Al Ahli Jeddah vs Al Ittihad match preview: Even contest expected at King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Thu 11.February
Match begins: 17:20 (UTC)
Venue: King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium (62345 seats)

Al Ahli Jeddah and Al Ittihad are both riding high in the Pro League with their 3rd and 4th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Al Ahli Jeddah has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Pro League
  • Al Ittihad has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Pro League

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.

These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.

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Al Ahli Jeddah form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Al Ahli Jeddah have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 8 games.

Jeddah enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Al Wahda's place. The match ended 4-2 with Omar Al Somah, Hussain Al Mogahwi, A. Mitriță and Salman Al Moasher scoring. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Al Batin that ended 2-2.

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

This is expected to be a close game, with Al Ahli Jeddah perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al Ahli Jeddah as a small favourite), we find three games. Al Ahli Jeddah has won zero of these, drawn two and lost one.

The Jeddah fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. Al Ahli Jeddah have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Al Ittihad form and stats

As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Al Ittihad have produced an overall stat of 3-4-1 so far.

Al Ittihad had fun at their own home (King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium) last time out, beating Al Fateh 4-1. Fahad Al Muwallad, Haroune Camara and A. Prijović (2) scored. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Al Ittifaq wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Al Ittihad in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Al Ittihad, four draws and two defeats.

Al Ittihad have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 11 goals have been scored. Ittihad have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Al Ittihad - Jeddah 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Ahli Jeddah five wins, three draws and Al Ittihad two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

JeddahO. Al Somah
O. Al Somah
9 goals
Al IttihadR. da Silva
R. da Silva
9 goals
Al Ahli JeddahA. Mitriță
A. Mitriță
4 goals

Al Ahli Jeddah missing players

Al Ittihad missing players

Al Ahli Jeddah Al Ittihad
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 8 17
10 4 0 Won W 0 3 7
3 3 2 Drew D 2 4 7
4 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
30 11 2 Scored S 2 11 22
25 8 2 Conceded C 2 10 16
94% 88% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
76% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 76%
71% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 35%
35% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 12%
18% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
59% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 88% 65%
29% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 24%
18% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.5 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.1 9.6 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 11.4 9.3
4.8 4.4 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 5.2 4
37% 31% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 26% 32%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Al Ahli Jeddah has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Pro League
  • Al Ittihad has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Pro League
  • Al Ittihad have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Al Ittihad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Ittihad haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • All of Al Ittihad's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

  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 Shabab 17 10 5 2 34 22 8 6 2 0 15 6 9 4 3 2 19 16 12 35
2 Al Hilal 17 9 6 2 30 12 9 5 2 2 15 7 8 4 4 0 15 5 18 33
3 Al Ahli Jeddah 17 10 3 4 30 25 8 4 3 1 11 8 9 6 0 3 19 17 5 33
4 Al Ittihad 17 7 7 3 22 16 9 4 3 2 11 6 8 3 4 1 11 10 6 28
5 Al Nassr 17 7 4 6 27 21 8 4 2 2 17 9 9 3 2 4 10 12 6 25
6 Al Taawon 17 6 7 4 18 13 7 4 3 0 11 3 10 2 4 4 7 10 5 25
7 Al Ittifaq 17 7 3 7 26 26 8 3 1 4 11 14 9 4 2 3 15 12 0 24
8 Abha 17 7 3 7 24 26 8 3 3 2 11 10 9 4 0 5 13 16 -2 24
9 Al Quadisiya 17 5 7 5 26 27 9 4 3 2 15 13 8 1 4 3 11 14 -1 22
10 Al Wahda 17 6 3 8 23 28 9 3 1 5 15 19 8 3 2 3 8 9 -5 21
11 Al Faisaly 17 4 8 5 20 21 8 1 5 2 9 12 9 3 3 3 11 9 -1 20
12 Al Raed 17 5 4 8 23 27 9 2 2 5 13 16 8 3 2 3 10 11 -4 19
13 Al Fateh 17 5 4 8 24 30 8 1 2 5 10 17 9 4 2 3 14 13 -6 19
14 Al Batin 17 4 5 8 23 28 9 3 2 4 12 12 8 1 3 4 11 16 -5 17
15 Dhamk 17 3 4 10 22 33 9 3 3 3 13 13 8 0 1 7 9 20 -11 13
16 Al-Ain 17 4 1 12 18 35 10 3 0 7 12 24 7 1 1 5 6 11 -17 13