An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 11th and the visitors in 13th place.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Al Ittihad have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 4-0-3 (win-draw-loss) from seven matches.
Al Ittihad have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Al Ittifaq form and stats
Al Ittifaq have played 4 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Al Ittifaq are returning here after visiting Al Taqdom in a Kings Cup game and winning with a 6-0 scoreline. A 1-1 draw away in the Pro League before that, with Al Feiha the opponent.
As mentioned above, Al Ittifaq "killed" Al Taqdom in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Al Ittifaq have scored 3 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.
Al Ittihad form and stats
Playing away, Al Ittihad have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Pro League this season. With the Al Ittihad losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Al Ittihad have lost on their last two travels.
Al Ittihad are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the Kings Cup against Al Riyadh. Before that, Al Ittihad secured a home win against Al Wasl with the score 2-0.
As mentioned above, Al Ittihad was the only team on the pitch versus Al Riyadh in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Al Ittihad have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Al Ittihad have conceded 6 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Ittifaq 1 win, 2 draws and Al Ittihad 7 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Romarinho 6 goals |  E. Vecchio 3 goals |   F. Kiss 2 goals |
Al Ittifaq missing players
Al Ittihad missing players
| Al Ittifaq | Al Ittihad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 89% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 89% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 89% |
| 33% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 4.3 | 5.5 | 9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 10 | 6.5 | 6.1 |
| 4.9 | 5 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- Al Ittifaq have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Al Ittifaq have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Ittifaq have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Al Ittifaq haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Ittihad have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Al Ittihad haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| 2 | Al Nassr | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Al Faisaly | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Al Taawon | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Al Shabab | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Al Wahda | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Al Hazm | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Abha | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 11 |
| 10 | Al Raed | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 11 |
| 11 | Al Ittifaq | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Al Feiha | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 10 |
| 13 | Al Ittihad | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Al Adalh | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Al Fateh | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 5 |
| 16 | Dhamk | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | -16 | 4 |