Pro League match preview: Al Taawon versus Al Shabab

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Date: Sat 02.November
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium (25000 seats)

Al Taawon will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Al Shabab.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Al Taawon form and stats

3 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Al Taawon have to build on here at King Abdullah Sport City Stadium in the Pro League. It’s been three wins in a row for Al Taawon here at King Abdullah Sport City Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

The Al Taawon supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Al Faisaly in Pro League and win 2-1. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Al Ahli (1-3).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Al Taawon as they are travelling to their away game against Al Raed in the Pro League. That match is four days after this one.

The Al Taawon fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 7 goals in 4 league matches. Al Taawon's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Al Shabab form and stats

Playing away, Al Shabab have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 0 defeats in the Pro League this season.

Al Shabab are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Pro League against Al Wahda (placed 3rd). Before that, Al Shabab secured a home win against Al Ittifaq with the score 2-1.

Al Shabab have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. Al Shabab's manager J. Almirón has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 6 - 3 - 1 (Al Taawon wins - draws - Al Shabab wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Al ShababSebá
Sebá
3 goals / 1 assists
Al ShababC. Guanca
C. Guanca
3 goals / 2 assists
Al TaawonHéldon
Héldon
2 goals / 2 assists

Al Taawon missing players

Al Shabab missing players

Al Taawon Al Shabab
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
7 4 1 Played P 1 4 8
3 3 1 Won W 0 2 4
1 1 0 Drew D 1 2 3
3 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
10 7 2 Scored S 0 4 9
12 4 1 Conceded C 0 2 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 75% 75%
86% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 62%
71% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 38%
43% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
14% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
86% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
14% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 25% 25%
 
4.9 5.2 4 Corners For (avg) C F 1 2.5 3.5
3.7 2.5 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 3.2 4
2 1.8 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 4 1.8 1.9
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Al Shabab have not yet lost a game away.
  • Al Shabab have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Al Taawon have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Al Taawon have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Al Taawon have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Al Taawon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Al Taawon
All Pro League Crown Prince Cup Kings Cup AFC Champions League
All Home Away Home vs top
26-09-19 PRO Al Hilal 2 - 1 Al Taawon
01-10-19 PRO Al Ittihad 3 - 1 Al Taawon
05-10-19 PRO Al Taawon 1 - 0 Abha
18-10-19 PRO Al Ahli 3 - 1 Al Taawon
26-10-19 PRO Al Taawon 2 - 1 Al Faisaly
02-11-19 PRO Al Taawon 16:00 Al Shabab
06-11-19 PRO Al Raed 16:00 Al Taawon
10-11-19 KC Al Taawon 13:20 Al-Lewaa
23-11-19 PRO Dhamk 13:30 Al Taawon
28-11-19 PRO Al Nassr 17:35 Al Taawon
Al Shabab
All Pro League Arab Club Championship Crown Prince Cup Kings Cup Professional League Sultan Cup
All Home Away Away vs mid
27-09-19 PRO Al Shabab 1 - 2 Al Ittihad
01-10-19 ACC Al Shabab 2 - 0 JS Saoura
05-10-19 PRO Al Adalh 0 - 1 Al Shabab
19-10-19 PRO Al Shabab 2 - 1 Al Ittifaq
24-10-19 PRO Al Shabab 2 - 0 Al Wahda
28-10-19 ACC Al Shabab 17:15 Shabab Al Ordon
02-11-19 PRO Al Taawon 16:00 Al Shabab
08-11-19 ACC Shabab Al Ordon 16:00 Al Shabab
13-11-19 KC Tabarjal 13:30 Al Shabab
22-11-19 PRO Al Shabab 17:40 Al Feiha

  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 7 6 1 0 22 6 4 3 1 0 10 4 3 3 0 0 12 2 16 19
2 Al Shabab 8 4 3 1 9 5 4 2 1 1 5 3 4 2 2 0 4 2 4 15
3 Al Wahda 8 5 0 3 8 7 4 2 0 2 4 4 4 3 0 1 4 3 1 15
4 Al Ahli 8 4 2 2 13 7 4 1 2 1 5 4 4 3 0 1 8 3 6 14
5 Al Faisaly 7 4 2 1 9 5 4 3 1 0 7 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 14
6 Al Hazm 8 4 1 3 11 12 3 2 0 1 6 7 5 2 1 2 5 5 -1 13
7 Al Nassr 6 3 2 1 5 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 0 3 0 4 11
8 Al Taawon 7 3 1 3 10 12 4 3 1 0 7 4 3 0 0 3 3 8 -2 10
9 Al Ittifaq 8 3 0 5 12 10 4 1 0 3 3 7 4 2 0 2 9 3 2 9
10 Al Ittihad 7 3 0 4 11 11 4 2 0 2 8 7 3 1 0 2 3 4 0 9
11 Al Feiha 8 2 3 3 7 10 4 2 0 2 5 6 4 0 3 1 2 4 -3 9
12 Abha 7 2 2 3 8 10 3 1 2 0 3 2 4 1 0 3 5 8 -2 8
13 Al Raed 7 2 2 3 7 13 3 1 0 2 2 7 4 1 2 1 5 6 -6 8
14 Al Adalh 8 2 1 5 13 15 4 2 0 2 9 7 4 0 1 3 4 8 -2 7
15 Al Fateh 8 1 1 6 11 18 4 0 1 3 3 7 4 1 0 3 8 11 -7 4
16 Dhamk 8 1 1 6 3 17 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 0 0 4 0 13 -14 4

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