In a mid week match in week 3, on Thu Sep 8th, Al Ta’ee and Al Shabab will play a match in Riyadh in a meeting of these two evenly matched Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 35 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. In their last match, 2nd placed Al Shabab, recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Abha. Cristian Guanca scored the first goal for Al Shabab in the 25th minute on a penalty kick, then Santi Mina added another in the 39th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Abha couldn’t manage to score, and Al Shabab took the shutout win. Al Shabab is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while 4th placed Al Ta’ee is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Al Adalh. Mohammed Harzan struck first for Al Ta’ee in the 15th minute on a feed from Amir Sayoud, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Al Adalh couldn’t muster any offence and Al Ta’ee ran away with the shutout win. Al Ta’ee is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Al Shabab won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Amir Sayoud and Mukhtar Ali are the top scorers for Al Ta’ee in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. For Al Shabab, their top scorers are Éver Banega and Hattan Bahebri, each having 2 goals in their last five matches.