Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Wahda & Al Ittihad face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Kings Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The hosts Wahda saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Pro League. That game was an away game at Al Hilal, so at least Wahda are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Al Wahda form and stats
Last season, Wahda's Kings Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.The story so far in the Pro League for Al Wahda at their home stadium is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Happy days for Wahda in their previous game, a Pro League match away at Al Hilal that ended with a 2-1 victory. Nobody expected Wahda to beat Al Hilal in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath. Ahead of that match, Al Wahda lost 1-2 at home to Al Ittihad.
Some amazing scenes last match, when A. Jaber scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time.
Wahda have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Wahda have conceded 10 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Al Ittihad form and stats
They also participated in Kings Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.The visitors are W1-D3-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League. Ittihad are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Ittihad are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Al Shabab. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Al Wahda.
A quick return to home after this game, as Ittihad are hosting Al Raed in the Pro League only four days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Ittihad's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. Ittihad have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wahda three wins, one draw and Al Ittihad six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Al Wahda missing players
Al Ittihad missing players
| Al Wahda | Al Ittihad | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 8 | 10 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 41 | 23 | Scored | S | 18 | 37 | ||
| 40 | 24 | Conceded | C | 15 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 68% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 79% | 76% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 4% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.5 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 7.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 37% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | Al Shabab | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Al Ittihad | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Al Faisaly | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Al Quadisiya | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Al Batin | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Al Taawon | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Abha | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 10 | Al Ittifaq | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 11 | Al Fateh | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Al Raed | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Al Wahda | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Al-Ain | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Al Nassr | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 16 | Dhamk | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 4 |