Week 23 brings us a match on Mar 5th where Al Shabab hosts Al Batin in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, a perfect day for football. 3rd placed Al Shabab is fresh off their 2-1 win against Al Feiha. John Mary struck first for Al Shabab in the 41st minute, but Abdulrahman Al-Safari got the equalizer for Al Feiha in the 58th minute. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Al Shabab should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 13th placed Al Batin is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Al Faisaly. Youssef El Jebli struck first for Al Batin in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Hussain Al Issa, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Al Faisaly couldn’t muster any offence and Al Batin ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
Al Batin and Al Shabab last played eachother at the Al-batin Fc Stadium on the 16th of October. Al Shabab took the match by a score of 3 to 0. Carlos struck first for Al Shabab in the 24th minute, then Hattan Bahebri added another in the 29th minute In the end, Al Batin couldn’t muster any offence and Al Shabab ran away with the shutout win.
Fabio Abreu has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored four goals for Al Batin. Both Carlos and Luciano Vietto have been the hottest scorers for Al Shabab in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.