Pro League prediction: Al Shabab should edge out Al Batin on their own turf

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Fri 26.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium (68752 seats)

It's only match two of the Pro League for these squads. And it's all to play for here at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium as Al Shabab greet Al Batin. Read this preview!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Al Batin have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 3-5-10 (win-draw-loss) from 18 matches.

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.

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Al Shabab form and stats

In the previous season, Al Shabab's league statistics were 15 wins, 10 draws and 5 losses, ending with 4th place in the Pro League. Over these 30 matches they scored 52 goals and conceded 36. Appearing as the home team in the last season Al Shabab produced 9-5-1 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 12 conceded. The hosts won their first Pro League game here at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Al Shabab last season were 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss from 15 games.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Al Shabab, as their goalkeeper Seung-Gyu Kim has completely shut out the opponents for 217 minutes in the Pro League.

Al Shabab's last game was hosting Al Batin (placed 16th) and winning 3-0.

Before that, Shabab drew at home versus Al Ahli.

Al Shabab are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 4 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Al Shabab has won 4 times, drawn 0 and lost 0. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Al Shabab has won by at least two goals 2 times when in this position.

At Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Al Shabab has the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Al Batin form and stats

Let's have a look at how Al Batin performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 9 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 11/22 goals scored/conceded. Al Batin have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Pro League were 2 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats from 15 fixtures.

Batin have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 240 minutes ago. Al-Shammari was the goal scorer.

Al Batin are travelling again after losing away to Al Shabab in their previous match (0-3).

A 0-0 draw at Al Ittihad's stadium before that.

The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played 6 away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. 1 game were lost by at least two goals margin.

It's early days yet, but Al Batin has scored 0 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

The 8 most recent matches involving these two teams have all ended as Shabab victories. Surely both teams are aware of this.

The two sides played each other previously this match year: Al Shabab - Al Batin 3-0.

Top Goalscorers

Al ShababC. Carvalho da Silva Junior
C. Carvalho da Silva Junior
1 goals
Al ShababA. Boupendza Pozzi
A. Boupendza Pozzi
1 goals
Al ShababS. Mina Lorenzo
S. Mina Lorenzo
1 goals

Al Shabab missing players

Al Batin missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Shabab Al Batin
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 1
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
3 3 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 3 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
8 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 8
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 14 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 1 1
9 9 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
33% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
1 1 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14 14
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 9 9
Al Shabab Last season Al Batin
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
15 9   Won W   2 8
10 5   Drew D   4 9
5 1   Lost L   9 13
52 28   Scored S   11 31
36 12   Conceded C   22 41
93% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 83%
87% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   47% 60%
57% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 43%
30% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 30%
13% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 17%
53% 47%   BTTS BTTS   40% 43%
37% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   13% 27%
17% 13%   Failed to Score F T   60% 47%
 
4.3 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 3.6
4.1 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.2
2 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.4
6 3   Red cards R C   2 2
 
10.6 13   Shots (avg) S (   7.3 7.2
4.4 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.3
39% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 31%
 
9.4 10.7   Shots against (avg) S A   10.3 10.7
4 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 4.1

  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 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Al Shabab 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Al Hilal 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Al Ta'ee 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Dhamk 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Abha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Al Fateh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Al Nassr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Al Raed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Al Taawon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Al Wahda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Al Ittifaq 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Al Feiha 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Al Khaleej 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Al Adalh 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
16 Al Batin 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season 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 30 20 7 3 63 28 15 11 2 2 31 15 15 9 5 1 32 13 35 67
2 Al Ittihad 30 20 5 5 62 29 15 11 2 2 31 10 15 9 3 3 31 19 33 65
3 Al Nassr 30 19 4 7 58 36 15 10 2 3 31 19 15 9 2 4 27 17 22 61
4 Al Shabab 30 15 10 5 52 36 15 9 5 1 28 12 15 6 5 4 24 24 16 55
5 Dhamk 30 12 8 10 38 44 15 7 5 3 19 18 15 5 3 7 19 26 -6 44
6 Al Ta'ee 30 11 4 15 33 45 15 7 3 5 25 22 15 4 1 10 8 23 -12 37
7 Al Raed 30 10 6 14 35 45 15 7 2 6 14 15 15 3 4 8 21 30 -10 36
8 Al Fateh 30 9 8 13 45 41 15 5 3 7 31 25 15 4 5 6 14 16 4 35
9 Al Feiha 30 8 11 11 21 24 15 7 5 3 11 5 15 1 6 8 10 19 -3 35
10 Abha 30 9 8 13 27 43 15 7 5 3 17 16 15 2 3 10 10 27 -16 35
11 Al Taawon 30 7 13 10 43 48 15 4 6 5 20 22 15 3 7 5 23 26 -5 34
12 Al Ittifaq 30 8 10 12 40 47 15 4 5 6 19 22 15 4 5 6 21 25 -7 34
13 Al Faisaly 30 7 12 11 28 37 15 7 6 2 21 14 15 0 6 9 7 23 -9 33
14 Al Batin 30 8 9 13 31 41 15 6 5 4 20 19 15 2 4 9 11 22 -10 33
15 Al Ahli 30 6 14 10 38 43 15 4 7 4 24 21 15 2 7 6 14 22 -5 32
16 Al Hazm 30 4 5 21 23 50 15 3 4 8 17 23 15 1 1 13 6 27 -27 17

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Al Shabab 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Al Hilal 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Al Ta'ee 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Dhamk 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Abha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Al Fateh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Al Nassr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Al Raed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Al Taawon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Al Wahda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Al Ittifaq 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Al Feiha 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Al Khaleej 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Al Adalh 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
16 Al Batin 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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