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

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

As the early season favourites, Al Khaleej will look to justify their title credentials this coming Saturday when they take on Al Shabab for a round 2 match in the Saudi Pro League.

Al Khaleej were most likely hoping for more from their opening match of the season, but nevertheless set off with a point in the table.

Team form: Al Khaleej vs Al Shabab

Al Khaleej Form

In their last three matches, Al Khaleej lost 3-1 against Al Akhdoud, 1-4 against Al Ahli and drew 0-0 with Al-Taawoun. Al Khaleej managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Saudi Pro League. In the remaining four, they drew zero and lost four, as they scored seven and conceded 18 goals.

Al Shabab Form

In their last three matches, Al Shabab won 3-2 win against Al Ittihad, lost 1-0 against Al Najma and lost 1-3 against Al Qadsiah. Al Shabab only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Saudi Pro League. In these six matches they drew three and lost two as well as being outscored by eight goals to eight.

Betting facts for Al Khaleej and Al Shabab

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

In-form players: Al Khaleej 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 three goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up this coming Saturday, it is because Al Shabab bank on him to build on these numbers against Al Khaleej. The latter relies on Joshua King, who found the target four times in six games.

Betting markets: Al Khaleej vs Al Shabab

Full-time result

Al Khaleej claimed a modest two 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 seven. Al Shabab won two of their last 10 games away, drew four and lost four of the games in this run. Amazingly, Al Shabab failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 9 matches. Al Shabab have not lost to Al Khaleej in 6 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

Surprisingly, Al Khaleej only scored the first goal of the match in three out of their last ten games. Al Shabab scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Al Khaleej managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the last 10 games, Al Shabab kept their opponent from scoring in one of their last 10 matches.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Al Khaleej, who scored an average of one goal along the way. In the last ten games for Al Shabab, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.4 times goals per game themselves. Al Shabab conceded a goal in their last 9 matches.