The Pro League overall standings tell a story about these teams to this date, with Al Shabab ahead of Al Faisaly by 18 points. Get your full match preview:
- Al Shabab have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Al Faisaly have yet to win a game away.
This pitch uses grass, unlike Al Faisaly's home arena. The latest 22 games by the away side on grass have resulted in 4 wins, 7 draws and 11 losses.
Al Shabab and Al Faisaly should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Al Shabab form and stats
28 points is a decent return from 13 Pro League games here at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium for Al Shabab. The data says 8 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.
In their previous game, the manager Şumudică led his Al Shabab to a defeat away at Al Nassr. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium. A goal frenzy last time out for Shabab, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Al Nassr. Fun stuff to watch!
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (27 in 13 games), Al Shabab's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Shabab have conceded only 12 goals.
Al Faisaly form and stats
Al Faisaly have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 0-6-7 (13 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 13 away games in a row.
198 minutes! That's how long the Al Faisaly goalkeeper Mustafa Reda Malayekah and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Faisaly are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Abha (placed 7th).
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Al Faisaly's away games in the league this season with only 6 goals from 13 matches. Al Faisaly's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 20 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the squads faced each other earlier this campaign; Al Faisaly - Shabab 0-0. Al Shabab-Al Faisaly H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Shabab two wins, Al Faisaly three wins, five draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  C. Carvalho da Silva Junior 11 goals |   J. Tavares 8 goals |  É. Banega 6 goals |
Al Shabab missing players
Al Faisaly missing players
| Al Shabab | Al Faisaly | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 48 | 27 | 15 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 25 |
| 35 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 20 | 33 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 77% | 81% |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 54% | 58% |
| 65% | 62% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 31% | 46% |
| 35% | 31% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 31% | 31% |
| 15% | 8% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 58% | 54% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 46% |
| 31% | 38% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 23% | 35% |
| 15% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 62% | 38% |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 13 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 6.5 | 8.1 |
| 4.7 | 5.6 | 7.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3 |
| 39% | 37% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 19% | 32% |
| 9.8 | 10.5 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 7.6 | 8.6 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
- Al Faisaly have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Al Faisaly have yet to win a game away.
- Al Shabab have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Al Shabab have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Faisaly have scored away.
- Al Shabab 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 Ittihad | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 58 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 34 | 61 |
| 2 | Al Hilal | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 53 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 27 | 55 |
| 3 | Al Nassr | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 48 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 51 |
| 4 | Al Shabab | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 48 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 47 |
| 5 | Dhamk | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -2 | 42 |
| 6 | Al Feiha | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 19 | -1 | 33 |
| 7 | Abha | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -13 | 33 |
| 8 | Al Fateh | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 32 |
| 9 | Al Raed | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 29 | -8 | 30 |
| 10 | Al Ahli | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -3 | 29 |
| 11 | Al Faisaly | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -8 | 29 |
| 12 | Al Ta'ee | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 21 | -16 | 28 |
| 13 | Al Ittifaq | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 41 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 24 | -9 | 27 |
| 14 | Al Taawon | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 39 | 46 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 25 | -7 | 26 |
| 15 | Al Batin | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 26 |
| 16 | Al Hazm | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 19 | -17 | 17 |
