Playing at their own ground is safe and friendly for Al Khaleej, but Al Ittihad are fully determined and capable to go home as winners. What happens today?
- Al Khaleej have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Pro League
It's quite the trip for Al Ittihad when visiting Al Khaleej as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.
This could be an entertaining game with lots of action and bustle as both contenders are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!
Al Khaleej form and stats
4-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Al Khaleej so far this season. It’s been three wins in a row for Al Khaleej here at Saqr bin Mohammad al Qassimi Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Khaleej faced defeat in their previous match, away at Al Adalh (0-2). Attacking player Martins outperformed all the other footballers in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.45 out of 10. Martins hit three key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 33 total).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Dhamk in a game that was won 2-0.It should be taken into account that a look at the 15 latest league matches reveals that 12 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).
Al Khaleej has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
Al Ittihad form and stats
Al Ittihad have an excellent away record in the Pro League so far with 6-3-0 from 9 games. Al Ittihad have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Ittihad have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Marcelo Grohe. It's been 517 minutes since they last conceded in Pro League.
Al Ittihad played 0-0 against Al Raed in their previous match.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Al Ittifaq with the score of 3-0.Some info for sports bettors looking to bet on only one (or no) team scoring in this match: This club have played 5 consecutive league games with just one or no side finding the net.
The travelling fans enjoy Ittihad's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 league matches away. Al Ittihad's manager Santo has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {4 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Al Ittihad have won or drawn the last 11 fixtures (8-3-0) against Al Khaleej.The two teams involved faced each other previously this match year: Al Ittihad - Khaleej 2-0.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Hamdallah 11 goals |   S. Cikalleshi 5 goals |  R. da Silva 5 goals |
Al Khaleej missing players
Al Ittihad missing players
| Al Khaleej | Al Ittihad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 9 | 14 | 31 |
| 25 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 71% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 61% |
| 41% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 44% | 44% |
| 12% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 24% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 44% | 28% |
| 29% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 56% | 67% |
| 53% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 22% |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| 3.4 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 6.3 | 5.1 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.5 | 8.9 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.1 | 10.9 |
| 2.9 | 3.1 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.7 |
| 27% | 39% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 47% | 36% |
| 8.4 | 7.4 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.8 | 9 | 7.3 |
| 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
- Al Ittihad have not yet lost a 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 Khaleej.
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Pro League
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Pro League
- Al Ittihad have the most clean sheets (12) in Pro League
- Al Ittihad have the most points (21) away in Pro League
- Al Ittihad is in the best form (5-1-0) in Pro League
- Al Khaleej 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 Nassr | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 30 | 43 |
| 2 | Al Ittihad | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 25 | 41 |
| 3 | Al Shabab | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 40 |
| 4 | Al Hilal | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 32 |
| 5 | Al Taawon | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | Al Fateh | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 28 |
| 7 | Al Ta'ee | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 25 |
| 8 | Al Feiha | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -5 | 23 |
| 9 | Dhamk | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Abha | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -10 | 22 |
| 11 | Al Raed | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -8 | 21 |
| 12 | Al Ittifaq | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 19 |
| 13 | Al Wahda | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -11 | 19 |
| 14 | Al Khaleej | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 16 | -12 | 16 |
| 15 | Al Adalh | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 21 | -20 | 13 |
| 16 | Al Batin | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 21 | -32 | 6 |
