On Jan 20th, Al Taawon will play host to Al Shabab in a meeting of these two Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which is great football weather. Al Taawon sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Al Ta’ee. Guy Mbenza Kamboleke struck first for Al Ta’ee in the 4th minute, then Hasan Kadesh tied it up for Al Taawon in the 26th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 59th minute on a goal by Medrán to cap off a wild match. Al Taawon should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches, while al Shabab sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Al Nassr. Neither Al Shabab nor Al Nassr could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 12 and 6 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Al Shabab should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Al Shabab won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Al Shabab’s top weapon lately has been Santi Mina, who has 2 goals in the last five matches. Both Alejandro Romero Gamarra and Medrán have been the hottest scorers for Al Taawon in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals each.