Al Shabab will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind Al Hilal.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Al Shabab form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Al Shabab have to build on here in the Pro League.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Farouk Ben Mustapha not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.
Happy days for Al Shabab in their previous game, a Arab Club Championship match away at Al Shorta that ended with a 1-0 victory. Before that match, a Pro League win away at Al Hazm.
The Al Shabab fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. Al Shabab's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Hilal form and stats
The away team, who have the most scored goals (42) in Pro League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 3 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses in the Pro League. One point away has become something of a habit for Al Hilal who have played out draws in their last three away games.
Al Hilal has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Al Faisaly for a Pro League game that ended a draw (2-2). A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Al Ittifaq.
Al Hilal are a potent attacking force on the road with their 18 goals in 6 league games. The Al Hilal manager R. Lucescu has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 18 goals in 6 league matches away. Al Hilal have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Al Shabab won 0 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Al Hilal has 8 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5Top Goalscorers
  B. Gomis 12 goals |  C. de Oliveira Alves 9 goals |  S. Giovinco 6 goals |
Al Shabab missing players
Al Hilal missing players
| Al Shabab | Al Hilal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 18 | 42 |
| 15 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 36% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 86% |
| 14% | 14% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 83% | 64% |
| 7% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 50% | 36% |
| 43% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 79% |
| 43% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.1 | 4.7 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 5 | 5.9 | 7.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5 | 3.6 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 143 | 69 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 95 | 192 |
| 59 | 32 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 42 | 92 |
| 25% | 28% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 43% | 46% |
- Al Hilal has the most matches over the total-line (11)
- Al Hilal has the most points from losing position (11)
- Al Hilal has the most scored goals (18) away
- Al Hilal has the most scored goals (42)
- Al Hilal has the most scored goals in the second half (24)
- Al Hilal has the the best goal difference (+10) away
- Al Hilal has the the best goal difference (+26)
- Al Hilal have not yet lost a game away.
- Al Hilal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Hilal have scored in all their matches so far.
- Al Hilal have scored more than double the goals of Al Shabab.
- Al Hilal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Shabab have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- All of Al Hilal's 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 Hilal | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 31 |
| 2 | Al Nassr | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 30 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 26 |
| 4 | Al Raed | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | -3 | 26 |
| 5 | Al Taawon | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 25 |
| 6 | Al Wahda | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | Abha | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 23 |
| 8 | Al Faisaly | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 9 | Al Shabab | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 10 | Al Ittifaq | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 11 | Al Feiha | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 17 |
| 12 | Al Hazm | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 13 | Al Ittihad | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 14 |
| 14 | Al Fateh | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -10 | 9 |
| 15 | Al Adalh | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 9 |
| 16 | Dhamk | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 23 | -21 | 8 |