2nd place in the Pro League table for Al Shabab at present, a great performance. The match-going followers pray for more points as 8th-placed Abha visit Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium.
- Al Shabab have the most scored goals (35) in Pro League
- Abha have the most points from losing position (12) in Pro League
These teams have little in common geographically as Abha have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
The visiting Abha played their last game only four days ago, a Pro League match. That game, against Al Raed, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Abha.
Al Shabab form and stats
Home games in the Pro League have been a walk in the park for Al Shabab so far, with 20 points won from 8 matches; 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
A good away victory last time out for Al Shabab, who won 4-2 against Al Batin (placed 16th). A goal frenzy last time out for Shabab, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Al Batin. Fun stuff to watch! The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Junior, having found the net in three consecutive matches.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Dhamk in a game that was won 2-1.Al Shabab can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 18 times. Defensively Shabab have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Abha form and stats
As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Abha have produced an overall stat of 3-0-5 so far. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Abha are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Abha lost away at Al Raed (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Before that, Abha secured a home win against Al Khaleej with the score 2-0.Take note that 10 of this club's 12 latest league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.
Abha are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). As for defending, Abha rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 13 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have battled earlier this season: Abha - Shabab 0-4. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Al Shabab victories, two draws and three Abha wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Carvalho da Silva Junior 11 goals |  C. Guanca 7 goals |  S. Mina Lorenzo 5 goals |
Al Shabab missing players
Abha missing players
| Al Shabab | Abha | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 35 | 18 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 65% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 29% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 53% | 25% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 62% |
| 47% | 75% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 6.9 | 5.9 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 4.8 | 4.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5 | 5.9 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.4 | 12.5 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 10.4 | 8.9 |
| 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 36% | 36% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 28% | 31% |
| 8.2 | 6.4 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 12 | 10.9 |
| 2.9 | 1.6 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.9 | 4.2 |
- Abha have the most points from losing position (12) in Pro League
- Abha haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Shabab have not yet lost a game at home.
- Al Shabab have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Shabab have the most scored goals (18) at home in Pro League
- Al Shabab have the most scored goals (35) in Pro League
- Al Shabab have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Pro League
- Al Shabab have the the best goal difference (+16) at home in Pro League
| 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 Nassr | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 26 | 37 |
| 2 | Al Shabab | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 21 | 37 |
| 3 | Al Ittihad | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Al Hilal | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 32 |
| 5 | Al Taawon | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | Al Fateh | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 25 |
| 7 | Dhamk | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Abha | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 22 |
| 9 | Al Ta'ee | 17 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -2 | 21 |
| 10 | Al Ittifaq | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Al Feiha | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -7 | 19 |
| 12 | Al Raed | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 19 |
| 13 | Al Wahda | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | -12 | 15 |
| 14 | Al Khaleej | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | -12 | 13 |
| 15 | Al Adalh | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -17 | 9 |
| 16 | Al Batin | 16 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 19 | -31 | 3 |
