Possible nail-biting contest in Abha - Al Taawon game

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Wed 05.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium

A brief peek at the Pro League standings imply an advantage to Al Taawon when they visit Abha. Nevertheless; let's play the game before we pick a winner!

Insights:
  • Abha is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Al Taawon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

These teams have little in common geographically as Al Taawon have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Abha form and stats

Abha have played 11 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-4 (wins-draws-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Abha.

The home fans saw a 1-1 draw versus Al Taawon last time out and are looking for a win here.

Prior to that, an away loss at Al Nassr.

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 16 most recent league matches highlights that 12 of them had at least one goal from each team.

Abha has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Abha defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When Abha hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Al Wahda, Al Adalh, Al Khaleej, Al Batin and Al Ittifaq), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.

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Al Taawon form and stats

Al Taawon's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Taawon collect 24 points from their 12 away matches in the Pro League. 7 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Taawon has drawn their two previous away games.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Abha (placed 11th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.

A 1-1 draw at Al Wahda's stadium before that.

Betting related statistic: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 8 of this club's latest 10 league fixtures.

The travelling fans enjoy Al Taawon's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 12 league matches away. As opposed to that, Taawon have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Abha have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when playing Al Taawon.

The most up to date recorded history featuring both these teams is the Abha - Al Taawon 1-1 played earlier this season. Naldo (Al Taawon) was given a red card by the ref when these teams previously met this season.

Top Goalscorers

AbhaS. Al Jamaan
S. Al Jamaan
5 goals
AbhaS. Bguir
S. Bguir
5 goals
Al TaawonÁ. Medrán Just
Á. Medrán Just
5 goals

Abha missing players

Al Taawon missing players

Abha Al Taawon
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 12 22
7 4 0 Won W 2 7 10
3 3 0 Drew D 1 3 6
12 4 3 Lost L 0 2 6
26 14 1 Scored S 3 18 30
37 18 9 Conceded C 1 13 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
95% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 83% 82%
68% 73% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 45%
23% 18% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 23%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 9%
64% 73% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 67% 64%
9% 9% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 25% 23%
27% 18% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 14%
 
5.4 5.5 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.6 5.3
5.7 5.8 7.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 6.2 5.6
1.7 1.5 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
9.6 8.7 2.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 11.8 11.9
4.3 3.6 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 5.5 4.9
27% 35% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 27% 28%
 
11.5 10.5 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 7.3 12 10
4.5 3.9 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 4.8 4.2
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Abha have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Abha have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Pro League
  • Abha have the most points from losing position (12) in Pro League
  • Abha haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Abha is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Al Taawon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Taawon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 Ittihad 22 16 5 1 43 7 11 8 2 1 21 2 11 8 3 0 22 5 36 53
2 Al Nassr 22 16 4 2 49 12 11 9 2 0 23 7 11 7 2 2 26 5 37 52
3 Al Hilal 21 13 6 2 41 17 11 7 2 2 22 9 10 6 4 0 19 8 24 45
4 Al Shabab 21 13 5 3 43 20 11 8 2 1 24 6 10 5 3 2 19 14 23 44
5 Al Taawon 22 10 6 6 30 27 10 3 3 4 12 14 12 7 3 2 18 13 3 36
6 Al Fateh 21 10 2 9 35 30 11 5 1 5 17 16 10 5 1 4 18 14 5 32
7 Dhamk 22 7 7 8 26 28 11 4 4 3 12 11 11 3 3 5 14 17 -2 28
8 Al Tai 22 8 3 11 31 34 11 5 1 5 18 14 11 3 2 6 13 20 -3 27
9 Al Raed 22 7 5 10 29 35 11 3 2 6 15 21 11 4 3 4 14 14 -6 26
10 Al Feiha 21 6 6 9 25 33 10 3 3 4 11 13 11 3 3 5 14 20 -8 24
11 Abha 22 7 3 12 26 37 11 4 3 4 14 18 11 3 0 8 12 19 -11 24
12 Al Ittifaq 21 6 5 10 18 26 10 4 2 4 12 12 11 2 3 6 6 14 -8 23
13 Al Wahda 22 5 7 10 18 31 11 4 5 2 13 14 11 1 2 8 5 17 -13 22
14 Al Khaleej 21 5 2 14 15 33 11 4 2 5 13 14 10 1 0 9 2 19 -18 17
15 Al Adalh 22 4 5 13 17 44 11 3 2 6 9 21 11 1 3 7 8 23 -27 17
16 Al Batin 22 3 3 16 16 48 11 3 1 7 11 23 11 0 2 9 5 25 -32 12