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Al-Riyadh will face off against visiting side Abha at Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Stadium in this Professional League fixture on Saturday.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Al-Riyadh v Abha match are shown here (inc. the best betting odds).
📊 Form Guide
Al-Riyadh
WLDWLD ⚖
Al-Riyadh enter this game following a 1-1 Professional League drawn game against Al-Fayha.
In that match, Al-Riyadh had 47% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. The scorer for Al-Riyadh was Knowledge Musona (64'). Al-Fayha got 6 shots on goal with 3 on target. Henry Onyekuru (30') scored for Al-Fayha.
It’s not been often in recent games where Al-Riyadh have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Al-Riyadh have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 8 goals along the way. Let’s find out whether or not that trend can be continued on into this next match.
Abha
LDLWLW
Abha head into the game following a 1-0 Professional League win to beat Al-Wahda in their last game.
In that game, Abha had 48% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Al-Wehda got 10 attempts on goal with 1 on target.
Showing their involvement in productive encounters, we’ve had goals 20 times in the last six matches in which Abha have played, giving a mean average of 3.33 goals for each fixture. Their opponents have hit 11 of these goals.
↔️ Head to head
The previous league game featuring the two was Professional League match day 8 on 30/09/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Abha 0-1 Al-Riyadh.
In that game, Abha had 59% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.
For their opponents, Al-Riyadh had 5 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.
ℹ️ Team News: Abha
With a completely healthy group available to choose from, the Abha boss does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this match.
🔮 Prediction
For this match, we think that Abha will likely create enough chances to breach the defence of this Al-Riyadh team, but that probably won’t be as many as they will have scored against them.
Our tip is for a narrow 2-1 winning margin for Al-Riyadh by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Definitely a tough call.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 18:07 30/03/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Al-Riyadh
Formed: 1953
Stadium: Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Stadium (15,000)
Captain: Knowledge Musona
Manager: Odair Hellmann
Competitions: Professional League position 15
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Al-Riyadh |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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24 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 68 | WWWWW |
2 |
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24 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 56 | WWDLW |
3 |
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25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 48 | WDWLD |
4 |
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25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 46 | WLWWW |
5 |
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25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 43 | WDLDW |
6 |
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25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 36 | LWWDD |
7 |
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25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 34 | DLWLL |
8 |
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25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | -9 | 32 | WWWDL |
9 |
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24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 31 | LDDLL |
10 |
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25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 31 | DDWDW |
11 |
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24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 28 | WLDLW |
12 |
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24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | -6 | 27 | DLDLL |
13 |
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25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 27 | DLWDW |
14 |
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25 | 7 | 3 | 15 | -17 | 24 | LLLDL |
15 |
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24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -23 | 24 | LDWLD |
16 |
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24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -23 | 22 | DLLWD |
17 |
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24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | -31 | 21 | DLWLW |
18 |
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25 | 2 | 9 | 14 | -38 | 15 | DDLLL |
Al-Riyadh |
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Al-Ahli Saudi |
Al-Riyadh |
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Al-Tai |
Al-Ettifaq |
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Al-Riyadh |
Al-Shabab |
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Al-Riyadh |
Al-Riyadh |
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Abha |
Al-Fayha |
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Al-Riyadh |
Al-Shabab |
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Abha |
Abha |
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Al-Fateh |
Abha |
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Al-Nassr |
Al-Riyadh |
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Abha |
Abha |
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Al-Wahda |
Al-Ettifaq |
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Abha |
Al-Riyadh |
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Al-Hilal |
Al-Riyadh |
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Al-Raed |
Al-Riyadh |
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Damac |
Al-Riyadh |
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Al-Khaleej |
Al-Riyadh |
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Al-Hazem |
Al-Riyadh |
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Al-Fateh |
Al-Ettifaq |
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Abha |
Al-Fayha |
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Abha |
Al-Raed |
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Abha |
Al-Hilal |
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Abha |
Al-Khaleej |
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Abha |
Damac |
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Abha |
Al-Riyadh |
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Al-Ahli Saudi |
Al-Fateh |
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Al-Riyadh |
Al-Riyadh |
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Al-Taawoun |
Al-Hazem |
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Al-Riyadh |
Al-Riyadh |
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Al-Nassr |
Al-Khaleej |
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Al-Riyadh |
Al-Okhdood |
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Abha |
Abha |
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Al-Ittihad |
Abha |
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Damac |
Al-Ahli Saudi |
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Abha |
Abha |
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Al-Khaleej |
Al-Hazem |
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Abha |