36
8 Al Fateh 30 9 8 13 45 41 15 5 3 7 31 25 15 4 5 6 14 16 4 35
9 Al Feiha 30 8 11 11 21 24 15 7 5 3 11 5 15 1 6 8 10 19 -3 35
10 Abha 30 9 8 13 27 43 15 7 5 3 17 16 15 2 3 10 10 27 -16 35
11 Al Taawon 30 7 13 10 43 48 15 4 6 5 20 22 15 3 7 5 23 26 -5 34
12 Al Ittifaq 30 8 10 12 40 47 15 4 5 6 19 22 15 4 5 6 21 25 -7 34
13 Al Faisaly 30 7 12 11 28 37 15 7 6 2 21 14 15 0 6 9 7 23 -9 33
14 Al Batin 30 8 9 13 31 41 15 6 5 4 20 19 15 2 4 9 11 22 -10 33
15 Al Ahli 30 6 14 10 38 43 15 4 7 4 24 21 15 2 7 6 14 22 -5 32
16 Al Hazm 30 4 5 21 23 50 15 3 4 8 17 23 15 1 1 13 6 27 -27 17

Table
  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 Hilal 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
2 Al Fateh 2 1 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 5 0 3 3
3 Al Ittihad 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 Al Shabab 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
5 Al Taawon 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 Abha 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Al Ta'ee 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Al Nassr 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Dhamk 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Al Ittifaq 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
11 Al Raed 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Al Wahda 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
13 Al Khaleej 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
14 Al Adalh 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
15 Al Feiha 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
16 Al Batin 2 0 0 2 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 -8 0

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