Abha will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Al Shabab.
- Al Shabab has the most scored goals (27) in Pro League
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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Abha form and stats
3-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Abha so far this season.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Abha, who played 2-2 against Al Quadisiya. That match was also played at this venue
A disappointing finish for Abha in their match versus Al Quadisiya as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score. A painful moment in the game against Al Quadisiya was the missed penalty kick from C. Strandberg in the 89th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome.
Abha are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. Abha's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Shabab form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Al Shabab, who have the most scored goals (27) in Pro League, playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. Shabab love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Two travels in a row for Shabab, whose manager C. Inarejos could celebrate last time after the Pro League win against Al Wahda. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Al Faisaly.
Shabab can call themselves comeback kings after the match against Al Wahda. Buried deep in trouble at 0-2, the troops rallied and completely turned the match around to a 4-2 victory. Abdullah Alhamddan scored the final goal. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Al Shabab, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Al Shabab have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 16 goals from 8 away matches. As for defending, Shabab rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Al Shabab - Abha 1-0. Abha-Al Shabab H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Abha two wins, Al Shabab five wins, one draw. four of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  C. Strandberg 11 goals |   C. Guanca 6 goals |  F. Santos Martins 4 goals |
Abha missing players
Al Shabab missing players
| Abha | Al Shabab | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 27 |
| 21 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 19 |
| 93% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 60% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 88% | 67% |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 62% | 40% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 7% |
| 53% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 73% |
| 20% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 20% |
| 33% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 7% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.2 | 6.9 | 5.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7 | 9.8 |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
| 31% | 30% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 41% | 33% |
- Al Shabab has the most points from losing position (13) in Pro League
- Al Shabab has the most scored goals (16) away in Pro League
- Al Shabab has the most scored goals (27) in Pro League
- Al Shabab has the most scored goals in the second half (17) in Pro League
- Al Shabab have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Shabab haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Shabab's away-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 Hilal | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 30 |
| 2 | Al Shabab | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 29 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 29 |
| 4 | Al Ittihad | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 25 |
| 5 | Al Taawon | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| 6 | Al Nassr | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | Al Ittifaq | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | Abha | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 21 |
| 9 | Al Quadisiya | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 10 | Al Wahda | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 20 |
| 11 | Al Fateh | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | -3 | 18 |
| 12 | Al Faisaly | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | Al Raed | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | Al Batin | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 13 |
| 15 | Dhamk | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 12 |
| 16 | Al-Ain | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -12 | 10 |