Al Ahli vs Al Ittifaq: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Date: Thu 16.May
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: King Abdullah Sports City (62345 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 5th and 11th place in the table will show on the pitch.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Al Ittifaq's home stadium. The visitors last 22 games on grass have ended in 4 wins, 7 draws and 11 losses. Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Al Ahli form and stats

The story so far for Al Ahli at their home stadium (King Abdullah Sports City) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. There’s a good atmosphere here at King Abdullah Sports City after three straight home wins.

Happy days for Al Ahli in their previous game, a Pro League match away at Al Faisaly that ended with a 4-1 victory. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Al Sadd (1-2).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the AFC Champions League game versus Pakhtakor in only four days. This game is also played here at King Abdullah Sports City.

The Al Ahli fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 27 goals in 14 matches. 18 goals have been conceded.

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Al Ittifaq form and stats

There's been little loot from Al Ittifaq's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 14 away games. Al Ittifaq only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 5 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Al Ittifaq, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Pro League home defeat versus Al Hilal with 0-1 on the scoreboard. A 0-2 defeat away at Al Ittihad before that.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 14 away games, an average of less than one per game. Al Ittifaq have conceded 30 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Al Ittifaq - Al Ahli 6-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Al Ahli won 7 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Al Ittifaq has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 8 / 2

Al Ahli missing players

Al Ittifaq missing players

Al Ahli Al Ittifaq
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
29 14 5 Played 4 14 29
16 6 3 Won 0 1 8
4 3 1 Drew 1 5 9
9 5 1 Lost 3 8 12
63 27 10 Scored 6 13 40
41 18 4 Conceded 13 30 50
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 86% 86%
90% 86% 100% Over 1.5 100% 86% 76%
55% 36% 20% Over 2.5 100% 57% 55%
38% 29% 20% Over 3.5 100% 43% 38%
31% 29% 20% Over 4.5 75% 29% 31%
62% 57% 40% BTTS 100% 71% 66%
28% 21% 40% Clean Sheets 0% 14% 24%
14% 21% 20% Failed To Score 0% 29% 24%
 
5.4 5.1 4.4 Corners For (avg) 4 4.8 4.1
4.6 4.4 3.4 Corners Against (avg) 8.2 5.2 6
2.1 1.9 0.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 2.4 2.9
4 1 0 Red Cards 2 5 6
Key stats this season:
  • Al Ahli have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Ittifaq have scored away.
  • Al Ahli haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Al Ittifaq have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Al Ittifaq have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Al Ahli
All Pro League Arab Club Championship Kings Cup AFC Champions League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
05-04-19 PRO Al Shabab 0 - 4 Al Ahli
09-04-19 ACL Persepolis 2 - 0 Al Ahli
12-04-19 PRO Al Ahli 0 - 1 Al Hilal
15-04-19 ACC Al Ahli 1 - 0 Al Hilal
19-04-19 PRO Al Ahli 3 - 2 Al Wahda
22-04-19 ACL Al Ahli 2 - 1 Persepolis
06-05-19 ACL Al Sadd 2 - 1 Al Ahli
11-05-19 PRO Al Faisaly 1 - 4 Al Ahli
16-05-19 PRO Al Ahli 19:30 Al Ittifaq
20-05-19 ACL Al Ahli 19:00 Pakhtakor
Al Ittifaq
All Pro League Crown Prince Cup Kings Cup Division 1 Club Friendlies
All Home Away
28-02-19 PRO Al Taawon 4 - 1 Al Ittifaq
08-03-19 PRO Al Nassr 3 - 2 Al Ittifaq
15-03-19 PRO Al Ittifaq 1 - 1 Al Shabab
28-03-19 PRO Al Ittifaq 3 - 2 Al Quadisiya
01-04-19 KC Al Ittifaq 2 - 2 Al Hilal
06-04-19 PRO Al Wahda 3 - 1 Al Ittifaq
11-04-19 PRO Al Ittifaq 0 - 0 Al Fateh
18-04-19 PRO Al Ittihad 2 - 0 Al Ittifaq
11-05-19 PRO Al Ittifaq 0 - 1 Al Hilal
16-05-19 PRO Al Ahli 19:30 Al Ittifaq

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Al Nassr 29 21 4 4 67 26 14 11 0 3 35 14 15 10 4 1 32 12 41 67
2 Al Hilal 29 20 6 3 63 31 14 8 4 2 30 17 15 12 2 1 33 14 32 66
3 Al Shabab 29 15 9 5 37 22 15 8 4 3 21 13 14 7 5 2 16 9 15 54
4 Al Taawon 29 15 8 6 59 30 14 9 4 1 36 16 15 6 4 5 23 14 29 53
5 Al Ahli 29 16 4 9 63 41 14 6 3 5 27 18 15 10 1 4 36 23 22 52
6 Al Faisaly 29 12 7 10 50 45 15 7 5 3 28 19 14 5 2 7 22 26 5 43
7 Al Wahda 29 12 6 11 39 36 15 8 1 6 23 19 14 4 5 5 16 17 3 42
8 Al Fateh 29 8 11 10 32 41 14 6 4 4 18 13 15 2 7 6 14 28 -9 35
9 Al Raed 29 9 8 12 34 48 15 4 5 6 14 23 14 5 3 6 20 25 -14 35
10 Al Ittihad 29 9 7 13 44 44 15 4 5 6 23 22 14 5 2 7 21 22 0 34
11 Al Ittifaq 29 8 9 12 40 50 15 7 4 4 27 20 14 1 5 8 13 30 -10 33
12 Al Hazm 29 7 9 13 31 48 15 5 4 6 16 23 14 2 5 7 15 25 -17 30
13 Al Feiha 29 8 5 16 31 50 14 5 3 6 22 27 15 3 2 10 9 23 -19 29
14 Al Quadisiya 29 8 3 18 32 49 14 5 2 7 16 17 15 3 1 11 16 32 -17 27
15 Al Batin 29 7 4 18 28 51 15 4 3 8 15 24 14 3 1 10 13 27 -23 25
16 Ohod 29 4 6 19 24 62 14 3 2 9 15 23 15 1 4 10 9 39 -38 18

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