Game preview for Pro League: Abha - Al Ittifaq at Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Thu 18.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium

Abha are willing to ignore the league table before this game versus Al Ittifaq. Here's everything you should know before the game!

Insights:
  • Abha have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Ittifaq have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Al Ittifaq have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 4-5-12 (win-draw-loss) from 21 matches.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Al Ittifaq, who are travelling more than 1500 kilometers to play this game.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Abha form and stats

Abha have collected 21 points from their Pro League home games so far after 6-3-4. Abha are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

A nice win for Abha last time playing, versus Al Ittifaq. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Bguir (2) scoring for the victors.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Al Ittihad (0-4).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Abha have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 4.

The Abha fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 13 matches. Abha have conceded 20 from these games.

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Al Ittifaq form and stats

There's been little loot from Al Ittifaq's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 13 away games in the Pro League. Al Ittifaq only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 4 draws. Al Ittifaq has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Ittifaq lost away at Abha (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Al Shabab.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Al Ittifaq in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Al Ittifaq, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

The attacking power of Al Ittifaq when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 13 league matches away. As opposed to that, Ittifaq have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Here's the final score when the squads faced each other earlier this season; Al Ittifaq - Abha 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Abha four wins, one draw and Al Ittifaq five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AbhaS. Bguir
S. Bguir
6 goals
Al IttifaqR. Quaison
R. Quaison
6 goals
Al IttifaqY. Niakaté
Y. Niakaté
6 goals

Abha missing players

Al Ittifaq missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Abha Al Ittifaq
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 14 4 Played P 4 14 27
10 7 3 Won W 1 2 9
3 3 1 Drew D 1 4 6
14 4 0 Lost L 2 8 12
32 20 8 Scored S 5 9 25
45 21 5 Conceded C 4 19 31
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 89%
89% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 67%
67% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 44%
26% 21% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 4%
4% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
59% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 37%
11% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 21% 33%
30% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 57% 41%
 
5.3 5.4 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.8 4.1
5.4 5.6 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.9 6.2
1.9 1.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.4 1.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
10 9.5 11 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 7.1 8.5
4.3 3.9 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 1.9 2.8
28% 36% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 35% 33%
 
11.7 10.7 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 13.7 13.1
4.5 3.8 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.7 4.3
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Abha have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Abha have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Ittifaq have scored away.
  • Abha haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Al Ittifaq have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Al Ittihad 27 19 6 2 54 13 13 10 2 1 27 3 14 9 4 1 27 10 41 63
2 Al Nassr 27 18 6 3 56 15 13 10 3 0 28 8 14 8 3 3 28 7 41 60
3 Al Shabab 26 16 5 5 51 25 13 10 2 1 28 6 13 6 3 4 23 19 26 53
4 Al Hilal 26 14 8 4 47 25 14 8 4 2 28 13 12 6 4 2 19 12 22 50
5 Al Taawon 27 13 7 7 38 32 13 5 4 4 17 17 14 8 3 3 21 15 6 46
6 Al Fateh 27 12 3 12 43 39 14 6 2 6 22 21 13 6 1 6 21 18 4 39
7 Al Ta'ee 27 10 4 13 39 43 14 7 1 6 21 17 13 3 3 7 18 26 -4 34
8 Al Ittifaq 26 9 6 11 24 29 13 7 2 4 16 12 13 2 4 7 8 17 -5 33
9 Al Raed 27 9 5 13 38 45 14 5 2 7 23 25 13 4 3 6 15 20 -7 32
10 Dhamk 26 8 8 10 30 37 12 4 5 3 14 13 14 4 3 7 16 24 -7 32
11 Abha 26 9 3 14 30 44 13 6 3 4 18 20 13 3 0 10 12 24 -14 30
12 Al Feiha 27 7 8 12 29 39 13 4 4 5 14 16 14 3 4 7 15 23 -10 29
13 Al Wahda 26 6 8 12 22 37 13 4 5 4 14 18 13 2 3 8 8 19 -15 26
14 Al Khaleej 27 7 3 17 23 42 14 5 2 7 17 20 13 2 1 10 6 22 -19 24
15 Al Adalh 27 6 6 15 26 52 13 4 2 7 12 24 14 2 4 8 14 28 -26 24
16 Al Batin 27 5 4 18 24 57 14 5 2 7 16 26 13 0 2 11 8 31 -33 19

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Al Ittihad 27 19 6 2 54 13 13 10 2 1 27 3 14 9 4 1 27 10 41 63
2 Al Nassr 27 18 6 3 56 15 13 10 3 0 28 8 14 8 3 3 28 7 41 60
3 Al Shabab 26 16 5 5 51 25 13 10 2 1 28 6 13 6 3 4 23 19 26 53
4 Al Hilal 26 14 8 4 47 25 14 8 4 2 28 13 12 6 4 2 19 12 22 50
5 Al Taawon 27 13 7 7 38 32 13 5 4 4 17 17 14 8 3 3 21 15 6 46
6 Al Fateh 27 12 3 12 43 39 14 6 2 6 22 21 13 6 1 6 21 18 4 39
7 Al Ta'ee 27 10 4 13 39 43 14 7 1 6 21 17 13 3 3 7 18 26 -4 34
8 Al Ittifaq 26 9 6 11 24 29 13 7 2 4 16 12 13 2 4 7 8 17 -5 33
9 Al Raed 27 9 5 13 38 45 14 5 2 7 23 25 13 4 3 6 15 20 -7 32
10 Dhamk 26 8 8 10 30 37 12 4 5 3 14 13 14 4 3 7 16 24 -7 32
11 Abha 26 9 3 14 30 44 13 6 3 4 18 20 13 3 0 10 12 24 -14 30
12 Al Feiha 27 7 8 12 29 39 13 4 4 5 14 16 14 3 4 7 15 23 -10 29
13 Al Wahda 26 6 8 12 22 37 13 4 5 4 14 18 13 2 3 8 8 19 -15 26
14 Al Khaleej 27 7 3 17 23 42 14 5 2 7 17 20 13 2 1 10 6 22 -19 24
15 Al Adalh 27 6 6 15 26 52 13 4 2 7 12 24 14 2 4 8 14 28 -26 24
16 Al Batin 27 5 4 18 24 57 14 5 2 7 16 26 13 0 2 11 8 31 -33 19

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