Al Hilal fights Al Shabab in Pro League battle

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Thu 31.December
Match begins: 16:50 (UTC)
Venue: King Fahd International Stadium (68752 seats)

Al Hilal and Al Shabab are both riding high in the Pro League with their 1st and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Al Hilal has the fewest conceded goals (4) in Pro League
  • Al Shabab has the most scored goals (17) in Pro League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Al Hilal form and stats

4-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Al Hilal, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Pro League, so far this season. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Hilal, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

The Al Hilal crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Al Ittihad here at King Fahd International Stadium in a Pro League match. In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Al Quadisiya.

The Al Hilal fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. Hilal have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.

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Al Shabab form and stats

Playing away, Al Shabab, who have the most scored goals (17) in Pro League, have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Pro League this season. Shabab has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Al Shabab won their last game, 3-1 versus Al Batin played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Al Taawon wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.

The schedule is very tough for Shabab now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Arab Club Championship game at Al Ittihad is waiting in only four days.

Shabab has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. Al Shabab have conceded 11 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - three - zero (Hilal wins - draws - Al Shabab wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

HilalB. Gomis
B. Gomis
5 goals
Al HilalA. Carrillo Díaz
A. Carrillo Díaz
3 goals
Al HilalS. Al Dawsari
S. Al Dawsari
3 goals

Al Hilal missing players

Al Shabab missing players

Al Hilal Al Shabab
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 6 1 Played P 2 5 10
7 4 0 Won W 0 1 5
1 0 0 Drew D 1 2 3
2 2 1 Lost L 1 2 2
16 9 0 Scored S 2 8 17
5 3 1 Conceded C 6 11 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
30% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 80%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 80% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
30% 17% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 80% 80%
60% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
10% 17% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 10%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.9 10.7 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 9 11.4
4.2 4.8 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 5.6 6
38% 31% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 29% 28%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Al Hilal has the fewest conceded goals (4) in Pro League
  • Al Hilal has the fewest points from losing position (-1) in Pro League
  • Al Hilal has the most clean sheets (4) at home in Pro League
  • Al Hilal has the most clean sheets (6) in Pro League
  • Al Hilal has the the best goal difference (+12) in Pro League
  • Al Hilal has the the best goal difference (+7) at home in Pro League
  • 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Al Shabab has the most matches over the total-line (8) in Pro League
  • Al Shabab has the most points from losing position (9) in Pro League
  • Al Shabab has the most scored goals (17) in Pro League
  • Al Shabab has the most scored goals in the second half (11) in Pro League
  • Al Shabab have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • 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 2,5 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 9 7 1 1 16 4 5 4 0 1 9 2 4 3 1 0 7 2 12 22
2 Al Ahli 9 6 1 2 16 13 4 3 1 0 6 3 5 3 0 2 10 10 3 19
3 Al Shabab 10 5 3 2 17 15 5 4 1 0 9 4 5 1 2 2 8 11 2 18
4 Al Taawon 9 3 5 1 10 5 5 3 2 0 8 2 4 0 3 1 2 3 5 14
5 Al Ittihad 9 3 5 1 11 8 5 2 2 1 5 3 4 1 3 0 6 5 3 14
6 Al Ittifaq 9 4 2 3 16 16 4 2 0 2 6 9 5 2 2 1 10 7 0 14
7 Al Faisaly 9 3 4 2 10 10 4 1 2 1 4 6 5 2 2 1 6 4 0 13
8 Al Quadisiya 9 4 1 4 11 13 5 3 1 1 8 7 4 1 0 3 3 6 -2 13
9 Al Wahda 9 4 0 5 13 14 6 3 0 3 11 11 3 1 0 2 2 3 -1 12
10 Al Batin 10 3 2 5 15 16 5 2 1 2 7 5 5 1 1 3 8 11 -1 11
11 Abha 9 3 2 4 11 13 4 2 2 0 6 4 5 1 0 4 5 9 -2 11
12 Al Raed 9 3 2 4 11 13 4 1 1 2 4 6 5 2 1 2 7 7 -2 11
13 Al Fateh 9 3 1 5 15 17 4 0 1 3 5 10 5 3 0 2 10 7 -2 10
14 Al Nassr 10 2 2 6 12 16 5 1 2 2 8 8 5 1 0 4 4 8 -4 8
15 Dhamk 10 2 2 6 14 21 5 2 1 2 8 9 5 0 1 4 6 12 -7 8
16 Al-Ain 9 2 1 6 12 16 4 1 0 3 7 10 5 1 1 3 5 6 -4 7