A classic home victory, the away team runs away as victors or a point each? Anything could happen when the mid-table teams Al Ittifaq and Abha battle at Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium.
- Al Ittifaq have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Abha have the most points from losing position (9) in Pro League
These teams have little in common geographically as Abha have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
This promises to be an appealing fixture with lots of action and excitement as both squads are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Al Ittifaq form and stats
The story so far in the Pro League for Al Ittifaq at their home stadium (Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
No payout for Ittifaq in their previous match, an away game at Al Shabab that ended in defeat 0-3.
Ahead of that match, Al Ittifaq won a home game hosting Al Khaleej (1-0).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Al Ittifaq have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 0 and lost 9.
It should be added that a peek at the 10 latest league fixtures reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Ittifaq have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Abha form and stats
3 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Abha playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. Abha have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Al Ittihad with 1-2 on the scoreboard. That loss was their first after four consecutive league fixtures winning points.
Prior to that result Abha won their away game at Al Adalh. The scoreline was 2-0.Abha are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 10 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
Abha are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. 6 goals have been conceded by Abha in these games.
Head 2 Head
Al Ittifaq-Abha H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Ittifaq five wins, Abha four wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  S. Al Jamaan 4 goals |  S. Bguir 4 goals |   V. Coelho Santos 2 goals |
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| Al Ittifaq | Abha | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 73% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 55% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 91% |
| 45% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 73% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 27% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 55% |
| 55% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 45% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 36% |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| 7.5 | 7.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.6 | 6.5 |
| 1.3 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.6 | 7.8 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 11.4 | 8.5 |
| 2.8 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.2 | 4.3 |
| 32% | 30% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 30% |
| 13.2 | 11.2 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 11.4 | 10.5 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
- Abha have the most points from losing position (9) in Pro League
- Abha haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Ittifaq have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Al Ittifaq have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Nassr | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 26 |
| 2 | Al Shabab | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 25 |
| 3 | Al Ittihad | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 24 |
| 4 | Al Taawon | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Al Hilal | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 6 | Dhamk | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Al Ta'ee | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Abha | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -4 | 16 |
| 9 | Al Fateh | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 10 | Al Ittifaq | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 11 | Al Raed | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 12 |
| 12 | Al Feiha | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| 13 | Al Wahda | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 14 | Al Adalh | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -15 | 5 |
| 15 | Al Khaleej | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -15 | 4 |
| 16 | Al Batin | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 16 | -27 | 1 |
