Important clash in the bottom part of the Pro League, with both Al Ittifaq and Al Ahli Jeddah suffering more distress than joy. This match is a typical "six-pointer" with the home side placed 15th and the away side in 11th place.
- Al Ittifaq have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Pro League
- Al Ahli Jeddah haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Al Ahli Jeddah have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 4-0-0 (win-draw-loss) from four matches.
It's quite the trip for Al Ahli Jeddah when visiting Al Ittifaq as the cities are 1300 kilometers apart.
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!
Al Ittifaq form and stats
Al Ittifaq's results here at Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium in the Pro League have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. When Al Ittifaq hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Al Faisaly, Al Taawon, Al Batin, Al Ittifaq and Al Hazm), they have won 2 of 3 matches! Al Ittifaq are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
Stress levels are on the rise for Al Ittifaq's attacking players as they have now played 180 minutes without scoring in a league game. Kiss was their last goal scorer.
Ittifaq lost their last game at Al Fateh (placed 7th) after a 0-4 scoreline.
Preceding that match was the home game against Al Tai that was lost 0-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Al Ittifaq perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al Ittifaq as a small favourite), we find ten games. Al Ittifaq has won six of these, drawn one and lost three.
On the other hand, Ittifaq have conceded 13 goals.
Al Ahli Jeddah form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Ahli Jeddah so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-4 (win-draw-lose).
The manager Hasi was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium King Abdullah Sports City. Al Ahli Jeddah suffered a 3-4 loss to Al Ittihad (placed 1st).
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Al Ahli Jeddah playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were one Al Ahli Jeddah win, two draws and three defeats.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Jeddah have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road. When Al Ahli Jeddah is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Al Faisaly, Al Ahli Jeddah, Al Taawon, Al Batin and Al Hazm.
Head 2 Head
Al Ahli Jeddah - Ittifaq 4-0 was the score in these squads' latest head to head match, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - zero - seven (Al Ittifaq wins - draws - Al Ahli Jeddah wins). As for goals, ten matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Al Somah 7 goals |   F. Kiss 5 goals |  R. Quaison 5 goals |
Al Ittifaq missing players
Al Ahli Jeddah missing players
| Al Ittifaq | Al Ahli Jeddah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 25 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 28 |
| 36 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 30 |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 57% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 30% | 32% |
| 43% | 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 20% | 23% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 57% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 64% |
| 24% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 18% |
| 29% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 18% |
| 3.9 | 4 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.3 | 5.8 |
| 4.3 | 3.3 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.3 | 12.8 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 7 | 9.8 |
| 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.8 | 4.4 |
| 33% | 24% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 32% | 29% |
| 8.4 | 7.3 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 9.1 | 8.4 |
| 3.9 | 3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 4.1 |
- Al Ahli Jeddah haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Ittifaq have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Pro League
| 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 Ittihad | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 30 | 54 |
| 2 | Al Nassr | 23 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 44 |
| 3 | Al Shabab | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 43 |
| 4 | Al Hilal | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 20 | 40 |
| 5 | Dhamk | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -2 | 36 |
| 6 | Abha | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 28 |
| 7 | Al Fateh | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Al Feiha | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Al Raed | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | -6 | 26 |
| 10 | Al Tai | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -13 | 26 |
| 11 | Al Ahli Jeddah | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 25 |
| 12 | Al Taawon | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 24 | -3 | 23 |
| 13 | Al Batin | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | Al Faisaly | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 | -10 | 21 |
| 15 | Al Ittifaq | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 23 | -11 | 20 |
| 16 | Al Hazm | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 15 | -14 | 14 |
