Saudi Pro League: Al Shabab vs Al Hazem
Form hasn’t been great recently for Al Shabab, who hope to turn things around against Al Hazem on Thursday. This is a round 7 match in the current Saudi Pro League campaign, and they face each other at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium.
Ranked as number 13 in the Saudi Pro League standings, Al Shabab, have so far collected five points this season, while Al Hazem collected three points. This puts them up as number 18 after six rounds.
Al Shabab Form
Al Shabab suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches, as they were run over by Al Nassr FC in a 4-0 defeat. Al Khaleej also proved too hard to handle, as they won 1-3, before Al Shabab were able to strike back last time out in a 0-1 win against Al-Fayha. Al Shabab just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Saudi Pro League matches at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored four and conceded nine goals.
Al Hazem Form
Al Hazem have been a tad mediocre in their last three matches where a win has failed to come their way. Against Al Khaleej, they gained a point in a 1-1 draw, before coming up short against Al Nassr FC, who ran out 1-5 winners. Lately, they managed to steal a point in a 1-1 with Al Taee. Al Hazem are winless in their last six away games in the Saudi Pro League, in which they drew two and lost four. They conceded 15 goals while scoring four themselves.
Betting stats for Al Shabab and Al Hazem
Here are some interesting betting-relevant stats and facts. They take into account matches that Al Shabab and Al Hazem played across all tournaments.
- In 14 of the last 16 Al Shabab home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Al Shabab have conceded in 12 of the last 14 matches
- Al Shabab have not won 9 of the last 11 matches
- In the last 3 home matches in a row Al Shabab played, both teams scored
- Al Shabab have scored in 10 of the last 12 home matches
- Al Hazem have not won 28 of the last 30 matches
- Al Hazem have not won the last 15 away matches in a row
- In 17 of the last 19 Al Hazem away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Al Hazem have conceded in 21 of the last 23 matches
- Al Hazem have lost 10 of the last 12 away matches
Interesting players: Al Shabab vs Al Hazem
Having scored just once lately in the Saudi Pro League, Romain Saiss will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Al Hazem hope Vina can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of two Saudi Pro League goals in his last six Saudi Pro League games.
Betting markets: Al Shabab vs Al Hazem
In their last 10 matches at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium across all tournaments Al Shabab won four times, drew two and lost four times. Al Hazem claimed zero wins, two draw and eight defeats in their last 10 games away. Al Shabab have not lost to Al Hazem in 4 consecutive home meetings.
Both teams to score
Al Shabab scored the first goal of the match in five of their previous ten games. Curiously, Al Hazem only scored the opening goal of the match in two of the last ten away games. Al Hazem managed the first goal of the game in only two of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, Al Shabab were first on target in five of their last 10 outings. Al Shabab have scored in 8 consecutive league meetings with Al Hazem.
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 1.1 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten outings for Al Hazem, who managed to score 0.9 times in those matches.
Betting tip: Al Shabab vs Al Hazem
The match between Al Shabab and Al Hazem should be an interesting one to watch and play some bets on, too. Therefore, we have come up with a free betting tip for this Saudi Pro League game.
