Al Ittifaq Maqaba hope to fill the stadium for this match despite that the season has been gruelling so far with 20 points and a 9th spot in the Second Division table. Visiting Qalali have 7th place with 22 pts.
- Al Ittifaq Maqaba have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Second Division
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Al Ittifaq Maqaba and Qalali.
Al Ittifaq Maqaba form and stats
4 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Al Ittifaq Maqaba have to build on here at Madinet Hamad Stadium in the Second Division.
Al Ittifaq Maqaba's last game was hosting Qalali (placed 7th) and winning 1-0.
Before that, Ittifaq played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Alhassam.This is expected to be a close game, with Al Ittifaq Maqaba perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al Ittifaq Maqaba as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Al Ittifaq Maqaba has won 3 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
The Al Ittifaq Maqaba fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. Ittifaq have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Qalali form and stats
The visitors are W3-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Second Division.
Qalali play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Al Ittifaq Maqaba (placed 9th).
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Al-Najma.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Qalali in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Qalali, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Qalali's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. 9 goals have been conceded by Qalali 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
Al Ittifaq Maqaba and Qalali have faced off earlier this season: Qalali - Al Ittifaq Maqaba 1-1. Last nine meetings featuring these sides: Ittifaq won three, Qalali were winners in three and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Al Ittifaq Maqaba missing players
Qalali missing players
| Al Ittifaq Maqaba | Qalali | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 23 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 25 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 83% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 72% |
| 44% | 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 44% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 22% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 50% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 22% | 28% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 33% |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5.6 | 5.9 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19 | 7.7 | 7.3 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 45% | 46% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 36% | 36% |
| 6.8 | 7.2 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 8.3 | 7.9 |
| 3.5 | 4.1 | 6.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4.3 |
- Al Ittifaq Maqaba have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Ittifaq Maqaba have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Second Division
- Al Ittifaq Maqaba haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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-Najma | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 29 | 43 |
| 2 | Busaiteen | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | A'Ali | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 28 |
| 4 | Al Ittihad | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 25 |
| 5 | Al Tadhamun | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 24 |
| 6 | Alhassam | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 24 |
| 7 | Qalali | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Malkiya | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | Al Ittifaq Maqaba | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 20 |
| 10 | Isa Town | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 19 |
| 11 | Al Reef | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -25 | 12 |
| 12 | Al Tadamun Buri | 17 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -20 | 6 |
