Al Raed hope to get a lot of fans in for this game despite that the season has been back-breaking up to now with 33 points and a 12th place in the Pro League table. Opponents Abha have 8th place with 35 pts.
- Al Raed haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Abha have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Al Raed are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. For Abha most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
It's quite the trip for Abha when visiting Raed as the cities are 1300 kilometers apart.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Al Raed form and stats
All-inclusive Pro League results at home this season for Al Raed are 6-2-6 (wins-draws-losses). Three consecutive losses here at King Abdullah Sport City Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
Al Raed are returning here after visiting Al Ahli Jeddah and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Berkaoui, Al-Ghamdi and Sahbi scored the goal(s). At last, a league win after five games without.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Al Shabab (0-2).Raed have scored 13 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Al Raed's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Abha form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Abha so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-9 (win-draw-lose).
Bguir was the last player to score for the away team. Abha haven't scored a league goal in the last 233 minutes.
Abha's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Al Feiha that finished 0-0.
Prior to that match, the Abha manager Ševela faced defeat when travelling to Al Hilal and losing 0-2.The attacking power of Abha when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 14 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Abha struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 26 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The latest recorded result involving both these participants is the Abha - Raed 1-0 played previously this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: seven wins for Al Raed, two draws and one win for Abha. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Berkaoui 12 goals |   S. Bguir 7 goals |  É. Macedo Lopes 6 goals |
Al Raed missing players
Abha missing players
| Al Raed | Abha | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 34 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 27 |
| 45 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 26 | 42 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 90% |
| 72% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 79% | 72% |
| 48% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 43% | 41% |
| 31% | 7% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 38% | 21% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 50% | 52% |
| 24% | 43% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 28% |
| 41% | 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 43% | 31% |
| 4 | 4.2 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 4 | 4.7 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| 1.4 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 7.9 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 7.2 | 7.5 |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.3 | 3 |
| 35% | 27% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 31% | 31% |
| 7.3 | 7.7 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 10.6 | 9.8 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
- Abha have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Abha have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Raed haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 61 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 34 | 64 |
| 2 | Al Ittihad | 29 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 62 | 29 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 33 | 64 |
| 3 | Al Nassr | 29 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 56 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 21 | 58 |
| 4 | Al Shabab | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 52 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 16 | 54 |
| 5 | Dhamk | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 26 | -6 | 43 |
| 6 | Al Fateh | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 35 |
| 7 | Al Feiha | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 35 |
| 8 | Abha | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -15 | 35 |
| 9 | Al Tai | 29 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 23 | -15 | 34 |
| 10 | Al Taawon | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 42 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 25 | -5 | 33 |
| 11 | Al Faisaly | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -8 | 33 |
| 12 | Al Raed | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 34 | 45 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 30 | -11 | 33 |
| 13 | Al Batin | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -10 | 32 |
| 14 | Al Ahli Jeddah | 29 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 43 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -5 | 31 |
| 15 | Al Ittifaq | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 39 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | -8 | 31 |
| 16 | Al Hazm | 29 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 47 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 24 | -24 | 17 |
