Match Report
Abha, 1st with 80 points, sat 58 points above Al Batin (16th, 22). On recent form Abha sat only 9th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Per game in the league, Al Batin were scoring 1.15 and conceding 2.03, Abha 1.94 and 0.94, against a competition average of 1.48 goals per team per game.
Al Batin had not won in 15 games. Abha's unbeaten run stood at 10. Over the last five, Al Batin had taken 2 of 15 points to Abha's 11.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 2 Al Batin wins, 3 for Abha, 1 draw, at 3.67 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 67% of the meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 83% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 83%.
The match was played at Al-Batin FC Stadium (capacity 6,000). Abha led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.
Goal scorers
Abha: Muralha (18')
Key stats
Possession: Al Batin 49% · Abha 51% · Total shots: 9-13 · On target: 2-8 · Corners: 3-2