It's finally time for the Premier League season opener for these contenders, whom are finally playing for points again. Will Olympic Azzaweya or Al-Ittihad get that key first three points?
It's no vacation for neither Olympic Azzaweya nor Al-Ittihad as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Olympic Azzaweya form and stats
The season before, Olympic Azzaweya's league results were 9 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses, resulting in 3rd spot in the Premier League. From these 22 matches they scored 22 goals and let in 19. Playing at home in the former season Olympic Azzaweya generated 6-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 6 conceded.
Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 11 league matches, 9 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).
Azzaweya are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Al-Nasr awaits in three days.
Al-Ittihad form and stats
Last season was a triumph for Al-Ittihad in the national league as they took home the Premier League trophy. The championship was secured after 15 wins, 6 draws and only 1 defeat. As this is an away game, it's natural to look at the stats for away matches last season: Won 8, drew 3 and lost 0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Al-Akhdar in just three days.
Head 2 Head
The last head to head meeting ended Azzaweya - Al-Ittihad 1-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Olympic Azzaweya one win, zero draws and Al-Ittihad five victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Olympic Azzaweya missing players
Al-Ittihad missing players
| Olympic Azzaweya | Al-Ittihad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 10 | 19 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 22 |
| 20 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 89% | 89% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 79% |
| 63% | 44% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 53% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 30% | 32% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 30% | 32% |
| 42% | 56% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 58% |
| 37% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 Ahli Benghazi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Al Ahli Tripoli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Al-Akhdar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Al-Ittihad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Al-Nasr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Olympic Azzaweya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
