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!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Al Ittifaq have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 6-4-7 (win-draw-loss) from 17 matches.
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 Hilal form and stats
The story so far in the Pro League for Al Hilal at their home stadium (Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
A nice win for Al Hilal last time playing, versus Al Batin. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Ighalo, Jang and Díaz scoring for the victors.
Before that, Hilal drew at home versus Al Shabab.Al Hilal have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Ittifaq form and stats
Al Ittifaq was sent out of Kings Cup in the round of 16 last season.As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Al Ittifaq have produced an overall stat of 1-3-0 so far.
Ittifaq are looking to quickly end their 188 minutes long goal drought in the Pro League.
Al Ittifaq has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Dhamk for a 0-0 draw.
The game before that, in the Pro League, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Al Taawon.After this away game Ittifaq return home for a Pro League game against Al Khaleej. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Al Ittifaq's manager Carteron has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {1 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Al Hilal have pulled off a streak of 11 consecutive matches without losing (10-1-0) when facing Al Ittifaq.Top Goalscorers
  O. Ighalo 5 goals |  M. Marega 4 goals |  L. Vietto 2 goals |
Al Hilal missing players
Al Ittifaq missing players
| Al Hilal | Al Ittifaq | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | ||
| 45 | 19 | Scored | S | 11 | 29 | ||
| 23 | 15 | Conceded | C | 8 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 36% | ||
| 8.2 | 9.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 9 | ||
| 15.2 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.8 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 34% | ||
| 7.7 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 10.2 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 Nassr | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 22 |
| 2 | Al Shabab | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 22 |
| 3 | Al Hilal | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Al Taawon | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | Al Ittihad | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | Dhamk | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | Al Ta'ee | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Abha | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 13 |
| 9 | Al Fateh | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 10 | Al Ittifaq | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 11 | Al Raed | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 9 |
| 12 | Al Wahda | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 13 | Al Feiha | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 5 |
| 14 | Al Adalh | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -13 | 4 |
| 15 | Al Khaleej | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | -13 | 4 |
| 16 | Al Batin | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -22 | 1 |
