Preview Al Shabab vs Al Wehda, Prediction, Team news, Line-ups

Saudi Pro League: Preview Al Shabab vs Al Wehda | Date: December 30, 2023 | Time: 20:30 Hrs. | Location: Al-Shabab Club Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Al-Shabab Football Club نادي الشباب is going head to head with Al-Wehda FC ادي الوحدة starting on Dec. 30^th , 2023 at 20:30 Hrs. The match is a part of the Saudi Professional League.

Preview Al Shabab vs Al Wehda

In the Professional League match on Saturday at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Al-Shabab, the home team, will host Al-Wahda.

After losing to Al-Okhdood 1-0 in the Professional League in their previous match, Al-Shabab will be looking to bounce back here.

Al-Shabab had a 74% possession rate and made nine attempts on goal, but none of them were successful. Al-Okhdood’s opponents made seven attempts at goal, of which two were on target.

In the most recent games, Al-Shabab’s offensive play has been largely unproductive. Throughout their last six games, their goal total against opposing clubs has been just 3. Al-Shabab has also seen the number of goals against them reach six during those meetings. Aside from past outcomes, only time will tell if that trend will hold in this match.

Al-Wahda approaches the match having defeated Al-Riyadh 3-1 in the Professional League the night before.

Al-Wahda had 45% of the possession in that game, and eight of their 10 attempts on goal were on target. Jawad El Yamiq (36′), Craig Goodwin (82′), and Odion Ighalo (90′) scored the goals for Al-Wahda. Al-Riyadh, on the other hand, made 11 attempts at goal, six of which were on target.

The numbers don’t lie: Al-Wahda has allowed opponents to score nine goals in total in five of their last six games. Al-Wahda has not been playing well in defense.

Head-to-head

The Professional League match day 2 on August 18, 2023, ended with Al-Wahda defeating Al-Shabab 3-1. This was the final league encounter between both teams. Read more

Team News

With no injuries among the group to select from, the Al-Wahda manager has no reservations about his team’s fitness ahead of this match.

Al Shabab vs Al Wehda: Prediction

Although we believe Al-Wahda has enough to score against this Al-Shabab team, it most likely won’t be enough to prevent a loss.

We predict that this will be a close match that ends with Al-Shabab winning by a 2-1 score. This one appears to be lacking in substance.