Week 14 brings us a match on Dec 27th where Al Ahli will travel to Buraydah to battle Al Raed in a meeting of these two evenly matched Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 7th placed Al Raed is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Al Shabab. Al-Harbi scored the first goal for Al Shabab in the 19th minute, then Éver Banega added another in the 55th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Al Raed couldn’t manage to score, and Al Shabab took the shutout win. Al Raed is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while al Ahli sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Al Nassr. Anderson Talisca struck first for Al Nassr in the 53rd minute on a feed from Al Ghanam, then Anderson Talisca added another in the 76th minute on a feed from Vincent Aboubakar. Al Ahli is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Al Ahli’s top weapon lately has been Omar Jihad Al Somah, who has two goals in the last 5 matches. Éder has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored four goals for Al Raed.