Abha fight Al Ittifaq for glory and triumph.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
11 - 7 - 16 with 52-55. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Al Ittifaq when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Al Ittifaq play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
These teams have little in common geographically as Al Ittifaq have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Abha form and stats
The hosts won their first Pro League game here at Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Abha last season were 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from 15 games.
In their previous game, the manager M. Ševela led his Abha to a defeat in the Pro League match away at Al Batin. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium. The defeat against Al Batin was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored five minutes into stoppage time (by Fábio Abreu).
Before that, Abha had a home game versus Al Shabab which ended with a victory 2-1.Early season league goal statistics from Abha's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
Al Ittifaq form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Pro League away game of the season. During their previous season 15 away games resulted in 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Al Ittifaq has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Al Shabab for a Pro League game that ended a draw (3-3). Al Ittifaq's last match (vs Al Shabab) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-3. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 88th minute equalizer by Ibrahim Mahnashi. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Ittifaq, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? The draw against Al Shabab came from a losing position. The Ittifaq manager K. Al Atawi brought on Ibrahim Mahnashi as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Al Batin.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Al Ittifaq has managed 3 goals and let in 3 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Abha-Al Ittifaq H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Abha four wins, Al Ittifaq six wins, zero draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Al Salem 2 goals |   A. Atouchi 1 goals |  S. Bguir 1 goals |
Abha missing players
Al Ittifaq missing players
| Abha | Al Ittifaq | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 6.5 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | 6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14 | 12.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| Abha | Last season | Al Ittifaq | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 42 | 20 | Scored | S | 25 | 50 | ||
| 50 | 23 | Conceded | C | 22 | 48 | ||
| 97% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 77% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 87% | ||
| 67% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | ||
| 33% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 23% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 23% | ||
| 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 70% | ||
| 13% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 13% | ||
| 23% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 17% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 6 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8.6 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 39% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Al Ittifaq | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Al Faisaly | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Al Feiha | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Al Nassr | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Al Ittihad | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Abha | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Al Batin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Dhamk | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Al Raed | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Al Hazm | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Al Ahli | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Al Shabab | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Al Taawon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Al Fateh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Al Ta'ee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 60 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 33 | 61 |
| 2 | Al Shabab | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 68 | 43 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 25 | 25 | 57 |
| 3 | Al Ittihad | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 45 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 56 |
| 4 | Al Taawon | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 47 |
| 5 | Al Ittifaq | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 50 | 48 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 47 |
| 6 | Al Nassr | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 46 |
| 7 | Al Fateh | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 55 | 55 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 0 | 42 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 56 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 36 | -12 | 39 |
| 9 | Al Raed | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 44 | 47 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 21 | -3 | 36 |
| 10 | Dhamk | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 48 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 29 | -5 | 36 |
| 11 | Al Faisaly | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 20 | -5 | 36 |
| 12 | Abha | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 50 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 27 | -8 | 36 |
| 13 | Al Batin | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 31 | -12 | 36 |
| 14 | Al Quadisiya | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 41 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 23 | -6 | 35 |
| 15 | Al Wahda | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 40 | 60 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 28 | -20 | 32 |
| 16 | Al-Ain | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 34 | 64 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 32 | -30 | 20 |