The Professional League clash at King Abdullah Sports City on Saturday will see hosts Al-Ahli Saudi fighting it out with Al-Hilal.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for Al-Ahli Saudi v Al-Hilal can be found here - plus the latest match odds.
๐ Form Guide
Al-Ahli Saudi
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Al-Ahli Saudi enter this match following a 1-1 Professional League drawn game vs Al-Wahda.
In that match, Al-Ahli Saudi had 73% possession and 22 shots at goal with 11 of them on target. The only player to score for Al-Ahli Saudi was Roger Ibaรฑez (83'). For their opponents, Al-Wehda had 9 shots on goal with 2 on target.
Fewer than three goals per game were scored during 5 of the past 6 meetings where Al-Ahli Saudi have been involved. In terms of the goal attribution during that period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 5 while Al-Ahli Saudi got themselves 6. Letโs see whether or not that trend will be sustained in this game.
Al-Hilal
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After a losing effort in their last game against Al-Ain in AFC Champions League competition, Al-Hilal and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
For Al-Hilal, goals were scored by Malcom (49') and Salem Al Dawsari (78'). Soufiane Rahimi (6', 26', 38') was the scorer for Al-Ain.
In a total of 5 out of the previous 6 games featuring Al-Hilal, at least three goals have been struck. The overall average goals scored per match within that spell is 3.83, with the number of goals averaged by Al-Hilal working out to 2.5.
๐ฅ Head to head
The last league game featuring these clubs was Professional League match day 11 on 27/10/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Al-Hilal 3-1 Al-Ahli Saudi.
On that day, Al-Hilal managed 50% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. Goals were scored by Sergej Milinkoviฤ-Saviฤ (1') and Aleksandar Mitroviฤ (37').
Al-Ahli Saudi had 12 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Allan Saint-Maximin (58') and Roger Ibaรฑez (84' Own goal) scored.
๐๏ธ Team News: Al-Hilal
Thanks to a completely injury-free group ready to go, the Al-Hilal manager has no fitness worries to speak of before this clash.
๐ญ Prediction
In our opinion, Al-Ahli Saudi are certainly able to get a goal against this Al-Hilal team, however a single goal probably shouldnโt be enough.
Therefore, weโre predicting a close game with a 1-2 winning score for Al-Hilal at full-time. Looking forward to this.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 17:07 20/04/2024
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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27 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 77 | WWWWW |
2 |
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28 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 48 | 68 | WWWWW |
3 |
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27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 52 | WLDWD |
4 |
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28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 48 | DWWDD |
5 |
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27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 47 | WWWLD |
6 |
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28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 40 | LWWLW |
7 |
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27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 39 | WDDLW |
8 |
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28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 38 | LLDLW |
9 |
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28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 35 | WLWDW |
10 |
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28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 35 | DWWLD |
11 |
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28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | -9 | 35 | DLLWL |
12 |
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27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | -6 | 31 | LLLWD |
13 |
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28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 30 | DWLWL |
14 |
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28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -27 | 26 | DLLDW |
15 |
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28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -26 | 25 | DDLLL |
16 |
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28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -43 | 25 | WDLWL |
17 |
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28 | 7 | 3 | 18 | -24 | 24 | DLLLL |
18 |
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27 | 2 | 10 | 15 | -40 | 16 | LLLDL |
Al-Riyadh |
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Al-Ittihad |
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Al-Nassr |
Al-Taawoun |
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Al-Fateh |
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Al-Ain |
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Al-Hilal |
Al-Khaleej |
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Al-Okhdood |
Al-Shabab |
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Al-Hilal |
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Al-Ittihad |
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Al-Nassr |
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Al-Fateh |
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Al-Khaleej |
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Al-Raed |
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Al-Shabab |
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Al-Riyadh |
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Al-Ettifaq |
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Al-Tai |
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Damac |
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Al-Shabab |
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Abha |
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Al-Fayha |
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Al-Hilal |
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Al-Hazem |
Al-Nassr |
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Al-Hilal |
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Al-Tai |
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