Saudi Pro League: Al Hazem vs Al Shabab – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Saudi Pro League game between Al Hazem and Al Shabab who meet up on Sunday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

Al Shabab head over to the Al Hazem Club Stadium on Sunday to face title favourites Al Hazem in a round 4 match in the Saudi Pro League.

Al Hazem are placed 11th with three points after three matches. Al Shabab occupy a position as 13th in the league on two points.

Team form: Al Hazem vs Al Shabab

Al Hazem Form

Al Hazem are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Al-Taawoun by 2-0, before beating Abha by 1-2. The winning streak came to an end against Al Ittihad, who ran out 3-2 winners. It has been a bit hit-and-miss for Al Hazem but at least mostly hit, as they put four wins on the board in their previous six Saudi Pro League matches. They didn’t draw any matches, but lost twice, scoring eight goals while conceding six.

Al Shabab Form

Al Shabab only managed two draws in their last three matches. They started by losing 1-3 at the hands of Al Qadsiah, before drawing 0-0 with Al Khaleej. They secured another draw in their latest encounter against Al Riyadh resulting 3-3. Al Shabab came through their last six away games in the Saudi Pro League without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew four and lost two in which, they were outscored by seven goals to five.

Betting stats and facts for Al Hazem and Al Shabab

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Al Hazem and Al Shabab. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

Players on top: Al Hazem vs Al Shabab

There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, Yannick Carrasco has been hitting the net regularly and now has four goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up on Sunday, it is because Al Shabab bank on him to build on these numbers against Al Hazem. The latter relies on Abdulaziz Al-Dwehe, who found the target three times in six games.

Betting markets: Al Hazem vs Al Shabab

Full-time result

Al Hazem claimed a modest six wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in one of the games, whilst losing three. Al Shabab won two of their last 10 games away, drew five and lost three of the games in this run. Al Shabab have not lost to Al Hazem in 12 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Amazingly, Al Hazem scored the first goal of the match in just three out of the last ten games at home. Interestingly, Al Shabab scored the opening goal of the match in just three of their last ten games. Al Hazem managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments. Al Shabab have scored in 8 consecutive meetings with Al Hazem when playing at away ground.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Al Hazem, who scored an average of 1.3 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Al Shabab, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.4 times goals per game themselves.