Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Hilal & Al Ittifaq face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Kings Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Al Hilal and Al Ittifaq should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Al Ittifaq play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Al Ittifaq when playing on grass are 4 wins, 4 draws and 14 defeats from 22 matches. They have scored 25 goals and conceded 47 times in these games.
Al Hilal form and stats
Last season their Kings Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.Al Hilal have performed here this season with 6 wins from 8 Pro League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. 2W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Kings Cup for Al Hilal. There’s a good atmosphere here after three straight home wins.
Al Hilal's previous game was a Pro League match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Al Wahda. The home side are looking to build on that result. Ahead of that match, Al Hilal won a home game hosting Al Ahli (3-1).
There will be little rest for Al Hilal after this match as they are travelling to Al Faisaly for a Pro League game in only four days.
Goals are plentiful in the league this season as Al Hilal has scored 24 goals here in 8 home games. 8 goals have been conceded.
Al Ittifaq form and stats
Al Ittifaq's mission in Kings Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.The visitors are W2-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League. When we have look at the Kings Cup statistics, we find 3W-0D-0L. This is both home and away.
Al Ittifaq are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Dhamk. Before that, Al Ittifaq secured a home win against Ohod with the score 7-1.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Al Ittifaq are regular goalscorers on their travels. Al Ittifaq have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Hilal 7 wins, 1 draw and Al Ittifaq 2 victories. As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Gomis 12 goals |  C. de 8 goals |  S. Giovinco 5 goals |
Al Hilal missing players
Al Ittifaq missing players
| Al Hilal | Al Ittifaq | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 66 | 39 | Scored | S | 21 | 41 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Conceded | C | 23 | 40 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 72% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 72% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.9 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 363 | 187 | Total Shots | T S | 117 | 283 | ||
| 154 | 83 | Shots on Target | S O | 51 | 120 | ||
| 43% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 34% | ||
| 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 Hilal | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 26 | 30 |
| 2 | Al Nassr | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 30 |
| 3 | Al Raed | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | -3 | 26 |
| 4 | Al Taawon | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 25 |
| 5 | Al Wahda | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 | Al Ahli | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 23 |
| 7 | Abha | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 23 |
| 8 | Al Shabab | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 9 | Al Faisaly | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Al Ittifaq | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 11 | Al Feiha | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 17 |
| 12 | Al Hazm | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 13 | Al Ittihad | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 14 |
| 14 | Al Fateh | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -10 | 9 |
| 15 | Al Adalh | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 9 |
| 16 | Dhamk | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 23 | -21 | 8 |