Al-Shabab come up against visiting club Al-Okhdood at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium in this Professional League clash on Thursday.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Al-Shabab v Al-Okhdood, scroll down (inc. the best betting odds).
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Form Guide
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Al-Shabab
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Al-Shabab, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 2-0 Professional League victory over Al-Kholood.
In that game, Al-Shabab had 57% possession and 18 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For Al-Shabab, the goalscorers were Cristian Guanca (12') and Abderrazak Hamed Allah (45'). Al-Kholood got 21 attempts on goal with 6 on target.
Al-Shabab have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, finding the back of the net in one hundred percent of their last 6 games.
They’ve managed to rack up 17 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 4.
Al-Okhdood
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In their last fixture, Al-Okhdood drew 1-1 in the Professional League tie with Al-Taawoun.
In that game, Al-Okhdood had 39% possession and 5 shots at goal with 1 on target. The only player to score for Al-Okhdood was Christian Bassogog (7'). For their opponents, Al-Taawoun had 4 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.
The stats don’t lie, and Al-Okhdood have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 7 goals in all. In defence, Al-Okhdood have been far from perfect. We will just have to find out if that trend can be sustained in this game.
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Head to head
The previous league fixture featuring the two was Professional League match day 11 on 22/11/2024 when it finished Al-Okhdood 1-1 Al-Shabab.
That time, Al-Okhdood managed 33% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Knowledge Musona (49').
Al-Shabab got 14 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target.
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Team News: Al-Shabab
Hussain Al-Sabiyani (Cruciate ligament tear), Fahad Al-Muwallad (unknown injury) and Seung-gyu Kim (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing for Al-Shabab .
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Team News: Al-Okhdood
Due to a mostly available squad, there is just a single fitness worry for the Al-Okhdood gaffer to contend with. Mohammed Al-Saeed (Muscle injury) won’t be playing here.
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Prediction
It looks to us that Al-Shabab look set to get amongst the goals when they come up against Al-Okhdood, who may well find it hard to find the back of the net.
We can therefore see a decent 2-0 winning score for Al-Shabab when the full-time whistle blows.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?
In terms of the bookies’ odds on the 90 minute result market, backing Al-Shabab can be had for 1.53, a bet on a drawn result is 4 & putting your money on victory for Al-Okhdood gets you 5.5. These are the best market prices available right now.
Peter Guest,
22:15 15/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Al-Shabab
Formed: 1947
Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium (22,188)
Chairman: Khalid Al-Baltan
Competitions: Professional League position 6