A victory to the home team is expected from this match if the league standings is to be trusted. The Al Ittihad fans are confident that the contrast between 1st and Al Batin's 16th place in the table will show on the arena.
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Pro League
- Al Batin have the most conceded goals (57) in Pro League
For Batin it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact. One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Al Batin 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 1-3-13 (win-draw-loss) from 17 matches.
Al Batin have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
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.
Al Ittihad form and stats
32 points is a decent return from 13 Pro League games here at King Abdullah Sports City for Al Ittihad. The data says 10 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Ever since the Al Raed game Al Ittihad has been unbeatable here at King Abdullah Sports City producing five straight wins.
A nice win for Ittihad last time playing, versus Al Batin. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with da Silva scoring for the victors.
Before that, Al Ittihad played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Al Hilal.Scoring bonanza? Who knows the future, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league matches with this club has contained at least three goals.
The Ittihad manager Santo has got the team scoring with 27 from 13 home games in the league. Defensively Al Ittihad have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 13 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Batin form and stats
Al Batin have only collected 2 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 0-2-11 (13 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Al Batin have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road.
Batin lost away at Al Ittihad (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Al Feiha.Nobody expects Al Batin to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 10 times before, with the overall statistics of won 1, draw 1 and lost 8. When defeated, 5 matches have been lost by two or more goals.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Al Batin have conceded 31 goals in these games. Batin has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Al Ittihad have avoided a loss in the last 10 matches (8-2-0) versus Al Batin.Al Batin - Ittihad 1-2 was the result in these squads' latest head-to-head game, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Hamdallah 20 goals |  R. da Silva 10 goals |   Y. Al Shammari 8 goals |
Al Ittihad missing players
Al Batin missing players
| Al Ittihad | Al Batin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 20 | 11 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| 55 | 28 | 15 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 24 |
| 13 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 9 | 32 | 58 |
| 89% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 68% | 57% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 79% | 71% |
| 57% | 50% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 57% |
| 18% | 21% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 43% | 43% |
| 7% | 7% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 14% |
| 36% | 14% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 43% | 43% |
| 61% | 79% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 14% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 57% | 43% |
| 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.7 | 2.7 | 3 |
| 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.7 | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 7.3 | 7.8 |
| 5.3 | 5.8 | 7.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
| 37% | 35% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 22% | 28% |
| 8.2 | 6.6 | 5.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21.3 | 14.7 | 14.2 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9.3 | 6.7 | 5.8 |
- Al Batin have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Al Batin have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Al Batin have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Al Batin have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Pro League
- Al Batin have the fewest points (2) away in Pro League
- Al Batin have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Pro League
- Al Batin have the most conceded goals (31) away in Pro League
- Al Batin have the most conceded goals (57) in Pro League
- Al Batin have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Pro League
- Al Batin have the the worst goal difference (-23) away in Pro League
- Al Batin have the the worst goal difference (-33) in Pro League
- Al Batin have yet to win a game away.
- Al Batin haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Al Ittihad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Ittihad have scored more than double the goals of Al Batin.
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Pro League
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Pro League
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Pro League
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Pro League
- Al Ittihad have the most clean sheets (10) at home in Pro League
- Al Ittihad have the most clean sheets (16) in Pro League
- Al Ittihad have the the best goal difference (+24) at home in Pro League
| 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 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 48 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 21 | 53 |
| 5 | Al Taawon | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 49 |
| 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 Ta'ee | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 40 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 28 | -5 | 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 | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -17 | 29 |
| 14 | Al Khaleej | 28 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 27 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 23 | -16 | 27 |
| 15 | Al Adalh | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 52 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | -24 | 27 |
| 16 | Al Batin | 27 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 57 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 31 | -33 | 19 |
