Al Batin hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 24 points and a 12th position in the Pro League table. Visiting Al Wahda holds 9th place with 27 pts.
- Al Batin has the fewest clean sheets (1) in Pro League
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Pro League. This match was also played here at Al-Batin FC Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Al Wahda have had more rest.
Batin's stadium, Al-Batin FC Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Al Wahda have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Al Wahda when playing on artifical turf; 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses from five matches. They have scored 6 goals in these games and conceded 7.
It's quite the trip for Al Wahda when visiting Batin as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Al Batin form and stats
3-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Al Batin, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Pro League, so far this season.
Batin drew their last game, also a home match. Al Quadisiya (placed 6th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. A strong away win before that one, visiting Abha and winning 2-1.
Saleh Al Abbas was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Al Quadisiya after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
This is expected to be a close game, with Al Batin perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al Batin as a small favourite), we find seven games. Al Batin has won five of these, drawn one and lost one.
Batin are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. Batin's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Wahda form and stats
5-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Wahda in their Pro League matches away. Wahda love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Home advantage was not enough for Al Wahda in their previous game, as they lost their Pro League-match, hosting Al Taawon, 0-2. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Al Raed at their stadium, the result 3-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Al Wahda in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Wahda, two draws and two defeats.
Wahda has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 12 goals have been conceded by Wahda in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Al Wahda - Batin 3-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - two - seven (Batin wins - draws - Al Wahda wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Al Batin missing players
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| Al Batin | Al Wahda | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 32 | 14 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 33 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 90% | 90% |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 60% | 75% |
| 75% | 70% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 60% | 70% |
| 30% | 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | 40% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 25% |
| 80% | 70% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 60% | 70% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 20% | 15% |
| 15% | 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10.9 | 11 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 7.6 | 8.9 |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 39% | 39% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 39% | 35% |
- Al Batin has the fewest clean sheets (1) in Pro League
- Al Batin 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 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 41 |
| 2 | Al Hilal | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 18 | 36 |
| 3 | Al Ahli Jeddah | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 35 |
| 4 | Al Ittihad | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 32 |
| 5 | Al Ittifaq | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 30 |
| 6 | Al Quadisiya | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Al Taawon | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Al Nassr | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | Al Wahda | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | -3 | 27 |
| 10 | Al Faisaly | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 26 |
| 11 | Al Fateh | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | -5 | 25 |
| 12 | Al Batin | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | Abha | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -9 | 24 |
| 14 | Al Raed | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | -4 | 22 |
| 15 | Dhamk | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -12 | 17 |
| 16 | Al-Ain | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -18 | 15 |