Week 7 features a match on Tuesday Oct 11th, where Al Taawon hosts Abha in a meeting of these two Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 30 degrees, which may be tiring for the players. Al Taawon is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Al Wahda. Radif scored the first goal for Al Taawon in the 45th minute, then T. Al Mutairi added another in the 88th minute In the end, Al Wahda couldn’t muster any offence and Al Taawon ran away with the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Al Taawon should be reasonably happy with their performance, while abha sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-3 loss against Al Nassr. Luiz Gustavo scored the first goal for Al Nassr in the 5th minute, then Al Ghanam added another in the 49th minute on a feed from Sami Al Naji In the end, Abha couldn’t muster any offence and Al Nassr ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Al Taawon won the head to head battle with 1 win. Al Taawon’s most prolific scorer has been Sumayhan Alnabit. The midfielder has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.