Second Division: Two teams in fairly good form get together for this game. Busaiteen hold a wee upper hand with their 2nd place in the standings?
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Second Division
- Busaiteen have scored at least twice as many goals away as Al Ittihad have scored home.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Al Ittihad form and stats
The story so far in the Second Division for Al Ittihad, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Second Division, at their home stadium (Riffa Club Stadium) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The Ittihad goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 203 minutes without conceding a goal in the Second Division.
Al Ittihad enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Al Ittifaq Maqaba (after extra-time)'s place. The match ended 1-0. At last, a league win after five fixtures without one.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Qalali (after extra-time) that finished 0-0.Al Ittihad are traveling soon after this match as the Federation Cup match at Budaiya awaits in four days.
Al Ittihad aren't scoring a lot here at Riffa Club Stadium in the league, with only {5 goals} from 6 games. From these home matches, Ittihad have conceded only 4 goals.
Busaiteen form and stats
Busaiteen have an excellent away record in the Second Division so far with 5-1-1 from 7 games.
Busaiteen has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Malkiya (after extra-time) for a 2-2 draw.
Prior to that match, the Busaiteen manager Eid faced defeat when travelling to Al-Tadhmon (after extra-time) and losing 1-2.A new game in only four days for Busaiteen, the Federation Cup home match versus Al-Najma. Busy days.
The Busaiteen manager Eid has got the team scoring on the road, with 15 away goals in 7 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded by Busaiteen in these games.
Head 2 Head
Al Ittihad and Busaiteen have played each other earlier this season: Busaiteen - Al Ittihad 1-1. Al Ittihad-Busaiteen H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Al Ittihad one win, Busaiteen one win, one draw. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Al Ittihad missing players
Busaiteen missing players
| Al Ittihad | Busaiteen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 26 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 86% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 79% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 71% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 71% | 64% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 36% |
| 29% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 7.2 | 7.6 |
| 5.7 | 6 | 11 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
| 2 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8.6 | 10.6 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 13.2 | 12.3 |
| 4.2 | 5.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 24% | 19% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 45% | 38% |
| 4.7 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 2.3 | 1.6 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Second Division
- Busaiteen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Busaiteen have scored at least twice as many goals away as Al Ittihad have scored home.
- Busaiteen have scored in all their matches so far.
- Busaiteen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Busaiteen 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 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 25 | 36 |
| 2 | Busaiteen | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 27 |
| 3 | Malkiya | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| 4 | A'Ali | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 5 | Qalali | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Al Ittihad | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Al-Tadhmon | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Alhassam | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Al Ittifaq Maqaba | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Isa Town | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
| 11 | Al Reef | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -24 | 8 |
| 12 | Al Tadamun Buri | 15 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -19 | 5 |
