Evenly matched teams: Al Wahda vs Al Shabab match preview

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Mon 25.January
Match begins: 15:45 (UTC)

This could be an interesting match as Al Wahda have their presumed home advantage while Al Shabab are ahead 6 points in the Pro League table.

Insights:
  • Al Wahda have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Shabab has the most points from losing position (10) in Pro League

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Al Shabab, who are travelling more than 1800 kilometers to play this game.

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Al Wahda form and stats

3-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Al Wahda so far this season.

In their previous game, the manager I. Abreu Vieira led his Wahda to a defeat in the Pro League match away at Al Nassr. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. 0-0 away at Dhamk before that.

This is expected to be a close game, with Al Wahda perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Wahda as a small favourite), we find five games. Al Wahda has won three of these, drawn one and lost one.

A decent goal production from Wahda in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Al Wahda defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Al Shabab form and stats

As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Al Shabab have produced an overall stat of 2-3-2 so far.

Shabab's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Al Faisaly that finished 1-1. Prior to that result Al Shabab won their away game at Al-Ain. The scoreline was 3-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Shabab playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were two Al Shabab wins, two draws and five defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Shabab's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 7 league matches away. Shabab have conceded 12 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Wahda won one, Al Shabab won seven and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Al WahdaD. Petratos
D. Petratos
7 goals
Al ShababC. Guanca
C. Guanca
6 goals
Al WahdaY. Niakaté
Y. Niakaté
4 goals

Al Wahda missing players

Al Shabab missing players

Al Wahda Al Shabab
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 1 7 14
6 3 0 Won W 0 2 7
2 1 0 Drew D 0 3 5
6 3 1 Lost L 1 2 2
17 11 1 Scored S 1 12 23
18 11 2 Conceded C 2 12 17
86% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
64% 86% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 86% 64%
21% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 57% 36%
14% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
64% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 71%
21% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 21%
29% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 7%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.9 2.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9 10.7 15 Shots (avg) S ( 4 6.9 9.9
3.9 4.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.4 5.3
31% 34% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 39% 31%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Al Shabab has the most points from losing position (10) in Pro League
  • Al Shabab have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Shabab haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Al Wahda have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • All of Al Shabab's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

  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 14 8 5 1 22 8 8 5 2 1 13 4 6 3 3 0 9 4 14 29
2 Al Shabab 14 7 5 2 23 17 7 5 2 0 11 5 7 2 3 2 12 12 6 26
3 Al Ahli 14 8 2 4 22 20 7 4 2 1 9 6 7 4 0 3 13 14 2 26
4 Al Ittihad 14 6 6 2 17 12 7 3 2 2 6 4 7 3 4 0 11 8 5 24
5 Al Taawon 14 5 6 3 15 9 6 3 3 0 8 2 8 2 3 3 7 7 6 21
6 Al Ittifaq 14 6 3 5 23 23 6 2 1 3 8 12 8 4 2 2 15 11 0 21
7 Al Nassr 14 6 2 6 22 19 7 3 2 2 14 9 7 3 0 4 8 10 3 20
8 Al Wahda 14 6 2 6 17 18 7 3 1 3 11 11 7 3 1 3 6 7 -1 20
9 Abha 14 6 2 6 17 19 6 3 2 1 7 5 8 3 0 5 10 14 -2 20
10 Al Quadisiya 14 5 4 5 20 21 8 4 2 2 13 11 6 1 2 3 7 10 -1 19
11 Al Fateh 14 5 3 6 22 23 6 1 1 4 9 14 8 4 2 2 13 9 -1 18
12 Al Faisaly 14 3 6 5 17 20 6 1 3 2 8 11 8 2 3 3 9 9 -3 15
13 Al Batin 14 3 4 7 19 23 7 2 2 3 10 9 7 1 2 4 9 14 -4 13
14 Al Raed 14 3 4 7 16 21 8 1 2 5 9 14 6 2 2 2 7 7 -5 13
15 Dhamk 14 3 3 8 17 24 8 3 2 3 11 11 6 0 1 5 6 13 -7 12
16 Al-Ain 14 3 1 10 16 28 8 2 0 6 11 19 6 1 1 4 5 9 -12 10