Pro League: Top-notch against below par, at least that's what the table says. Al Hilal - Al Taawon. Home victory or a shock result?
- Al Hilal have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Pro League
- Al Taawon have the most conceded goals (31) in Pro League
These are busy days for the team playing at home, as they were in action only four days ago in the Pro League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Al Ta'ee.
Al Hilal form and stats
Al Hilal have collected 14 points from their Pro League home games so far after 4-2-2. The Al Hilal manager Jardim might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
It's back home for Al Hilal, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Al Ta'ee away with the result 4-0. Hyun-Soo, Olayan and Marega (2) found the net in that victory. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Al Hilal played a great game against Al Ta'ee and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
In the match before that, Al Hilal hosted Al Faisaly (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) and drew the Super Cup game 2-2.The Al Hilal fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. 9 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Al Taawon form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Taawon so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose). Taawon seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Al Taawon won their last game, 2-1 versus Al Hazm played at home.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Dhamk.Al Taawon are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 8 away games so far. Al Taawon have conceded 19 goals in these games. Al Taawon has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The last head to head meeting ended Al Taawon - Al Hilal 1-2, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between these contenders: Hilal won seven, Al Taawon were winners in two and we saw one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  L. Tawamba Kana 10 goals |   B. Gomis 8 goals |  M. Marega 5 goals |
Al Hilal missing players
Al Taawon missing players
| Al Hilal | Al Taawon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 25 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | 31 |
| 87% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 47% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 88% | 75% |
| 40% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 75% | 44% |
| 27% | 38% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 60% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 88% | 81% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 20% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 6.9 | 7 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| 2.3 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 12.9 | 14.5 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 10 | 11.4 |
| 5 | 5.6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 33% | 24% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 36% | 34% |
| 7.7 | 6.4 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 12 | 10.5 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.2 | 4.2 |
- Al Hilal have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Pro League
- Al Hilal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Al Taawon have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Al Taawon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Taawon have the most conceded goals (31) in Pro League
- Al Taawon have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in Pro League
- Al Taawon have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Pro League
- Al Taawon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Taawon's 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 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 35 |
| 2 | Al Shabab | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 32 |
| 3 | Al Nassr | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | Al Hilal | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Dhamk | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 26 |
| 6 | Al Raed | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | Al Feiha | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 21 |
| 8 | Abha | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -8 | 19 |
| 9 | Al Ta'ee | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 19 |
| 10 | Al Ittifaq | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -5 | 18 |
| 11 | Al Taawon | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Al Fateh | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 13 | Al Ahli Jeddah | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | Al Faisaly | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | Al Batin | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 15 |
| 16 | Al Hazm | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 11 |
