The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Abha are in the 9th position while the guesting Al Ittihad worry at 13th.
Abha form and stats
5 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Abha have to build on here at Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium in the Pro League.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Al Taawon.
A decent goal production from Abha in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. Abha's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Ittihad form and stats
As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Al Ittihad have produced an overall stat of 3-3-5 so far.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Al Hazm that ended 1-1.
Ittihad find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Ittihad have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Al Ittihad - Abha 1-2 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: one - zero - four (Abha wins - draws - Al Ittihad wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. da Silva 11 goals |  S. Bguir 9 goals | S. Al Abbas 4 goals |
Abha missing players
Al Ittihad missing players
| Abha | Al Ittihad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 32 | 17 | 9 | Scored | S | 7 | 12 | 30 |
| 39 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 33 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 86% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 86% |
| 68% | 55% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 55% | 68% |
| 41% | 36% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 23% |
| 23% | 18% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 73% | 73% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 82% | 86% |
| 14% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 14% |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| 6.2 | 5.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 213 | 117 | 44 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 102 | 224 |
| 72 | 43 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 51 | 98 |
| 44% | 40% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 24% | 31% |
- Abha has the most matches over the total-line (13)
- Abha haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Ittihad has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
- Al Ittihad has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- Al Ittihad have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Al Ittihad haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 52 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 33 | 51 |
| 2 | Al Nassr | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 24 | 45 |
| 3 | Al Wahda | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 35 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 39 |
| 4 | Al Ahli | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 37 |
| 5 | Al Faisaly | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 35 |
| 6 | Al Taawon | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Al Raed | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 40 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 22 | -10 | 32 |
| 8 | Al Shabab | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 31 |
| 9 | Abha | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -7 | 30 |
| 10 | Al Ittifaq | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 34 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 29 |
| 11 | Al Feiha | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 27 |
| 12 | Al Hazm | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -11 | 24 |
| 13 | Al Ittihad | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -3 | 23 |
| 14 | Al Fateh | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -10 | 19 |
| 15 | Dhamk | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 30 | -19 | 18 |
| 16 | Al Adalh | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -20 | 17 |