Week 19 features a match on Saturday Feb 5th, where Al Hazm plays host to Al Shabab in a meeting of these two Pro League teams. Al Hazm sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Al Raed. Ola John scored the first goal for Al Hazm in the 6th minute, then Naoufel Zerhouni added another in the 89th minute on a feed from Ezekiel Henty In the end, Al Raed was frustrated by Al Hazm’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Al Hazm ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 4 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 3rd placed Al Shabab, recorded a 1-1 draw against Al Fateh. Odion Ighalo scored the first goal for Al Shabab in the 66th minute, then in the 78th minute, Ivan Santini sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Murad Batna squeezing out at least the one point for Al Fateh. Al Shabab is on a hot streak lately, with 6 wins in their last 10 matches.
Al Shabab and Al Hazm last played eachother at the Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Stadium on Sep 12th. Al Shabab was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Odion Ighalo struck first for Al Shabab in the 3rd minute on a feed from Paulinho, then Odion Ighalo added another in the 87th minute In the end, Al Hazm couldn’t muster any offence and Al Shabab ran away with the shutout win.
Al Shabab’s top weapon lately has been Odion Ighalo, who has three goals in the last five matches. Tiago Rodrigues and Mohammed Rharsalla are the top scorers for Al Hazm in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.