Al-Shabab vs Al-Ahly. Will the underdog streak continue?
On Saturday, May 11, at the Al-Shabab Stadium in Riyadh, a match will take place between the Al-Shabab and Al-Ahly teams as part of the 31st round of the Saudi Arabian League.
Portuguese coach Vitor Pereira, who has already become the fifth coach of the team from Riyadh this season, is doing an excellent job and definitely deserves good “bonuses” for his efforts. Al-Shabab, under his leadership, has already broken into the top 6 of the standings, although not so long ago it was outside the top ten. And all thanks to an impressive series of matches without defeat in the amount of 5, and in 4 of them the team from Riyadh won.
It will be very difficult for Pereira’s team to jump higher into the top 5, given the 9-point gap from Al-Ittihad. But creating a good foundation for the next season and building high-quality leadership teams for the future, while simultaneously delighting the fans with new positive results, is now task No. 1 for Al-Shabab.
Let us note that the team is achieving its success without its main “fresh” newcomer, Croatian Ivan Rakitic, who has already missed 5 matches in a row due to injury. Apparently, the star midfielder is already being saved for the new season.
Al Ahly
German coach Matthias Jaissle continues to do everything to lose his job before the new season. Despite the fact that Al-Ahly remains in the top 3 and is highly likely to win bronze medals, the results of the team with the second most expensive squad in the league leave much to be desired.
So in the last 4 rounds, only one victory was won - over Damak with a score of 4:1. And in other fights, chances to get a full set of points were missed. They tied with Al-Wehda 1:1, and lost to the leader Al-Hilal and modest Al-Riyadh with the same score 1:2.
Al-Taawun, in fourth place, Yaissle's team is 4 points ahead in the battle for bronze, but this is more likely not about the merit of Al-Ahly, but about the fact that the competitor has too modest resources to take advantage of the misfires of the “absentee opponent”.
Al Ahly have all their stars ready for the new tour, with the exception of young Spaniard Gabri Veiga, who is still recovering from an ankle injury.
Our Expert Predictions & Analysis on Al-Shabab vs Al-Ahly
Al-ShababPortuguese coach Vitor Pereira, who has already become the fifth coach of the team from Riyadh this season, is doing an excellent job and definitely deserves good “bonuses” for his efforts. Al-Shabab, under his leadership, has already broken into the top 6 of the standings, although not so long ago it was outside the top ten. And all thanks to an impressive series of matches without defeat in the amount of 5, and in 4 of them the team from Riyadh won.
It will be very difficult for Pereira’s team to jump higher into the top 5, given the 9-point gap from Al-Ittihad. But creating a good foundation for the next season and building high-quality leadership teams for the future, while simultaneously delighting the fans with new positive results, is now task No. 1 for Al-Shabab.
Let us note that the team is achieving its success without its main “fresh” newcomer, Croatian Ivan Rakitic, who has already missed 5 matches in a row due to injury. Apparently, the star midfielder is already being saved for the new season.
Al Ahly
German coach Matthias Jaissle continues to do everything to lose his job before the new season. Despite the fact that Al-Ahly remains in the top 3 and is highly likely to win bronze medals, the results of the team with the second most expensive squad in the league leave much to be desired.
So in the last 4 rounds, only one victory was won - over Damak with a score of 4:1. And in other fights, chances to get a full set of points were missed. They tied with Al-Wehda 1:1, and lost to the leader Al-Hilal and modest Al-Riyadh with the same score 1:2.
Al-Taawun, in fourth place, Yaissle's team is 4 points ahead in the battle for bronze, but this is more likely not about the merit of Al-Ahly, but about the fact that the competitor has too modest resources to take advantage of the misfires of the “absentee opponent”.
Al Ahly have all their stars ready for the new tour, with the exception of young Spaniard Gabri Veiga, who is still recovering from an ankle injury.
Al-Shabab vs Al-Ahly facts
- Al-Shabab are unbeaten in 5 league matches in a row (4 wins, 1 draw)
- Al-Shabab conceded only one goal in the last 5 rounds of the championship
- Al-Ahly conceded in 4 consecutive rounds of the championship, as well as in 5 of the last 6 away league matches
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