Al Ittihad cannot ask for any donations from hosting team Al Ittifaq in this Pro League match. Here's our complete guide!
- Al Ittifaq have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Pro League
It's quite the trip for Al Ittihad 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
The story so far in the Pro League for Al Ittifaq at their home stadium (Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for Ittifaq here at Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
In their previous game, the manager Carteron led his Al Ittifaq to a defeat away at Al Tai. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium.
Before that, Al Ittifaq had a home game versus Al Adalh which ended with a victory 3-2.It should be considered that a glance at the 11 latest league matches shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
The Ittifaq fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
Al Ittihad form and stats
Al Ittihad's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Ittihad collect 18 points from their 8 away matches in the Pro League. 5 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). The fact that Al Ittihad have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Al Ittihad goalkeeper Marcelo Grohe is eager to challenge this, with his 337 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Ittihad had fun at their own home (Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium) last time out, beating Al Adalh 5-0. Camara, Hamdallah (2), Coronado and da Silva scored. As mentioned above, Al Ittihad was the only team on the pitch versus Al Adalh in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Al Tai with the score of 1-0.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 are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved encountered each other earlier this season: Al Ittihad - Al Ittifaq 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Ittifaq three wins, one draw and Al Ittihad six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Hamdallah 11 goals |  I. Coronado 4 goals |  R. da Silva 4 goals |
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| Al Ittifaq | Al Ittihad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 28 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 81% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 62% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 62% |
| 44% | 62% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | 44% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 31% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 31% |
| 38% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 62% |
| 50% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| 7.2 | 7.6 | 10.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 6 | 4.9 |
| 1.2 | 1.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7.4 | 9.2 | 3.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 8.1 | 10.1 |
| 2.9 | 4.1 | 0.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3 | 4.6 |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 46% | 38% |
| 11.8 | 10.9 | 15.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 8.4 | 7.2 |
| 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
- Al Ittifaq have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Al Ittifaq have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Ittihad have not yet lost a game away.
- Al Ittihad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Pro League
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) 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 Shabab | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 40 |
| 2 | Al Nassr | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 26 | 37 |
| 3 | Al Ittihad | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 22 | 37 |
| 4 | Al Hilal | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 32 |
| 5 | Al Taawon | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | Al Fateh | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 25 |
| 7 | Dhamk | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Abha | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 9 | Al Tai | 17 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -2 | 21 |
| 10 | Al Ittifaq | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Al Feiha | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -7 | 19 |
| 12 | Al Raed | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 19 |
| 13 | Al Wahda | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | -12 | 15 |
| 14 | Al Khaleej | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | -12 | 13 |
| 15 | Al Adalh | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 21 | -22 | 9 |
| 16 | Al Batin | 16 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 19 | -31 | 3 |
