Abha stubborn opponents but Al Hilal expect victory

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Sun 22.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium (68752 seats)

A quick peek at the Pro League standings shows that this is top- vs mid-table, but the outcome is not given. Check out our Al Hilal - Abha preview!

Insights:
  • Al Hilal have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Pro League
  • Abha have the most points from losing position (12) in Pro League

It's quite the trip for Abha when visiting Al Hilal as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Al Hilal form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium as Al Hilal have scored 14 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Pro League are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Al Hilal's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Al Adalh (placed 15th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

Before that, Hilal played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Al Raed.

The manager Díaz will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Al Feiha in only four days.

Al Hilal are not conceding a lot of goals here at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.

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Abha form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

Abha had fun at their own home (Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium) last time out, beating Dhamk 2-1. Jamaan and Alsadi scored.

Prior to that match, the Abha manager Coumans faced defeat when travelling to Al Ittifaq and losing 1-2.

Observe that 8 of this side's 10 latest league rounds have ended with three goals or more.

Abha has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games. As opposed to that, Abha have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the prior ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Hilal, two draws and one win for Abha. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Al HilalO. Ighalo
O. Ighalo
8 goals
AbhaS. Al Jamaan
S. Al Jamaan
5 goals

Al Hilal missing players

Abha missing players

Al Hilal Abha
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 1 6 13
8 4 0 Won W 1 3 6
5 2 1 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 0 Lost L 0 3 6
24 14 2 Scored S 3 9 17
11 6 2 Conceded C 1 8 21
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 92%
43% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 77%
29% 29% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 23%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 62%
50% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 8%
7% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 31%
 
8.6 10 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 5.5 5.6
3.4 2.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5 6.2
2 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.6 16 8 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.3 9.2
5 5.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.7 4.5
34% 34% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 26% 29%
 
9.5 9.3 11 Shots against (avg) S A 22 11.8 10.8
3.6 3.1 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 4.7 4.2
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Abha have the most points from losing position (12) in Pro League
  • Abha haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Al Hilal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Hilal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Hilal have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Al Hilal have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Pro League
  • Al Hilal have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Pro League
  • Al Hilal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Al Hilal haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • All of Al Hilal'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 14 9 4 1 22 6 7 5 1 1 12 2 7 4 3 0 10 4 16 31
2 Al Nassr 13 9 3 1 27 6 7 5 2 0 15 4 6 4 1 1 12 2 21 30
3 Al Hilal 14 8 5 1 24 11 7 4 2 1 14 6 7 4 3 0 10 5 13 29
4 Al Shabab 14 8 4 2 27 10 7 5 2 0 16 1 7 3 2 2 11 9 17 28
5 Al Taawon 14 8 3 3 22 15 7 3 2 2 10 7 7 5 1 1 12 8 7 27
6 Dhamk 14 5 6 3 19 14 7 3 3 1 9 5 7 2 3 2 10 9 5 21
7 Abha 13 6 1 6 17 21 7 3 1 3 8 13 6 3 0 3 9 8 -4 19
8 Al Fateh 13 6 0 7 20 16 7 4 0 3 10 6 6 2 0 4 10 10 4 18
9 Al Ta'ee 14 6 0 8 18 20 6 4 0 2 12 6 8 2 0 6 6 14 -2 18
10 Al Ittifaq 13 4 4 5 12 12 7 3 1 3 8 6 6 1 3 2 4 6 0 16
11 Al Raed 15 5 1 9 16 26 8 2 1 5 9 16 7 3 0 4 7 10 -10 16
12 Al Wahda 13 4 3 6 9 13 6 4 2 0 7 2 7 0 1 6 2 11 -4 15
13 Al Feiha 14 4 3 7 16 25 6 1 2 3 6 10 8 3 1 4 10 15 -9 15
14 Al Khaleej 14 4 1 9 11 21 8 3 1 4 9 9 6 1 0 5 2 12 -10 13
15 Al Adalh 14 2 3 9 8 24 7 2 1 4 5 11 7 0 2 5 3 13 -16 9
16 Al Batin 14 0 3 11 9 37 6 0 1 5 5 18 8 0 2 6 4 19 -28 3