In a Saudi Pro league encounter on Thursday, Al-Taawoun will square off against Al-Shabab at their home stadium, King Abdullah Sport city stadium. This season, Al-Taawoun faced Al-Shabab in one game. Al-Taawoun are ranked ninth right now, while Al-Shabab are in fourth place. Check out for ALTW vs SHB dream11 prediction, captain and vice-captain, fantasy football picks, starting XI, team news, and other updates, see below.
Match Details
| Match | Al-Taawoun vs Al-Shabab |
| Date | Thursday, 23 June |
| Time | 11:30 (IST) |
| Venue | King Abdullah Sport city stadium |
ALTW vs SHB Broadcast details: Where to watch the live match?
Coverage of the Saudi Arabian League is available on Fancode, check it out for scorecards, highlights and more.
ALTW vs SHB: Head to Head Stats
Beginning in 2011, the Al Shabab Riyadh squad and the Al Taawoun team competed in 20 matches. Of them, Al Shabab Riyadh won 8 of them, while Al Taawoun played in 5 draws. In contrast, Team Al-Shabab averaged 1.4 away goals per match in the remaining games against other Teams, while Team Al-Taawon scored an average of 1.7 goals at home.
ALTW vs SHB: Dream 11 Top Picks and Player Stats
Ever Banega
Ever Banega the Argentine who initially started playing for Boca Juniors signed his big contract with Valencia in 2008. He appeared in 168 matches during his stint in Valencia making him one of the key mid fielders for Valencia. Banega has had a very stable career after joining Valencia, his next move was Sevilla and then later joined Inter Millan. Soon after he decided to return back to Sevilla on 2017. He soon joined Al-Shabab after his misconduct with the referee and was booked. He has appeared in 25 matches where he was able to score 6 goals with 4 assists to his name.
Alvaro Medran
Born in Dos Torres, the Spanish started his career in Real Madrid. Although he had a very short career in Madrid he moved to Valencia. Due to his performance he was soon released from Valencia. Medran soon joined the MLS in America where he was signed by Chicago fire and currently plays for Al-Taawoun. He has appeared for 12 matches where he was only able to have one assist with zero goals.
ALTW vs SHB: Dream 11 Fantasy Team
Goal-Keeper: Al-Qarni
Defender: Santos, Sharahili, Al-Sagour, Yaslam-Belebaid
Mid-fielder: M. Fathi, E Banega, T Abdullah, A Medran
Forward: C Alberto-Junior, L Vietto
Dream11 Captain & Vice-Captain Choice For Today’s Match
Captain: C Alberto-Junior
Vice-Captain: T Abdullah
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ALTW vs SHB: Injury Updates
Looking at injuries and suspension, it is clear that Al-Shabab didn’t get any bookings in the previous game plus they have no injured players. However when it comes to Al-Taawoun, the attacking midfielder Kaku, has cruciate ligament injury since 13th of January. He has missed 23 matches till now and is expected to return by 13th of July.
ALTW vs SHB: Predicted Line-up
Al-Taawoun possible starting lineup
Cassio, Al Zubaidi, A Asiri, Yaslam Belebaid, Luyindama, Al Bakr, Al Subhi, M Fathi, T Abdullah, Al-Nabet, L Tawamba
Al-Shabab possible starting lineup
Al- Qarni, Al Harbi, Hassan Tambakti, Iago Santos, Al Sagour, Al Qahtani, Al Abed, Bahebri, E Banega, Al Ammar, Carlos.
ALTW vs SHB Prediction: Who will win this match?
It is more likely for Al-Shabab to achieve the three points against Al-Taawoun. Al-Shabab is currently fourth in the table losing only one match in the past five games. Whereas, Al-Taawoun is tenth at the table and have also lost three matches out of five in past five games. It is clear that Al-Shabab is in a good form.
