This fixture features two sides dwelling in the lower section of the Premier League, Nawaeir holding 13th place and Al Ittihad lying 10th. A good chance for one of the teams to upgrade their situation.
- Nawaeir have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Premier League
- Al Ittihad have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Premier League
This pitch has grass, which is not Al Ittihad's regular surface at their own football field. When playing on grass Al Ittihad have performed like this: Played 22 matches producing 5 wins, 8 draws and 9 defeats with the goal production 25-27 (scored/conceded).
The hosts Nawaeir saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier League. That game was an away game at Shorta, so at least Nawaeir are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Nawaeir form and stats
Nawaeir's results here at Al Baladi Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 4 defeats. All in all it has been a very rough period for Nawaeir who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 15 attempts. Their previous win was against Al Jaish, 207 days ago.
The Nawaeir manager and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Shorta (placed 12th).
Ahead of that match, Nawaeir lost 2-3 at home to Foutoua.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Wathba are coming to town in four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Nawaeir here at Al Baladi Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). On the other hand, Nawaeir have conceded 12 goals. Nawaeir has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.
Al Ittihad form and stats
Al Ittihad have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-3-4 (9 played).
The Al Ittihad goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 193 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Al Ittihad play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Al-Horgelah (placed 11th).
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Shorta.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Wahda in just four days.
The attacking power of Ittihad when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. 10 goals have been conceded by Al Ittihad in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The sides have faced each other already this season, with the match result Al Ittihad - Nawaeir 3-1 logged in the official records. Previous ten meetings with these squads: Nawaeir won zero, Al Ittihad were winners in nine and we saw one draw. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Nawaeir missing players
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| Nawaeir | Al Ittihad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 32 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 19 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 78% | 89% |
| 84% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 37% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 39% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 63% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 50% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 28% |
| 37% | 44% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 33% |
| 3.6 | 4.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
| 6.2 | 5.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 6.1 | 4.7 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 6.1 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7.5 | 7.1 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 2.8 | 1.9 |
| 26% | 27% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | 56% |
| 9.5 | 8.8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 11.8 | 8.9 |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.9 | 2.4 |
- Al Ittihad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Ittihad have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Premier League
- Al Ittihad have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nawaeir have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nawaeir have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Premier 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 | Teshrin | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 21 | 47 |
| 2 | Wathba | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 32 | 46 |
| 3 | Al Jaish | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 35 |
| 4 | Wahda | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 31 |
| 5 | Taliya | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Foutoua | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 26 |
| 7 | Jabala | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 26 |
| 8 | Karama | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | Hottin | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 24 |
| 10 | Al Ittihad | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Al-Horgelah | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 12 | Shorta | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -16 | 13 |
| 13 | Nawaeir | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -17 | 9 |
| 14 | Efrin | 19 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -33 | 4 |
