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

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

Al Shabab welcome Al Ahli this coming Friday in the Saudi Pro League, with the host motivated by the possibility of closing the gap in the table on the visitors. On the other hand, the latter could distance themselves even further with a win in this exciting round 12 match.

Al Shabab are number 12 in the table on 11 points after ten matches. Al Ahli rank as number 5 with 21 points after ten matches played.

Team form: Al Shabab vs Al Ahli

Al Shabab Form

Al Shabab look good before their upcoming match, in which they seek to remain unbeaten. In their last three matches, they first beat Al-Taawoun by 3-0, before drawing 2-2 with Al-Faisaly. They were back as winners last time out, when they took out Al Fateh FC 1-3. Al Shabab just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Saudi Pro League matches at the SHG Arena. They also drew three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored nine and conceded ten goals.

Al Ahli Form

Al Ahli are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Al Fateh FC got left behind in a 0-4 win, before Al-Fayha got hammered in a 2-3 victory. Al Khaleej was the most recent victim in a 4-1 win for Al Ahli. Al Ahli won half their previous six away matches in the Saudi Pro League, as well as seeing zero draws and suffering three defeats. They scored 11 goals whilst conceding 11.

Betting stats and facts for Al Shabab and Al Ahli

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Al Shabab and Al Ahli played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Al Shabab vs Al Ahli

It’s been a great season for Ivan Toney so far with 13 goals to his name across all tournaments this season. He also hit the target nine times in his last six games, and no doubt Al Ahli want him to continue this productive spell against Al Shababon Friday.

Popular markets: Al Shabab vs Al Ahli

Full-time result

Al Shabab claimed a modest two wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in four of the games, whilst losing four. Al Ahli won six of their last 10 games away, drew one and lost three of the games in this run. Al Ahli won their last 4 matches on the bounce.

Both teams to score

Al Shabab scored the first goal in six out of their last ten games. Al Ahli scored the opening goal in six of the last ten away from home. Al Shabab probably enjoy the prospect of scoring on Friday, as Al Ahli managed only two clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. The former claimed three clean sheets in their last 10 matches. Both Team have scored in 3 last consecutive meetings between Al Shabab and Al Ahli when playing at SHG Arena.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Al Shabab, who scored an average of 1.4 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in nine of the last ten games for Al Ahli, who managed to hit the net 2.7 times on average in these games. Al Ahli’s last 6 matches had over 3.5 goals.