Struggling Al-Ain will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Al Hilal in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Al-Ain has the the worst goal difference (-12) in Pro League
- Al Hilal has the fewest conceded goals (12) in Pro League
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
These teams have little in common geographically as Al Hilal have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Al-Ain form and stats
With 3 Pro League wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Al-Ain, who have the the worst goal difference (-12) in Pro League, are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Al-Ain's previous game was a Pro League match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Al Ittifaq (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Al Batin.
The manager M. Skibbe will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Al Fateh in only four days.
Al-Ain has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Al-Ain have conceded 19 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Al Hilal form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Pro League, on their Pro League travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Abha game have they lost an away game, meaning Al Hilal has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
Home advantage was not enough for Al Hilal in their previous game, as they lost their Pro League-match, hosting Abha, 2-3. The game before that, in the Super Cup, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Al Nassr.
Al Hilal were so close to getting something from the game against Abha, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal seven minutes into overtime.
Hilal have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 10 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Al Hilal - Al-Ain 1-0.Top Goalscorers
  B. Gomis 8 goals |   J. Añor Acosta 5 goals |  A. Carrillo Díaz 4 goals |
Al-Ain missing players
Al Hilal missing players
| Al-Ain | Al Hilal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 25 |
| 30 | 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 94% |
| 75% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 81% |
| 62% | 67% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 31% |
| 19% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 19% |
| 19% | 33% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 56% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 50% |
| 25% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 43% | 50% |
| 19% | 11% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 6% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.1 | 9.8 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 8 | 8.9 |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 27% | 30% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 30% | 32% |
- Al Hilal has the fewest conceded goals (12) in Pro League
- Al Hilal has the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Pro League
- Al Hilal has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Pro League
- Al Hilal has the most clean sheets (8) in Pro League
- Al Hilal has the most matches under the total-line (11) in Pro League
- Al Hilal has the the best goal difference (+13) in Pro League
- Al Hilal has the the best goal difference (+5) away in Pro League
- Al Hilal have not yet lost a game away.
- Al Hilal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al-Ain has the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Pro League
- Al-Ain has the fewest points from losing position (1) in Pro League
- Al-Ain has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Pro League
- Al-Ain has the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in Pro League
- Al-Ain has the the worst goal difference (-12) in Pro League
- Al-Ain have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al-Ain haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 Shabab | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 35 |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 33 |
| 3 | Al Hilal | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 30 |
| 4 | Al Ittihad | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Al Taawon | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 25 |
| 6 | Al Nassr | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 7 | Al Ittifaq | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 24 |
| 8 | Abha | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -2 | 24 |
| 9 | Al Quadisiya | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Al Wahda | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Al Faisaly | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -1 | 20 |
| 12 | Al Raed | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Al Fateh | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | Al Batin | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 17 |
| 15 | Dhamk | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 13 |
| 16 | Al-Ain | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -12 | 13 |