Al Shabab will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Al Ahli.
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!
It's quite the trip for Al Ahli when visiting Al Shabab as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.
Al Shabab form and stats
Al Shabab have played 6 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). It's trouble wherever Al Shabab are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Al Shabab, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Al Shabab's last game was hosting Al Shorta and winning 6-0. A Pro League defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Abha.
As mentioned above, Al Shabab "killed" Al Shorta in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. D. Moreno was absolutely essential when Al Shabab beat Al Shorta 6-0, scoring 3 goals.
Al Shabab has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. On the other hand, Al Shabab have conceded 8 goals.
Al Ahli form and stats
Playing away, Al Ahli have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Pro League this season.
Al Ahli won their last game, 5-1 versus Dhamk played at home. Prior to that result Al Ahli won their away game at Al Najoom in the Kings Cup. The scoreline was 3-1.
As mentioned above, Al Ahli was the only team on the pitch versus Dhamk in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Al Ahli are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Shabab 2 wins, 2 draws and Al Ahli 6 victories. As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Djaniny 7 goals |  Omar Al Somah 6 goals |   C. Guanca 4 goals |
Al Shabab missing players
Al Ahli missing players
| Al Shabab | Al Ahli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 23 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 42% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 73% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 73% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 27% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 4.3 | 5.5 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.5 | 4.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 119 | 60 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 37 | 132 |
| 53 | 29 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 23 | 61 |
| 25% | 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 35% | 38% |
- Al Ahli has the most scored goals in the first half (15)
- Al Ahli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Ahli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Ahli have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Al Ahli haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Al Shabab have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Shabab have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- All of Al Ahli's away-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 Nassr | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 26 |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 23 |
| 3 | Al Taawon | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 22 |
| 4 | Al Wahda | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 5 | Al Hilal | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| 6 | Al Faisaly | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | Abha | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | Al Raed | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 9 | Al Feiha | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Al Shabab | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 11 | Al Hazm | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 14 |
| 12 | Al Ittifaq | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 13 | Al Ittihad | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 14 | Al Adalh | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 15 | Al Fateh | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 8 |
| 16 | Dhamk | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 20 | -20 | 7 |