Preview Al Raed vs Abha, Prediction, Team news, Line-ups

Saudi Pro League: Preview Al Raed vs Abha | Date: December 29, 2023 | Time: 20:30 Hrs. | Location: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia

Al Raed Saudi Football Club نادي الرائد is going head to head with Abha Football Club نادي أبها السعودي starting on Dec. 29^th , 2023 at 20:30 Hrs. The match is a part of the Saudi Professional League.

Preview Al Raed vs Abha

At King Abdullah Stadium on Friday, Al-Raed will play host to Abha in a Professional League encounter.

After defeating Al-Ittihad 1-3 in the Professional League, Al-Raed will be hoping for another victory.

Al-Raed had 39% of the possession in that game, and 7 of his 16 shots on goal were on target. Conversely, Al-Ittihad had nine shots on goal, three of which were on target. Romarinho (25′) was Al-Ittihad’s goal scorer.

Over the six games prior, Al-Raed has scored ten goals. On the other hand, during that same period, seven goals have been scored against them.

Having suffered a setback to Al-Hilal in their previous Professional League encounter, Abha and their supporters will be hoping for a better outcome this time around.

Abha had 34% of the possession in that game, and 3 of their 9 attempts on goal were on target. Nine of Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia’s twenty-one attempts on goal were on target. Al-Hilal scored goals through Sergej Milinković-Savić (18′, 79′, 90′), Aleksandar Mitrović (25′), Salem Al Dawsari (72′), Mohamed Kanno (82′), and Rúben Neves (86′).

Three goals or more have been scored in five of the past six Abha games. During that period, Abha averaged one goal and scored 5.17 goals per match on average.

Head-to-head

Professional League match day 2 on August 19, 2023, saw Abha defeat Al-Raed 1-0 in their prior league matchup. Read more

Team News

The Abha manager had no health concerns before this match because there was a totally healthy group to select from.

Al Raed vs Abha: Prediction

In our opinion, Al-Raed will see a lot of the ball and convert a good number of chances to score goals.

On the other hand, Abha might have trouble achieving their objectives, but we do think they could pose a threat occasionally.

As for Al-Raed, we predict a rather comfortable 3-1 lead when they play full-time.