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

Saudi Pro League: Preview Al Hilal vs Abha | Date: December 21, 2023 | Time: 23:30 Hrs. | Location: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Preview: Al Hilal vs Abha

Al-Hilal, the home team, will play Abha in the Professional League match on Thursday at King Fahd International Stadium.
After defeating Al-Wahda 2-0 in the Professional League, Al-Hilal will be looking for more of the same, encouraged by their recent performance.

Al-Hilal possessed the ball 71% of the time and made 7 of their 18 shots on goal, going in goal. Aleksandar Mitrović (80′) and Saud Abdulhamid (20′) scored the goals for Al-Hilal. Al-Wehda’s opponents had nine shots on goal, only two of which were on target.

Lately, Al-Hilal matches have consistently been exciting, with plenty of goalmouth action being a defining feature. Twenty of the 22 goals scored by both clubs in their last six meetings alone (an average of 3.67 goals per game) have been attributed to Al-Hilal.

Abha and Al-Hazem drew 1-1 in their most recent Professional League match.

Abha had 57% of the possession in that game and made 9 attempts on goal, only one of which was successful. Grzegorz Krychowiak was the lone Abha player to score (79′). Al-Hazem’s opponents made ten attempts at goal, of which four were on target. Al-Hazem scored through Faiz Selemani (64′).

At least three goals have been scored in five of the past six Abha matches. During that period, Abha averaged 1.5 goals per match, with an average of 4.83 goals scored each match. However, that pattern won’t necessarily continue into this match.

Head to Head

Professional League match day 1 on August 14, 2023, marked the conclusion of this club’s most recent league encounter, with Abha defeating Al-Hilal 1-3. Read More

Team News

The Abha manager has no reservations whatsoever about his team’s fitness going into this match because there are no injuries in the squad from which to choose.

Al Hilal vs Abha: Prediction

We think Al-Hilal can put a lot of shots on goal and convert them.

While we do believe Abha will have plenty of opportunities to score, they will also have difficulty breaching their defense.

As a result, we expect Al-Hilal to win 3-1 after the ninety minutes.