The Al Wahda & Al Ahli managers J. Carreño Izquierdo and C. Gross are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Pro League league table.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the AFC Champions League. That game was also an away game, at Al Wahda. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Al Wahda form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at King Abdul Aziz Stadium as Al Wahda, who have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Pro League, have scored 13 goals to get 18 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Pro League are 6-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Abha here at King Abdul Aziz Stadium, Al Wahda has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.
A good away victory last time out for Al Wahda, who won 4-1 against Abha (placed 9th). Prior to that, an away loss at Al Ittifaq.
The Al Wahda fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. Al Wahda are not conceding a lot of goals here at King Abdul Aziz Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches.
Al Ahli form and stats
4-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Ahli in their Pro League matches away.
Al Ahli are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Al Wahda. Before that, Al Ahli secured a home win against Al Ittifaq with the score 3-2.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Esteghlal in just three days.
The travelling fans enjoy Al Ahli's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. 9 goals have been conceded by Al Ahli in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Al Ahli - Al Wahda 1-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Al Wahda won two, Al Ahli won seven and one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Al Somah 11 goals |   Y. Niakaté 9 goals |  J. Tavares Semedo 8 goals |
Al Wahda missing players
Al Ahli missing players
| Al Wahda | Al Ahli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 26 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 33 |
| 20 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 71% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 47% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 71% |
| 29% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 12% | 35% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 47% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 76% |
| 41% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| 5.4 | 6.2 | 13 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 11 | 5.9 | 5.1 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 138 | 69 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 90 | 215 |
| 62 | 30 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 47 | 98 |
| 42% | 43% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 26% | 34% |
- Al Ahli has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- Al Ahli haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Al Wahda has the most clean sheets (5) at home
- Al Wahda have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Al Wahda haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 29 | 38 |
| 2 | Al Nassr | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 35 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 33 |
| 4 | Al Wahda | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 30 |
| 5 | Al Taawon | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| 6 | Al Faisaly | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Al Raed | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | -6 | 27 |
| 8 | Al Shabab | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 25 |
| 9 | Abha | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 23 |
| 10 | Al Feiha | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 21 |
| 11 | Al Ittifaq | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 12 | Al Ittihad | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | Al Hazm | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 14 | Dhamk | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 24 | -20 | 14 |
| 15 | Al Adalh | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -15 | 12 |
| 16 | Al Fateh | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -11 | 11 |