King Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium: Al Wahda vs Abha Pro League preview

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Mon 15.March
Match begins: 16:10 (UTC)
Venue: King Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium

An important duel in the bottom section of the Pro League, with both Al Wahda and Abha experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 14th and the visitors in 13th place.

Insights:
  • Al Wahda have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Abha have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Pro League. This match was also played here at King Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Abha have had more rest.

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Al Wahda form and stats

Al Wahda's results here at King Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium in the Pro League have been very modest with 3 victories, 1 draw and 7 defeats. It's been an uphill battle for Al Wahda in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Al Fateh game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat. It's trouble wherever Wahda are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Prior to that, an away loss at Al Ittihad.

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

A decent goal production from Wahda in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. Wahda are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (25 from 11 played).

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Abha form and stats

As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Abha have produced an overall stat of 4-1-7 so far.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Al Fateh.

Abha have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 16 goals have been scored. As for defending, Abha rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 23 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Al Wahda and Abha have met before this season: Abha - Al Wahda 0-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Al Wahda won eight games, zero matches ended with a draw and Abha has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two

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Al Wahda Abha
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 4 12 23
8 3 2 Won W 2 4 8
3 1 1 Drew D 0 1 4
12 7 0 Lost L 2 7 11
34 17 5 Scored S 8 16 30
44 25 3 Conceded C 8 23 39
91% 91% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
78% 91% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 74%
74% 82% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 70%
43% 45% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 42% 35%
30% 45% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 25% 22%
70% 82% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 58% 61%
13% 9% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 13%
26% 18% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.3 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.3 10.1 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 8.2 8.1
4.6 4.9 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.5 3.6
32% 31% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 38% 36%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Abha have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Abha haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Al Wahda have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 23 13 6 4 44 20 11 7 2 2 20 9 12 6 4 2 24 11 24 45
2 Al Shabab 23 13 6 4 46 28 11 7 3 1 20 9 12 6 3 3 26 19 18 45
3 Al Ittihad 23 11 8 4 36 25 12 6 3 3 18 12 11 5 5 1 18 13 11 41
4 Al Taawon 23 9 8 6 27 19 11 5 4 2 15 9 12 4 4 4 12 10 8 35
5 Al Ahli 23 10 5 8 35 37 12 4 5 3 15 15 11 6 0 5 20 22 -2 35
6 Al Nassr 23 9 6 8 33 30 11 5 3 3 20 15 12 4 3 5 13 15 3 33
7 Al Ittifaq 23 9 5 9 36 37 11 4 2 5 16 19 12 5 3 4 20 18 -1 32
8 Al Quadisiya 23 7 10 6 36 37 12 5 4 3 20 20 11 2 6 3 16 17 -1 31
9 Al Faisaly 23 7 9 7 30 29 12 3 5 4 15 18 11 4 4 3 15 11 1 30
10 Al Raed 23 8 4 11 34 34 12 3 2 7 19 21 11 5 2 4 15 13 0 28
11 Al Batin 23 7 7 9 34 36 12 4 3 5 17 16 11 3 4 4 17 20 -2 28
12 Al Fateh 23 8 4 11 36 43 11 2 2 7 17 27 12 6 2 4 19 16 -7 28
13 Abha 23 8 4 11 30 39 11 4 3 4 14 16 12 4 1 7 16 23 -9 28
14 Al Wahda 23 8 3 12 34 44 11 3 1 7 17 25 12 5 2 5 17 19 -10 27
15 Dhamk 23 5 6 12 29 40 12 4 4 4 16 16 11 1 2 8 13 24 -11 21
16 Al-Ain 23 4 5 14 26 48 12 3 2 7 14 26 11 1 3 7 12 22 -22 17