Al Taawon will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 15 points behind Al Hilal.
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.
Al Taawon form and stats
20 points is a decent return from 9 Pro League games here at King Abdullah Sport City Stadium for Al Taawon. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
The spoils were shared in Al Taawon's previous game, also at home. Visiting Al Raed (placed 5th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Previous to that game, a AFC Champions League home match hosting Al Duhail in a game that was won 2-0.
Al Taawon are traveling soon after this match as the AFC Champions League match at Persepolis awaits in four days.
The Al Taawon fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. Al Taawon's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Hilal form and stats
Al Hilal's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Hilal, who have the most scored goals (49) in Pro League, collect 19 points from their 9 away matches in the Pro League. 5 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). Things are running smoothly for Al Hilal who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Al Nassr. Momentum is building for Al Hilal in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Al Hilal goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 210 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The supporters enjoyed Al Hilal's previous game versus Al Ittihad (placed 13th), a Pro League 1-0 win played at home. Preceding that game was the away AFC Champions League victory against Shabab Al Ahli Dubai with the score of 2-1.
Late drama in the previous game, when Carlos Eduardo scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Al Ittihad.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Al Hilal are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Al Hilal have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Al Hilal - Al Taawon 2-1, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Al Taawon wins - draws - Al Hilal wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Gomis 14 goals |  C. de Oliveira Alves 11 goals |   H. Almeida Ramos 6 goals |
Al Taawon missing players
Al Hilal missing players
| Al Taawon | Al Hilal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 21 | 49 |
| 24 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 89% | 95% |
| 79% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 84% |
| 68% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 74% |
| 26% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 56% | 53% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 26% |
| 74% | 89% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 68% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 32% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 11% | 5% |
| 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.2 | 7 | 6.4 |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
| 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 230 | 120 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 46 | 129 | 251 |
| 85 | 50 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 58 | 120 |
| 32% | 32% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 36% | 41% |
- Al Hilal has the most matches over the total-line (12)
- Al Hilal has the most scored goals (21) away
- Al Hilal has the most scored goals (49)
- Al Hilal has the most scored goals in the first half (22)
- Al Hilal has the most scored goals in the second half (27)
- Al Hilal has the the best goal difference (+31)
- 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 is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Al Taawon have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Al Taawon 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 Hilal | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 49 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 31 | 44 |
| 2 | Al Nassr | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 22 | 41 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Al Wahda | 19 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Al Raed | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 15 | -5 | 31 |
| 6 | Al Taawon | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 29 |
| 7 | Al Faisaly | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 28 |
| 8 | Al Shabab | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 28 |
| 9 | Al Feiha | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 24 |
| 10 | Abha | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -7 | 24 |
| 11 | Al Ittifaq | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 23 |
| 12 | Al Hazm | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | Al Ittihad | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -6 | 19 |
| 14 | Al Fateh | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -10 | 15 |
| 15 | Al Adalh | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -15 | 14 |
| 16 | Dhamk | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 27 | -21 | 14 |