Match Report
Before the match
Al Shabab's previous five results comprised two wins, two draws and one defeat. Their goal totals were 9 scored and 5 conceded. Al-Fateh were their latest opponents, away on 22 October: a 3-1 win; their biggest win in that spell was 3-0 at home to Al Taawon on 11 October.
3-1 was Al Shabab's result against Al-Fateh on 22 October (Saudi Pro League), playing away from home; Al Shabab won, with three scored to one conceded. The 19 October fixture (Saudi Pro League) paired Al Shabab with Al-Faisaly FC. Al Shabab drew 2-2 at home, netting two goals while conceding two. Playing at home against Al Taawon (Saudi Pro League), Al Shabab finished 3-0 on 11 October. Their score comprised three goals, against zero from the opposition. 12 September: Al Shabab drew 0-0 against Al-Fayha at home in Saudi Pro League, scoring zero goals and allowing zero. Against Al Kholood in Saudi Pro League, Al Shabab scored one and conceded two on 9 September; the away from home result was 1-2.
16 goals for and five against accompanied Al-Ahli Jeddah's five wins across five outings, an unbeaten run. A 2-1 win at home to Al-Gharafa (26 October) was their most recent result; their biggest win in that spell was 4-0 away to Al-Fateh on 9 October.
AFC Champions League, 26 October brought a home meeting with Al-Gharafa; Al-Ahli Jeddah won 2-1, a return of two goals scored and one conceded. Al-Ahli Jeddah hosted Al Khaleej Saihat on 23 October (Saudi Pro League) and won 4-1; their goals totalled four, compared with one conceded. Al-Fayha hosted Al-Ahli Jeddah (Saudi Pro League) on 19 October. For Al-Ahli Jeddah, the score was 3-2: three goals scored, two allowed. 3-1 was Al-Ahli Jeddah's result against Al-Wasl FC on 12 October (AFC Champions League), playing away from home; Al-Ahli Jeddah won, with three scored to one conceded. The 9 October fixture (Saudi Pro League) paired Al-Ahli Jeddah with Al-Fateh. Al-Ahli Jeddah won 4-0 away from home, netting four goals while conceding zero.
Previous meetings in our records: a 5-2 away win for Al-Ahli Jeddah on 13 February and a 1-1 draw at Al-Ahli Jeddah on 17 October 2025.
After the match
Al Shabab overwhelmed Al-Ahli Jeddah 6-1 on 30 October 2026. Ricardo Mathias opened the scoring inside the first 2 minutes for Al Shabab to make it 1-0. Yannick Carrasco added to the tally in the 25th minute for Al Shabab to make it 2-0. With the 3rd goal, Al Shabab extended the lead through Roger Martínez from the penalty spot in the 37th minute to make it 3-0. Firas Al-Buraikan got one back in the 40th minute for Al-Ahli Jeddah, set up by Matheus Gonçalves Martins, to make it 1-3. Ricardo Mathias scored the 5th goal for Al Shabab 48 minutes into the game as they extended the lead, set up by Yacine Adli, to make it 4-1. Al Shabab extended the lead 66 minutes into the game; the match's 6th goal came through Yannick Carrasco from the penalty spot to make it 5-1. The 7th goal came late on, in the 82nd minute from Yannick Carrasco from the penalty spot for Al Shabab, who extended the lead to make it 6-1. Abdulrahman Al-Sanbi (22') was sent off. Abdullah Matuq (51'), Mohammed Al-Thain (51'), Ali Al-Asmari (78') and Mohammed Sulaiman (80') were booked. Our current Elo ratings make Al-Ahli Jeddah clearly the stronger side, by 249 rating points over Al Shabab, even though it was Al Shabab who won this one. On current ratings our Elo-Poisson model gives Al Shabab only a 14.9% chance in this pairing, the least likely of the three outcomes. On current ratings the model puts Al Shabab at around 1.95 gols in this pairing; they scored 6 here. Al Shabab are unbeaten in the latest 5 matches of their recorded form in the 2026/27 Saudi Pro League. Expected goals put the gap at 4.38 to 0.88. Al Shabab: three yellow cards. Al Shabab made five changes. Al-Ahli Jeddah: one yellow card and one red card. five changes were recorded for Al-Ahli Jeddah.