A classic home victory, the away team runs away as victors or a point each? Everything is possible when the mid-table teams Al Ittifaq and Al Fateh duel at Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium.
- Al Ittifaq have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Fateh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Al Ittifaq are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. For Fateh most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season. This arena uses artifical turf, unlike Al Fateh's home arena. The former five games by the guests on artifical turf have seen 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
It's no vacation for neither Al Ittifaq nor Al Fateh as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Al Ittifaq form and stats
7 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Al Ittifaq have to build on here at Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium in the Pro League.
The Al Ittifaq crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-4 to Al Fateh here at Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium. Ittifaq were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Abha.Al Ittifaq are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 14 games. Al Ittifaq's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Fateh form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 7 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Fateh, but there's smiles all around after the 4-0 victory versus Al Ittifaq (placed 10th) last time out. That win felt nice as this side had gone four league matches without winning. As you can tell from the results above, Al Fateh was very dominant against Al Ittifaq, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Albirakan (2) and Ghannam (2) providing the goals.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-4 defeat against Al Adalh.The travelling fans enjoy Al Fateh's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 14 league matches away. Fateh have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Al Fateh have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when playing Al Ittifaq.The two teams in this fixture also met each other before this match year: Al Ittifaq - Al Fateh 0-4. Hawsawi (Al Ittifaq) and Mosa (Ittifaq) were shown red cards when these teams met earlier this season. Will it be as rough this time? The matches between these teams have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Albirakan 16 goals |  M. Batna 10 goals |   Y. Niakaté 7 goals |
Al Ittifaq missing players
Al Fateh missing players
| Al Ittifaq | Al Fateh | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 25 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 25 | 47 |
| 35 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 39 |
| 89% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 68% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 86% | 86% |
| 46% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 79% | 61% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | 36% |
| 4% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 18% |
| 36% | 36% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 46% |
| 32% | 43% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 32% |
| 43% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 21% | 21% |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
| 6.1 | 6.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.6 | 10 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.8 | 11 |
| 2.8 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 32% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 42% | 38% |
| 13 | 12.4 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 9.8 | 10.2 |
| 4.5 | 4.1 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
- Al Fateh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Fateh haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Ittifaq have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 51 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 53 |
| 4 | Al Hilal | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 48 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 23 | 53 |
| 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 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 47 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 42 |
| 7 | Dhamk | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -7 | 35 |
| 8 | Al Tai | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 39 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 26 | -4 | 34 |
| 9 | Al Raed | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -7 | 33 |
| 10 | Al Ittifaq | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -10 | 33 |
| 11 | Abha | 28 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 32 | 46 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 25 | -14 | 33 |
| 12 | Al Feiha | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -10 | 30 |
| 13 | Al Wahda | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 29 |
| 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 |
