Betting preview: Al Shabab the front runner when Al Tai visit

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Thu 08.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium (68752 seats)

This is shaping up to be yet another interesting battle at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium in the Pro League. Al Shabab is in 2nd place and host Al Tai in 4th position. Read all about the fixture here!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Al Shabab form and stats

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.

Al Shabab are confident in defense, having played 307 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

It's back home for Al Shabab, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Abha away with the result 4-0. Carlos, Bahebri (2), Mina and Guanca found the net in that victory. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Shabab played a great game against Abha and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Al Batin in a game that was won 3-0.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Al Shabab home games with this odds we find 4 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Al Shabab at home in the league. 3 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Al Tai form and stats

Only one away game in the Pro League so far for Al Tai and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 victories, 1 draw and 10 losses from 15 travels.

The followers enjoyed Al Tai's previous match versus Al Adalh (placed 15th), a 1-0 win played at home.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Al Ittifaq with the score of 2-1.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Al Tai has managed 2 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Shabab have not lost in the last 5 games (2-3-0) facing Al Tai.

Top Goalscorers

Al ShababH. Babhir
H. Babhir
2 goals
Al ShababC. Carvalho da Silva Junior
C. Carvalho da Silva Junior
2 goals
Al ShababS. Mina Lorenzo
S. Mina Lorenzo
2 goals

Al Shabab missing players

Al Tai missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Shabab Al Tai
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
7 3 0 Scored S 0 2 3
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 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% 100% 50%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
8.5 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 8
2.5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4.5
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 14 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 10.5
6.5 9 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6 7
54% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 21%
 
0.5 1 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7 8.5
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 5.5
Al Shabab Last season Al Tai
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
15 9   Won W   4 11
10 5   Drew D   1 4
5 1   Lost L   10 15
52 28   Scored S   8 33
36 12   Conceded C   23 45
93% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 97%
87% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   47% 63%
57% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 57%
30% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 33%
13% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 7%
53% 47%   BTTS BTTS   27% 47%
37% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 20%
17% 13%   Failed to Score F T   60% 37%
 
4.3 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   5 4.7
4.1 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 5.3
2 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.3
6 3   Red cards R C   0 0
 
10.6 13   Shots (avg) S (   8.7 8.8
4.4 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.2
39% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   17% 34%
 
9.4 10.7   Shots against (avg) S A   12.5 11.2
4 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.3 4

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

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