Match Report
Abha, 1st with 80 points, sat 59 points above Al Arabi Saudi (17th, 21). On recent form Abha sat only 9th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Al Arabi Saudi 0.71 scored and 1.97 conceded per game, Abha 1.94 and 0.94, with the league averaging 1.48.
Momentum sat with Abha, winners of their last ten, having scored in 12 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 3/15 points for Al Arabi Saudi, 15/15 for Abha.
Across 4 recorded meetings, Al Arabi Saudi have 0 wins to Abha's 4, with 0 draws, at 2 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 75% of the meetings.
Department of Education Stadium, capacity 10,000, hosted the game. Abha led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Al Arabi Saudi: Turki Al-Jaadi (78') · Abha: Feras Al-Ghamdi (9'), Yasser Yaqoub Ibrahim (30'), Agi Dambelley (60')
Key stats
Possession: Al Arabi Saudi 50% · Abha 50% · Total shots: 12-12 · On target: 3-6 · Corners: 5-4