Al Ittifaq vs Al Faisaly: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Pro League table so far. Here's the Al Ittifaq - Al Faisaly latest:

Insights:
  • All of Al Ittifaq's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

Al Ittifaq and Al Faisaly should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Al Ittifaq form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Al Ittifaq have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 11 games.

Ittifaq shared the glory with Dhamk in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Al Nassr that ended 1-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ittifaq have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won four, drawn zero and lost two.

Al Ittifaq are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Al Ittifaq defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Al Faisaly form and stats

4 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Al Faisaly playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.

Two travels in a row for Faisaly, whose manager P. Oliveira Chamusca could celebrate last time after the Kings Cup win against Al Batin. A loss against Al Raed was the result prior to that, in a Pro League home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Faisaly playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were three Al Faisaly wins, one draw and one defeat.

Faisaly are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Al Faisaly have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Al Faisaly - Ittifaq 0-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Ittifaq victories, three draws and four Al Faisaly wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Al Ittifaq missing players

Al Faisaly missing players

Al Ittifaq Al Faisaly
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 1 11 23
9 4 1 Won W 0 4 7
5 2 1 Drew D 0 4 9
9 5 0 Lost L 1 3 7
36 16 5 Scored S 0 15 30
37 19 2 Conceded C 1 11 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
91% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 82% 83%
65% 64% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 43%
35% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 22%
22% 18% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 13%
70% 64% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 64% 65%
9% 9% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 22%
22% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 18% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.4
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.2 11.1 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5 9.1 8.1
4.7 4.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4 3.8
34% 33% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 34% 34%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Al Ittifaq haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Al Ittifaq's home-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 Hilal 23 13 6 4 44 20 11 7 2 2 20 9 12 6 4 2 24 11 24 45
2 Al Shabab 23 13 6 4 46 28 11 7 3 1 20 9 12 6 3 3 26 19 18 45
3 Al Ittihad 23 11 8 4 36 25 12 6 3 3 18 12 11 5 5 1 18 13 11 41
4 Al Taawon 23 9 8 6 27 19 11 5 4 2 15 9 12 4 4 4 12 10 8 35
5 Al Ahli Jeddah 23 10 5 8 35 37 12 4 5 3 15 15 11 6 0 5 20 22 -2 35
6 Al Nassr 23 9 6 8 33 30 11 5 3 3 20 15 12 4 3 5 13 15 3 33
7 Al Ittifaq 23 9 5 9 36 37 11 4 2 5 16 19 12 5 3 4 20 18 -1 32
8 Al Quadisiya 23 7 10 6 36 37 12 5 4 3 20 20 11 2 6 3 16 17 -1 31
9 Abha 24 9 4 11 34 40 11 4 3 4 14 16 13 5 1 7 20 24 -6 31
10 Al Faisaly 23 7 9 7 30 29 12 3 5 4 15 18 11 4 4 3 15 11 1 30
11 Al Raed 23 8 4 11 34 34 12 3 2 7 19 21 11 5 2 4 15 13 0 28
12 Al Batin 23 7 7 9 34 36 12 4 3 5 17 16 11 3 4 4 17 20 -2 28
13 Al Fateh 23 8 4 11 36 43 11 2 2 7 17 27 12 6 2 4 19 16 -7 28
14 Al Wahda 24 8 3 13 35 48 12 3 1 8 18 29 12 5 2 5 17 19 -13 27
15 Dhamk 23 5 6 12 29 40 12 4 4 4 16 16 11 1 2 8 13 24 -11 21
16 Al-Ain 23 4 5 14 26 48 12 3 2 7 14 26 11 1 3 7 12 22 -22 17